Active clinical trials for "Death"

To determine the efficacy and Security of Thymoglobuline in cadaveric donor Efficacy: To demonstrate that in cadaveric donor, Thymoglobuline diminished graft alloreactivity by decreasing expression of inflammatory markers in graft biopsies Security:To demonstrate that the administration of Thymoglobulin does not have side effects in renal recipients.

The purpose of the study is to determine the myocardial function and vascular adaptation after strenuous exercise in association with genotype/polymorphisms. We aim to investigate the effects of extreme endurance exercise on the cardiovascular system. Furthermore, the role of the inflammatory response and adaptive mechanisms of the vasculature are examined. Subclinical injuries to the myocardium and vascular wall are being investigated.

End-of-life care is a core topic for geriatricians. One of the key aspects of end-of-life management is deciding when to discontinue active care measures (for example blood pressure monitoring, blood tests and X-rays) in favor of exclusive comfort care. In this retrospective observational study, the investigators looked at the care measures, treatments and paraclinical exams received by geriatric patients both one week and 24 hours before their death.

The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) is established in the prevention of sudden cardiac death, but recently a defect of the electrode's Sense-B component was reported in some patients. This lead to inadequate shocks due to noise. The cause and incidence of this defect are unknown. The manufacturer issued a warning regarding this defect and a possible premature depletion of the battery in some device. Independent data on the incidence of these issues is limited. Further data is needed to better understand the risk of these complications.

Fetal intra uterine death is a rare event (incidence 2/1000 births) , unexpected and psychologically painful for the couple and the healthcare team. In this difficult context, it is essential to understand the etiology of death to guide the management of subsequent pregnancies. Among the investigations, foetopathologic examination is essential, but the examination of the brain is not possible in more than half of the cases due to the cerebral maceration due to the incompressible delay between death and expulsion. The use of MRI as a diagnostic tool fetal post- mortem " virtual autopsy " performed before expulsion of the fetus is interesting because it would permit to obtain a macroscopic examination of the fetal brain, archivable, and a gain concerning the diagnosis. Thus, a normal MRI will exclude cerebral anatomical abnormality , stroke or bleeding . If MRI abnormalities are found , it will not only guide the foetopathologic review, but mainly to guide the etiology . On the other hand , it is a non-invasive tool and acceptability by the couple would be better than autopsy which is often refused by the couple in this difficult psychological context. In this study , MRI will be given in addition to conventional autopsy in the painful waiting time between the time of diagnosis of death and expulsion without delaying care . If this study is validated , MRI may be systematically proposed in this indication or alternative to autopsy when it will be refused by the parents.

The purpose of this study is to test whether a dosing regimen of eculizumab in addition to standard posttransplant care in positive crossmatch deceased donor kidney transplant recipients will reduce the incidence of acute humoral rejection (AHR). Patients included in this study will be those who have demonstrable anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody specific for their deceased donor. It is our hypothesis that blockade of terminal complement activation with eculizumab at the time of transplant in combination with our current protocols will reduce the incidence of AHR in recipients of deceased donor kidney transplants who have anti-donor HLA antibody

The survival after intrahospital cardiac arrest has been reported to 15%. In Norway this varies between 16 and 23%.). Many factors are associated with survival after cardiac arrest, both intra- and prehospital. Recent studies have not included information about individual patient factors and the outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In the current hospital, we are able to record patient specific information related to a cardiac arrest/CPR situation, and thereby be able to assess patient-related factors associated with both detection, treatment and outcome of CPR.

This clinical study will be conducted with funding from European Innovation Council(EIC) after approval of the fund grant and is part of our organization's European Pathfinder Project(Ref: HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01). The clinical study step of this project will be started in a retrospective time prospective manner by gathering the phenotypic(clinical measuring factors) data from patients who underwent ICD implantation therapy. The study will be done as a case-control type in which patients who did not get any shocks in 6 months post-implantation will be allocated to the control group. A customized and highly specific cardiogenomics panel will be designed and ordered to be specially manufactured as a standard kit by Illumina® (San Diego, California, U.S.) following an exhaustive investigation for collecting genetic variants which correlated to cardiovascular development. Mentioned kit bears the standard and validated technology which is part of the genetic tests routine and is being produced by Illumina® incorporate. However, as an option manufacturer is designing custom kits for research purposes by getting the desired variant lists using the same technology. Accordingly, enrolled patients in the study will be prospectively sampled ( Non-Invasive saliva sampling) for getting genetically analysed by Illumina®'s Infinium Assay Microarray platform with fully customized 700,000 single nucleotide polymorphism kits. The result of this sampling will be data and statistically analysed in a genome-wide association study(GWAS) manner by considering the 5x10-8 p.value and will be associated with each phenotypic parameter. Accordingly, the study will assess the genetic risk stratification in ICD patients in a much more detailed fashion. Following this assessment genophenotypic statistical analysed will be done to combine both parameters and generate a formula for scoring the indicator factors based on each odds ratio. Correspondingly, this new scaling formula will be analysed, verified and validated further by a randomized sampling of the population in our study before being stated. Additionally, This study will not only help to improve current genetic polymorphism clinal significant status (pathogenicity and significance of variant) but also can associate new markers with high significance that can be directly used in clinical screening, diagnosis or clinical approaches.

The number of sudden cardiac death is up to 540,000 every year in China. Inherited cardiovascular disease is a common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people, and diseases often have the characteristics of family aggregation, so it has a huge psychological and economic burden on family members. Studying the etiology of sudden cardiac death from the molecular level under the model of precision medicine is helpful for screening patients and their relatives so as to further diagnosis, treatment and management, which has important clinical and social significance.

The newborn feels pain and the newborn at the end of life, in the delivery room, is potentially exposed to pain and respiratory distress. Protocols for the management of end-of-life symptoms in the delivery room are used in current practice with very few validation studies. The protocol used in delivery rooms in Alsace uses fentanyl and midazolam intranasally. It has been used for 3 years and seems to provide satisfactory relief to newborn babies. In doing so, it seems to reassure parents about the quality of support and it seems to meet the expectations of professionals in these anxiety-provoking contexts. Scientific validation of these practices would allow wider dissemination to other maternity teams.