Active clinical trials for "Congenital Abnormalities"

Many childhood-onset diseases used to be lethal. Improved life expectancy yield that most patients can survive into adulthood, to date. However, survivors of childhood-onset diseases often develop morbidities that suggest accelerated aging. Indeed, age-related conditions are observed sooner and more frequently in people with childhood-onset diseases. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a typical example of a childhood-onset disease and is the most common birth defect, comprising a spectrum of mild, moderate and complex heart defects. Recent studies showed that age-related morbidities occur more often and at an earlier age in these patients. The overall goal of this project is to quantify and understand disparities in chronological and biological age over the lifespan in CHD patients.

The purpose of the study is to describe the rate of bone fusion (radiological consolidation) in the 2 groups (A and B) 4 months after the operation.

The focus of this research is to create a repository of ultrasonographic images and their corresponding medical data from pregnant women (the mothers of the fetuses that are imaged), focusing on fetal anomalies. These women will visit the obstetrical clinics at Regional One Health and the Le Bonheur Fetal Center.

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are clusters of abnormal blood vessels in the brain and spine. CCMs can bleed and cause strokes, seizures, and headaches. CCMs are often caused by an inherited gene mutation (alteration) in one of three CCM genes (CCM1, CCM2, or CCM3). There is a wide range of disease severity even among family members with this disease, though the natural history has not been clearly described for this particular population. This study will continue to enroll and follow participants with familial CCM to identify factors that influence CCM disease severity and progression, focusing on barriers to clinical trial preparedness. Our long-term goal is to identify measurable outcomes and robust biomarkers that will help select high-risk patients and help monitor drug response in future clinical trials. The specific goals of this study are to: Identify factors that influence lesion progression to symptomatic hemorrhage and other outcomes, including quality of life; Investigate the role of the gut microbiome and lesion burden in CCM disease, and Identify blood biomarkers predictive of CCM disease severity and progression for clinical trials.

The purpose of the study is to find out the impact of Haglund syndrome on ankle plantarflexion and dorsiflexion ROM, dynamic postural stability and fall risk.

Ebstein anomaly and tricuspid valve dysplasia (EA/TVD) are rare congenital tricuspid valve malformations that carry among the highest mortality of all congenital heart disease diagnosed in utero. Despite the high mortality associated with severe EA/TVD in the fetus, it has only been studied retrospectively. By prospectively enrolling a cohort across multiple centers, many questions may be answered in the perinatal period and beyond. The registry will allow us to understand perinatal and postnatal decision-making in this complex group of patients across centers.

The objective of this study is to find the predictive factors of improvement of the quality of life of operated patients from spinal deformity.

To establish the relationship in the five critical X-ray time points during multilevel posterior column osteotomies (MPCO) spinal deformity realignment in patients with adult spinal deformity and to follow the participants longitudinally to examine any follow-up X-rays and clinical data to compare to the post-operative standing scan and pre-operative data.

The Mayo Clinic Conduit Report Card Questionnaires have been created in order to have a consistent evaluation tools for patients undergoing esophageal reconstruction or treatment or patients that are experiencing an upper digestive disease in order to standardize and validate outcome measures. Data will be used to establish the validation of the questionnaires/survey. Data will also lead to the establishment of "normal" or expected scores for patients undergoing each type of esophagectomy procedure and for upper digestive diseases. Data will contribute to creating treatment algorithms for symptom management for upper digestive diseases and for post-operative complications and symptoms as well as contribute to pre-operative education.

Hypothesis：Computer-aided design virtual mandibular position is feasible for costochondral graft growing and occlusion stabilizing in the one-stage treatment of children temporomandibular joint ankylosis (TMJA) or condyle absence with jaw deformity. Methods: The inclusion criteria is children patients younger than 12 years old with unilateral TMJA or condyle absence. A virtual mandibular position is designed preoperatively according to the CT data of jaw and dentition. 3D printed templates and occlusal splints are used to guide the costochondral graft and mandibular position. During surgery, the affected ramus is reconstructed with costochondral grafting under the virtual mandibular position. After surgery, the occlusal splint is fixed to maxilla at least one month, and then, replaced by orthodontic functional appliance to promote downward growth of the maxilla. Occlusion, facial symmetry, costochondral graft growing would be evaluated and analysed until adulthood.