Active clinical trials for "Immune System Diseases"

The primary objective of this web-based, cross-sectional study is to assess and compare the ability to sleep, work or go to school, and to participate in leisure activities among subjects who are receiving Xolair treatment and subjects who were eligible to receive Xolair, but instead have been using Advair for at least 1 year.

The goal of this research is to identify genes that may be related to the risk of developing CLL. Objectives: The objective of this study to investigate possible candidate susceptibility genes for familial chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by identifying and recruiting high-risk families. Through our ongoing study of familial aggregation in CLL kindreds (protocol 2003-0498 'Genetic Study of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia'), we have identified CLL patients who have one or more living or dead relative(s) affected with CLL or other leukemias or lymphomas. We will also identify patients in high-risk families from referrals from leukemia clinicians and from self-referrals from patients who learn about our study from the ClinicalTrials.gov website. We plan to invite probands (patients diagnosed with CLL) and their family members with other leukemias and lymphomas and a sample of unaffected relatives to participate in a genetic/linkage study. We will obtain demographic and clinical information along with specimens (blood or buccal samples) from all participants. These families will be part of the Genetic Epidemiology of CLL Consortium, a multicenter, multidisciplinary consortium, based at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center under the direction of Susan Slager, PhD. This is funded from NCI through a subcontract with Mayo Clinic. Genotypic data will be analyzed at Mayo Clinic, and coded, de-identified data will be shared with the NIH Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) data repository.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measurements the change in the total volume of brain parenchyma as well as its gray and white matter, T2 and enhanced T1 lesion volume, and the magnetization transfer ratio histogram parameters, and correlate these measurements with clinical measures of disability in patients with multiple sclerosis. II. Measure the quantity of whole brain N-acetylaspartate in patients with multiple sclerosis and compare these values to those from age matched controls. III. Determine the correlation between specific neuropsychological tests which assess global cognitive functioning and the quantitative measurements taken in these patients in this study.

Evaluation of immune status before and after splenectomy in immune thrombocytopenia patients.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of autoimmune system which attacks the central nervous system and that is one of the most common inflammatory diseases and has caused a heavy disease burden on patients. In the world, the prevalence of MS is on the rise, and the annual growth rate of MS patients in Taiwan is much higher than the whole world (3.78 times). However, it has no discussion or study in references at present, and it is worthwhile to research. MS is not a fatal disease, but its complications make the mortality of its patients three times higher than that of general population. This study will explore the survival and the causes of death for MS patients in Taiwan by cohort study of fourteen years. In addition, in the recent years, the MS patients in Taiwan and the medical resource consumption has increased largely, and it is necessary to conduct the research.

Autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, myositis, or anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, may affect multiple organ systems. Occasionally, patients deteriorate acutely requiring advanced care in an intensive care unit (ICU). In an ICU setting, mortality is estimated with scoring systems, such as APACHE or SAPSII. Since there are limited data available on their use in autoimmune diseases, with the current study, we aim to assess the usefulness of these ICU scores and analyze predictors of mortality in this particular group of patients.

The PolSenior2 survey is aimed to characterise health status of old and very-old adults in Poland.

In this study, liver samples will be collected, processed and stored in a specialized, clinical grade, cell bank for potential future clinical use. A set of ex-vivo immunogenicity and transdiffrentiation tests will be carried to confirm the ability of this cryopreserved cell batch to be used as clinical grade raw material. Biopsies will be collected during TP or PP with the assumption that some of the patients (especially PP patients will not go through Islets autotransplantation) will develop brittle diabetes, thus Orgenesis therapy can provide them in the long run, a treatment. In terms of T1DM the purpose is to have available clinical grade raw material for cell replacement therapy. The collected liver samples will be proliferated (up to passage 4) for future use. A portion of the stored cells will be utilized in a small-scale process to test possible immunogenicity performed on the collected blood sample. The assay will provide data whether immunomodulation treatment will be required in the future clinical trials. Also the transdffrentiated cells (AIPs) will be tested according to release criteria relevant for clinical IPC production. Liver biopsy donors will be contacted upon approval of the consecutive study and will have study recruitment priority. The donors can refuse to participate in the future study or may not need the therapy, however, their biopsies will be stored for a potential use if required, after the therapy is approved.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of impaired visual function and blindness in adults. The fundus photographs were examined to detect DR. The DR severity was graded non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) according to the International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Disease Severity Scales. The pathogenesis of DR is complex and not fully understood, and platelet aggregation, microvascular damage, microvascular enlargement, leakage, hemorrhage, or obstruction, resulting in retinal hypoxia and retinal neovascularization. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic tools are non-invasive and convenient. This study apply TCM diagnostic tools for clinical diseases, providing objective diagnostic data for evaluation to assess the association of blood stasis and DR. Furtherly we would evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of TCM diagnostic tools. This study is a prospective cross-sectional study. We enroll participants form the department of Chinese medicine, China Medical University Hospital. In total, 100 participants , composed of 50 of type 2 diabetes and 50 of diabetic retinopathy, whom previously had a retinal examination. We apply tongue diagnosis system, pulse wave analysis, body constitution questionnaires, and nailfold capillaroscopy to assess the differences of TCM diagnosis in DR. This study aims to identify the clinical symptoms of DR with TCM diagnostic tools and investigate the pattern difference and treatment for DR. Furtherly, we could design a clinical trial with improving blood circulation to treat or prevent DR, and improve the health status and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes.

This study seeks to correlate microbiome sequencing data with information provided by patients and their medical records regarding Multiple Sclerosis.