Active clinical trials for "Immune System Diseases"

The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility of the diffusion weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the evaluation of the treatment response in patients with malignant lymphoma. The investigator's objective is to compare the changes of mean Apparent Diffusion Coefficient value of the tumor with the changes of maximum Standardized Uptake Value of the tumor in positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography in both pre and post therapy status .

The objective of the study will define the mutational spectrum in this French cohort, in patients with APECED syndrome genetically authenticated

The Norwegian JIA Study (NorJIA) is a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, observational study of 250 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and 250 healthy controls, attending the three Norwegian university clinics in Bergen, Tromsø, or Trondheim. The study will run over 5 years, and include extensive clinical, laboratory, radiological and oral examinations at baseline and after 2 years follow-up. There will be a special focus on the jaw (temporomandibular joints) with extensive imaging and clinical examination, aiming at establishing scoring systems for active and chronic disease and growth disturbances. Another focus is to study mouth and teeth problems, such as caries and gingivitis, and look for predictors of poor oral health in children with JIA compared to health peers. As chronic inflammation, reduced physical activity and certain anti-inflammatory drugs can be detrimental for bone strength and development, the investigators also want to study the bone health of children with JIA, and look for predictors of poor bone mineral density. The results of the study may contribute to better diagnostics of inflammatory processes, earlier detection of poor oral or bone health, and thereby point to possible prevention strategies to increase quality of life for children with JIA in the future.

The objectives of this study are to use the Delphi method to assemble an expert panel representing innovation in asthma treatment, to collect freely suggested recommendation statements concerning OCS tapering (and sub-topics) among severe asthma patients from this panel for peer evaluation, and finally to determine the level of consensus for each statement from the panel as a whole.

To explore the association among gene, TCM pattern, TCM tongue diagnosis and TCM pulse diagnosis with the DNA Exome sequencing tools for Sjögren's syndrome

Phase I: To develop and validate laboratory urine and blood test for the detection of medications commonly used in the treatment of asthma Phase II: to test the developed assay in the clinic, to determine its practicality to conduct, and its clinical utility in adherence assessment.

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune bullous dermatosis. It mainly affects the elderly, and its cutaneous manifestations are extremely varied. Since the publication of the first case of PB associated with sulfasalazine in 1970, several drugs have been reported for their potential link with the development of PB. Recently, cases of PB associated with dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP4) inhibitors, also known as gliptins, have been reported. DPP4 inhibitors are oral antidiabetic agents prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes, as monotherapy, in combination with other oral antidiabetic agents or with insulin. In recent years, an increasing number of cases have been published, describing the potential role of gliptins in PB induction. All these clinical cases and pharmacovigilance analyzes tend to show an increased risk of developing BP in case of gliptin exposure. The main objective is to evaluate the risk of developing a PB under DPP4 inhibitor treatment, comparing cases of diabetic patients with BP, to matched diabetic controls for sex and age, from French departments. Endocrinology in a retrospective study from 1 January 2014 to 31 July 2016. The study will be conducted using databases of clinical and histological records. The investigators will perform a retrospective 1: 2 case-control study comparing cases with type 2 diabetes and BP to matched diabetic controls for sex and age, randomly drawn from French endocrinology departments (Marseille La Conception ) and Switzerland (Bern), between January 1, 2014 and July 31, 2016. the investigators will compare gliptin exposure in the case-control group versus the control group, adjusting for potential confounding bias using models. logistic regression.

This is the first prospective study which evaluate patients with small B-cell clones to diagnose monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) and characterize it clinically, anatomopathologically and pathophysiologically taking int account a geriatric approach.

A cross-sectional quantitative study will be carried out; recruiting female, Caucasian participants aged 18-65 years. The relevance of candidate gene studies is disputed. Research has shown associations between genotype and total fat intake. However, food preference is often described as a result of exposure to food types during upbringing. Many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been associated with fat taste sensitivity, the majority of research shows that with a reduced sensitivity comes a higher total fat consumption. This study aims to assess the relationship between rs1761667 genotype, body mass index, fat intake, fat taste sensitivity and fat taste preference.

COMISS score for detection of Cow's Milk Protein Allergy in children with recurrent or persistent gastrointestinal manifistations in infants attending Assuit University Children Hospital