Active clinical trials for "Hypersensitivity"

Objectives: To investigate the acute effects of olive oil, palm olein and lard on lipid profile, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory markers. Hypothesis: Different dietary fats will alter lipid profile, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory markers postprandially.

The purpose of this study is to discover if intensive lifestyle changes (such as diet and increased physical activity) improve the body's sensitivity to insulin, and therefore help prevent diabetes and other cardiovascular disease, in men receiving GnRH hormone therapy for prostate cancer.

Inadequate sleep is an independent risk factor for metabolic abnormalities (such as obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia). Women report sleep disruption during the menopause transition (perimenopause) and into the postmenopausal years. Sleep disruption is one of the primary reasons why midlife women seek medical care, with up to 60% reporting significant sleep disturbances (e.g., trouble falling asleep, early morning waking, and hot flashes/night sweats). Despite the majority of women experiencing sleep disruption, no study has investigated the molecular mechanisms linking sleep disruption and the changes in metabolism that coincide with menopause.

Due to the impracticality of accessing the gold standard test devices, researchers have developed easy-to-use and cost-effective smartphone applications that do not require expert knowledge, and these applications have been used to measure different motor abilities. Smartphone applications such as CODtimer, Stopwatch Movie watch, and Seconds Count are used to evaluate the ability to change direction within these biomotor features. However, the validity and reliability of these applications are the subjects of research.

The main objective of this trial is to evaluate the activity of pamiparib plus low dose TMZ as maintenance treatment in improving progression free survival (PFS) in patients with advanced BTC who have received first line platinum-based chemotherapy. The primary objective is to test with a one-sided type I error of 10% whether pamiparib plus low dose TMZ as maintenance treatment increases PFS according to RECIST (version 1.1) in the entire study population as compared to standard treatment with Cisplatin-Gemcitabine chemotherapy regimen (or Gemcitabine-Oxaliplatin if cisplatin is contra-indicated). This is an open label randomized controlled multi-center phase II trial. Patients must meet all the criteria to be eligible. Eligible patients will be centrally randomized between the two arms in a 1:1 ratio. Randomization will be stratified by the following factors: Tumour response CR/PR vs SD vs non-measurable/non-PD after previous platinum-based chemotherapy as confirmed by central review Tumour location (intrahepatic bile ducts vs. gallbladder vs. perihilar bile ducts and distal bile duct and /ampulla of Vater tumours). Patients will receive treatment until progression or for a maximum period of 2 years.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of preemptive administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Piroxicam-beta-Cyclodextrin on risk and level of tooth sensitivity caused by in-office bleaching procedures using 35% hydrogen peroxide. Fifty patients will be selected for this triple-blind, randomized, cross-over, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Piroxicam-beta-Cyclodextrin (200 mg) or placebo will be administrated in a single-dose thirty minutes prior to bleaching procedure. The whitening treatment with 35% hydrogen peroxide will be carried out in two sessions with a 7-day interval. Tooth sensitivity will be assessed Immediately before bleaching agent removal and up to 24 hours after each session the procedure using analog visual and verbal scales. Color alteration will be assessed by a bleach guide scale 7 days after each session. Relative risk to sensitivity will be calculated and adjusted by session; while comparison of overall risk will performed by Fisher's exact test. Data on the sensitivity level for both scales and color shade will be subjected to the Mann-Whitney and Friedman tests, respectively (α = 0.05).

The current prospective cross-sectional pilot study is proposed to determine a set of characteristic factors associated with salt sensitivity in young adults by measuring blood pressure, serum aldosterone levels, urine analysis, arterial pulse wave velocity and central arterial pressure in response to short term increases in salt intake.

Low Vitamin D3 (VD3) levels have been reported to be associated with the risk of allergic diseases like asthma. VD3 has been demonstrated in vitro, ex vivo and in animal models to program the immune system towards anti-inflammatory immune responses. VD3 co-administered with allergen may be a promising adjuvant to improve the onset and efficacy of allergen immunotherapy (AIT). A clinical trial will be performed to compare the immune effects, the tolerability and safety of multiple doses of aVD3 analogue (registered for the intravenous route) administered by the subcutaneous (s.c.) route in subjects with allergic rhinitis and healthy controls. The overall aim is to provide additional (in vivo) support for the use of VD3 as an adjuvant in allergen-specific immunotherapy, on top of the existing pre-clinical evidence demonstrating that antigen-presenting cells educate the adaptive immune system towards an anti-inflammatory response when allergen is seen in the presence of VD3.

This pilot study will test the use of visual cues to engage food service workers in protecting patrons with food allergies. Food service workers from Philadelphia quick-service restaurants were recruited to participate in a survey of attitudes that includes an embedded randomized experiment testing an experimental cue (photograph of an allergic child) to increase workers' engagement and empathy.

Olaparib administered as monotherapy in the maintenance setting improves progression free survival compared to placebo in patients whose tumours carry loss of function (deleterious or suspected deleterious) somatic BRCA mutations or loss of function (deleterious or suspected deleterious) mutation in non-BRCA Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) -associated genes who have a complete or partial response to platinum-based chemotherapy.