Active clinical trials for "Atrophy"

The sample was comprised by 10 patients in which 40 dental implants are placed in an atrophic maxilla. All the implants were connected to 4 types of transepithelial abutment: i.e: parallel anodized abutment(n=10); parallel mechanized abutmen(n=10)t, convergent anodized abutment(n=10); and convergent mechanized abutment (n=10) three months after insertion implants were extracted with the surrounding hard and soft tissues for the histological evaluation of the clinical performance.

The purpose of this study is to determine the therapeutic equivalence of Mylan's estradiol vaginal cream to Estrace® cream and superiority of both products to placebo. The protocol describes a randomized, double-blind, multi-dose, placebo-controlled, parallel study of a 7 day treatment.

Geographic atrophy (GA) causes the loss of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells in broad areas of the retina. The application of subthreshold micropulse laser spots in healthy RPE in the vicinity of the area of GA may restore the imbalance in survival factors caused by the disease (ie, the laser may decrease vascular endothelial growth factor and RPE-derived transforming growth factor beta, upregulation of pigment epithelium-derived factor). This may slow or even stop the enlargement of atrophy secondary to GA, and therefore, avoid further vision loss.

Expected Total Number of Subjects Level of significance, alfa 0.05 Power 0.80 Mean difference between two treatments is assumed 35 Standard Deviation is assumed 35. Follow-up loss is assumed 20% N=34(each group:17)

Pilot randomized, placebo-controlled trial of nulliparous postpartum women with a perineal laceration following a term vaginal delivery comparing vulvovaginal atrophy symptoms between women using vaginal estrogen in the postpartum period with those using placebo.

The purpose of this project is to devise instrumented insoles capable of accurately measuring gait at each footfall, over multiple hours in any environment. To achieve high accuracy, the investigators will develop a new learning-based calibration framework. Features will be tested in controlled lab settings 39 during a single visit in people with SMA (13), DMD (13) and healthy controls (13) and in 15 participants in real-life environments.

Postmenopausal hypoestrogenism may determine genital atrophy, which may be accompanied by a non-specific inflammatory process and may hinder or even prevent sexual intercourse. In more severe cases, the patient may have local pain that interferes with their daily activities. The best treatment for increasing genital trophism is still estrogen. However, there are women who can not use this therapy or do not want it. Therefore, there is a need for alternatives, such as ablation techniques: use of CO2 LASER and fractional radiofrequency. The study was carried out at the outpatient clinic of Lower Genital Tract ambulatory of the Discipline of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, involving 75 women who were divided after randomization in three groups: Group 1 - treatment with topical vaginal promestriene (n = 25 patients); Group 2 - treatment with fractional CO2 LASER (n = 25 patients); Group 3 - fractional microablative radiofrequency treatment (n = 25 patients). An evaluation of the complaints were be performed through questionnaires on sexuality, quality of life and urinary incontinence, as well as biopsies of the vaginal wall for histomorphometric, immunohistochemical and molecular biology study before and after six months of treatment. The duration of the study were fifteen months.

Transcorneal stimulation may enable neurons to survive degeneration processes via enhanced secretion of neurotrophic substances and direct stimulation of neurons.

Reduction of volume of the hippocampus has been associated with major depression in many studies. It has been suggested that antidepressants may protect against hippocampus volume loss in humans associated with multiple episodes of depression and may also reverse the reduction of volume caused by the depression. In addition, genetic markers for serotonin are implicated with depression, and may be an indication of reduced response to antidepressant treatments. This study aims to enroll patients who are defined as having treatment resistant depression (no remission after at least 2 treatments trials with an antidepressant). They will receive an MRI scan at the initial visit and either 6 months after sustained remission or 12 months after they enter the study for non-remitters. They will also be asked to give a blood sample for genotyping. They will be matched by age and handedness to healthy volunteers with no personal history of depression who will also receive an MRI scan and genotyping. The first aim is to compare hippocampal volume of depressed subjects to healthy controls. It is anticipated that subjects will initially have smaller hippocampal volume but of those who sustain remission, there will be a small increase in hippocampal volume. It is also anticipated that specific genetic markers will be related to individuals response to antidepressant treatments.

The objective of study is to evaluate the influence of the use of Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) from the patient's produced by a new horizontal centrifugation protocol associated with particulate xenogenous bone graft in the rehabilitation of atrophic maxillary sinus for early osseointegrated implants plancement. In a split-mouth model, twelve patients in need of rehabilitation with at least two bilateral implants in the regions of atrophic maxillary sinus will simultaneously undergo bone reconstruction using deproteinized particulate xenogenous bone (Bio-Oss Small®; Geistlich AG, Wolhusen , Switzerland). Randomly, one of the surgical sites of each patient will be reconstructed using the associated technique of solid PRF + Liquid PRF with the xenogen material, where at the end of the grafting procedure, both sites will be protected by a collagen membrane (Bio-Gide® Compressed; Geistlich AG, Wolhusen, Switzerland) positioned over the surgical access of the maxillary sinus. During the research, cone-beam computed tomography scans will be performed preoperatively, immediately after surgical procedure, 3 months after maxillary sinus reconstruction, after immediate implants placement and 12 months after functional load of the implants for comparative volume measurement of tissue gain and the maintenance of the grafted tissue. During the implant surgery, bilateral biopsies will be collected after 4 months of the regenerative surgical procedure during the early dental implants surgery by virtually guided surgery. The stability of the implants will be measured by means of resonance frequency analysis (ISQ) after the immediate postoperative period and 6 postoperative months as the clinical success rates of the implants after 12 months with functional load. The tissue samples will be used for histological, histomorphometric, immunohistochemistry and microtomographic analysis. All data obtained will be statistically analyzed.