Active clinical trials for "Bone Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and clinical effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human bone marrow at a dose of 1.0E+6 MSC/kg in subject for the therapy of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and to compare the efficacy of MSCs and Etanercept to treat this disease.

Osteogenesis imperfecta (or brittle bone disease) is a rare genetic disease characterized by fragile bone and a low mass ossue, secondary to abnormal collagen synthesis. This is a real congenital osteoporosis. The prevalence of the disease is not known precisely, but it is 1 in 10000 at 20000. There are many forms of osteogenesis imperfecta to classify patients with symptomatology minor to the patients with lethal form during the neonatal period. The main symptoms are dominated by fractures and bone deformities, particularly in the lower limbs. Bisphosphonate medication is used for over 10 years to reduce the number of fractures. However the long-term effects are not known to date, not allowing even to establish proof of the benefit risk. Thus unable to process all of these patients and over a long time, these drug treatment leaves much therapeutic solutions to surgery. The goal of surgery is to treat fractures, treat bone deformities and prevent fractures future. In the long bones of the limbs, the only effective techniques are intramedullary nailing. The majority of realized nailing nailing are either sliding or telescopic enabling having a reinforced bone of an intramedullary osteosynthesis material over its entire length during the period of bone growth. It has been shown that the technique of the sliding nailing was inexpensive but reliable especially before the age of 5 years. After that age, all are telescopic nailing nailing. The first telescopic nail described is the Bailey-Dubow nail still widely used in France. However, the number of complications relating to its use is important. Thus, there are 8% of disunity equipment and 33 to 72% of the nail migration forcing him to change one or more times during growth. A new nail presented at the French orthopedic company in 2005 and Fassier Duval reported a much lower complication rate because the rate of nail migration is only 9%, without opening the knee joint, which is not possible with the highlight of Bailey-Dubow. It is proposed to conduct a prospective series of 10 nailing the lower extremities with this nail Fassier-Duval in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta and compare the results with a series of patients already treated with Bailey-Dubow nails in order to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of using of such a nail.

The study hypothesis is to determine the feasibility of switching HIV-HCV co-infected patients receiving methadone or buprenorphine/naloxone as opioid substitution therapy with suppressed HIV RNA viral load on current antiretroviral therapy to elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (E/C/F/TAF, Genvoya™) followed by 12 weeks of HCV antiviral therapy with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL, Epclusa™), followed then by switch to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF, Biktarvy™) for an additional 48 weeks.

This study will determine the prevalence of endocrine-related side effects in children who have been treated for cancer and establish a database and registry organized according to cancer diagnosis, treatments and endocrine side effects. In children, the endocrine system, which includes glands and hormones that help to control metabolism, growth, development and reproduction, is particularly vulnerable to long-term side effects associated with cancer and its treatments. The study will also serve to help train medical fellows, residents and students in identifying and managing endocrine abnormalities in children who have been diagnosed with and treated for cancer. Children between 2 and 24 years of age who have been treated for a childhood cancer and have been disease-free for at least 1 year may be eligible for this study. All participants undergo the following procedures: Review of cancer treatment record Review of medical and family history Blood draw for DNA studies Physical examination and body measurements (height, weight, waist, body proportions) Completion of child health questionnaires Individualized screening and counseling program Review of the following endocrine systems: growth, pituitary and hypothalamic function, thyroid function, ovary and testicular function, bone health, risk of obesity and diabetes The following additional studies may be done, as clinically indicated: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain Thyroid, testicular or ovarian ultrasound DEXA scan to measure bone density Wrist x-ray to measure bone age Blood tests Urine pregnancy test for girls who are old enough to have menstrual periods Stimulation testing (tests that involve giving medicine by mouth or in the vein and then measuring blood levels of substances afterwards, such as oral glucose tolerance test, arginine-clonidine growth hormone stimulation test, ACTH stimulation test, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test) Children with endocrine abnormalities are offered standard treatments.

This multi-center, randomized and exploratory clinical trial is designed to evaluate the effect of bone metabolism and blood sugar of evogliptin and dapagliflozin in the menopause female patients with osteopenia and type 2 diabetes. The trial will evaluate bone metabolism (bone markers and bone density) and blood sugar (AGE and glucose variability) after 12 weeks and 48 weeks. This clinical trial conducts in two arms, and each arm recruits 60 subjects.

The purpose of this study is to assess, prospectively, the effect of provider-facing alerts for bone densitometry scans with and without a single-click best practice alert (BPA) on scan orders and completions. The investigators hypothesize that the remaining alerts left in place (via health maintenance topics and an actionable item in the electronic health record sidebar) will be as effective without the BPA compared to the alerts with a BPA.

The aim of our work is to study the effect of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) cycling in preterm infants on hypercalcuria (excessive calcium excretion in urine). TPN cycling refers to administering the TPN over a portion of the day rather than the whole day. Our hypothesis is that cyclic TPN includes more hypercalcuria in preterm infants as compared to continuous TPN. Objectives: Measure Urinary Calcium(Ca) during the periods of continuous and cyclic TPN. Compare the amount of Ca losses in the urine continuous vs. cyclic TPN

HYPOTHESIS: - A multicomponent exercise program where strength exercises are performed with blood flow restriction obtains better values in densitometry and bone mass of osteoporotic patients with respect to the same multicomponent exercise program where strength is worked without flow restriction. INTERVENTION: The recruitment of the population will be carried out between July and November 2021, with the collaboration of the Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (CST), which brings together a hospital center and different primary care centers (CAP). The primary care physicians and rheumatologists of the CST will receive an e-mail from the hospital management, informing them of the study to be carried out so that, if they consider it appropriate, they can inform their patients. Intervention of the intervention and control group: Each volunteer will be assigned to an intervention group either to the control group (CG) or experimental group (EG). The control group and intervention group will receive the same multicomponent exercise program, based on specific literature for being an effective, safe and feasible training for both elderly people {{2091 Bouaziz, Walid 2016;}} {{2092 Fragala,M. S. 2019;}}, with or without frailty {{2093 Cadore, Eduardo L 2014;}} {{2094 Casas-Herrero, Alvaro 2019;}} {{2088 Fernández-García, Ángel Iván 2020;}} and/or with osteoporosis {{2089 Moradell, Ana 2020;}}. The main difference between both groups is that the experimental group (EG) will perform the strength exercises with flow restriction (BFR) while the control group (CG) will not have any restriction. The periodicity of both groups will be 2 sessions per week, with a duration of 65 minutes per session and the duration of the intervention of 6 months and a follow-up 12 months after the beginning of the intervention (see scheme). The training will be supervised at all times by a physiotherapist with more than 10 years of experience in multicomponent exercise. The sessions will include both limb and trunk work and will have a clear functional objective, focusing on activities of daily living (ADL). Each session will work on all the basic physical abilities (strength, balance, endurance, flexibility and coordination) and will be divided into: 10 minutes of initial warm-up. This is divided into 8 minutes walking on a treadmill or cyclohergometer with an intensity corresponding to 30% of heart rate reserve. Followed by 2 minutes of active mobilizations in both upper and lower extremities. 20 minutes of strength exercises. These will be interspersed with the rest of the exercises and will include the different extremities and trunk. During the first month, training will be carried out with loads corresponding to 20% of 1 repetition maximum (RM) and from the second month onwards it will be increased to 30-35% of 1 RM. 10 minutes of resistance exercises. These exercises will be interspersed with the rest to make the session much more enjoyable. 10 minutes of coordination and balance exercises. These exercises will be interspersed with the rest of the activities. 5 minutes of flexibility. These exercises will be performed interspersed with the strength and endurance exercises. 5 minutes of return to calm and relaxation. To facilitate the monitoring of the researcher who will apply the intervention, each group will be subdivided into smaller groups (ratio of 5 subjects per researcher).

Thus, the aim of the current study is to assess the influence of vitamin D deficiency and, consequently, of serum calcium deficiency in the body composition, muscular activity, bone mineral density, fatigue, and exercise tolerance of CD patients. Secondly, it also aims to determine the impact of vitamin D supplementation on this population.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of lanthanum carbonate and calcium carbonate on the progression of coronary calcification and vascular endothelial dysfunction.