Gastro
01 Jan 2013
Incisionless Treatment for Patients With Inadequate Weight Loss Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
It is estimated that up to 20% of patients who have Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) surgery will not meet their weight loss goal, or may even regain some of the weight they initially lost. One possible explanation is that the opening between the stomach pouch and the intestine becomes stretched.
Chronic Pain
01 Jan 2013
Effect of Escitalopram vs Reboxetine on Gastro-Intestinal Sensitivity of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) commonly have many gastrointestinal complaints. Gastrointestinal pain is classified into 2 categories: visceral and somatic pain. The main aim of this study is to compare somatic and visceral sensitivity between healthy people and pateints with MDD. These two sensitivities will be assessed by the…
Gastro
01 Jan 2013
Foreshortened Oesophagus and Its Surgical Therapy (GERDSurgery)
The existence, diagnosis and treatment of short oesophagus is one of the controversies of the past which has recently re-emerged. The missed diagnosis of short oesophagus and the consequent inadequacy of treatment is one of the major causes of failure of antireflux surgery. Official Title Frequency, Predictors, Intraoperative Assessment and…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Use of TREM-1 Protein to Differentiate Viral and Bacterial Pneumonias in Intubated Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a protein called TREM-1 can be used to differentiate viral and bacterial pneumonias in children who are on ventilator support. We propose that the level of TREM-1 will be significantly elevated in the lung fluid of children with bacterial pneumonia and…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Patterns of Coronary Artery Anatomy in Children With Congenital Heart Disease by Computed Tomography
Patterns of Coronary Artery Anatomy in Children With Congenital Heart Disease by Computed Tomography Official Title Patterns of Coronary Artery Anatomy in Children With Congenital Heart Disease by Computed Tomography. Conditions Heart Diseases Study Type Interventional Study Design Diagnostic, Non-Randomised, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment. Further Details Primary…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Treatment of Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Laryngomalacia: The Role of Laser Supraglottoplasty
This is a research study of the effect of treating laryngomalacia (floppiness of tissue on top of the voice box that can possibly block breathing) found in association with obstructive sleep apnoea (blockage of breathing while sleeping). The purpose of this study is to determine which is the best treatment…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Intravenous Pertussis Immune Globulin in Patients With Severe Childhood Pertussis Infection
Objective:Assess the efficacy of a single infusion of a high titer pertussis immune globulin for the treatment of severe pertussis in children. Official Title Conditions Pertussis Whooping Cough Study Type Interventional Study Design Treatment, Randomized. Further Details Protocol Outline: This is a randomized, multicentre study. Patients are…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
PulmonarOM (Bacterial Lysates) in Respiratory Tract Infections
Primary aim:To evaluate the efficacy of Pulmonarom in the decrease of interleukin-4/interferon gamma after second period of treatment.Secondary aims:To evaluate the efficacy of Pulmonarom in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections symptoms through patient evaluation of fever or respiratory presence after second period of treatment.To evaluate loss of working…
Children's health
01 Jan 2013
Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Formulations of an Intramuscular A/H5N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Children
This is an open, randomised, multicentre clinical trial.Objectives:To describe the safety profiles during the 21 days following each primary and booster injection.To describe the immune response 21 days after each primary and booster injection of each formulation.To describe the antibody persistence after the first vaccination. Official Title Conditions Influenza…
