Active clinical trials for "Heart and Blood Diseases"

A multicenter, randomized, parallel-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new atrial septal defect occluder, ReAces®, and delivery system for the treatment of atrial septal defect occlusion. Compared with the traditional atrial septal occluder, this new atrial septal occluder supports re-puncture after occluder implantation. Thus those patients who have undergone atrial septal defect closure with the novel device may be eligible for future radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation or mitral valve intervention. The trial is expected to enroll 128 patients who will be randomly assigned to the test group or control group in a 1:1 ratio. Patients in test group will received ReAces occluder，and the others the regular occluder.The experiment is scheduled to enroll 128 patients who will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: test or control. Patients in the test group will receive a ReAces occluder, while those in the control group will receive a standard occluder.The safety and efficacy of the two groups at 1 year after surgery will be compared.

Ipsilateral popliteal venous the most common access for pharmacomechanical thrombectomy (PMT) in the treatment of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT), but the result was not satisfactory. The investigators adjust the access to improve the thrombus clearance rate and reduce the incidence of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS).

A multi-centre, non-blinded, comparative effectiveness, randomised controlled trial. Patients will be prospectively enrolled from Critical Care Units and will be assessed for study enrollment based on inclusion/exclusion criteria at the time of the onset of fast atrial fibrillation( irregular and often rapid heart rate). The authors hypothesize that high dose Magnesium Sulphate with the addition of Digoxin as a second line treatment will improve the success rate in returning the heart to normal rhythm as well as speed of resolution of critical illness in new onset rapid atrial fibrillation in the critically ill cared for in general ICUs.

This is a multicenter prospective study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy combined with a single dose of subcutaneous(SC) injection mecapegfilgrastim on day 2 or day 5 after chemotherapy for autologous peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) mobilization in patients with multiple myeloma or lymphoma.

This is a single-blinded, four-arm randomized controlled trial that will compare health outcomes of home-delivered meal clients. The purpose of this pilot study is to explore which service model is most effective for improving nutritional status, disease management, fall risk, and adherence to meal recommendations. Participants will be randomized into one of four study arms: In Arm 1: clients will receive home-delivered meals and basic nutrition education and fall prevention education. In Arm 2: clients will receive home-delivered meals plus dietitian services. In Arm 3: clients will receive home-delivered meals plus occupational therapy services. In Arm 4: clients will receive home-delivered meals plus dietitian and occupational therapy services. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and at 3-month follow-up.

AHFS management is challenging and most of the used drugs has failed to decrease post-discharge mortality and readmission rates which represent the most important goal in AHFS. Digoxin processes many characteristics of a beneficial drug for heart failure, however recent publications has rose concerns about its safety profile and therefore decreasing its use. Whether digoxin is efficient and safe in short term treatment of acute heart failure is a question that should be studied.

The aim of this study is to determine whether early use of OnabotulinumtoxinA is more effective to improve functional outcomes of upper limb in patients with stroke.

At least one dose level of AMG 176 will achieve acceptable safety and tolerability in participants with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma and participants with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection with a significant burden for patients and hospitals (in France, median length of hospital stay = 43 days), partly due to the long duration of intravenous (IV) antibacterial treatment recommended by international guidelines, between 4 and 6 weeks in most situations. A recent survey of practices regarding the management of IE in France showed that a switch from IV to oral antibiotics is feasible, when patients with left-sided Staphylococcus IE are stable after an initial course of IV antibiotic treatment, with or without valvular surgery. These practices have not been associated with unfavourable outcome, while significantly reducing the duration and cost of hospitalization, the risk of nosocomial infection, and patients' discomfort. There has been no randomized controlled trial (RCT) in the field of IE over the last 20 years; current guidelines are mostly based on expert advice, in vitro studies, animal experiments, or clinical studies performed before the 90's. The RODEO 1 project is an unprecedented opportunity to bring back evidence-based medicine in the field of IE. Most experts acknowledge that the pharmacological PK/PD characteristics of antibiotics such as fluoroquinolones and rifampicin allow a high level of efficacy in the treatment of IE when orally administrated after an IV period of induction. It's needed to conduct RCTs that clearly demonstrate the clinical non-inferiority of this strategy for multisusceptible staphylococci with a benefit regarding costs. The RODEO 1 project corresponds to one pragmatic trial assessing the impact of a switch strategy, making it a comparative effectiveness trial that should be able to feed the next revision of IE international guidelines and to change practices in IE management.

The purpose of the study is to learn from the real world practice of prescribing targeted therapies to patients with advanced cancer whose tumor harbors a genomic variant known to be a drug target or to predict sensitivity to a drug. NOTE: Due to character limits, the arms section does NOT include all TAPUR Study relevant biomarkers. For additional information, contact TAPUR@asco.org, or if a patient, your nearest participating TAPUR site (see participating centers). ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Results in publication or poster presentation format are posted as they become available for individual cohorts at www.tapur.org/news. The results may be accessed at any time. All results will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov at the end of the study. Indexing of available results on PubMed is in progress. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************