Active clinical trials for "Infections"

The infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the first cause of congenital neurological handicap of infectious origin. It is probable that the neonatal viral load is correlated with becoming of infected new-born babies. Among the active antiviral treatments against CMV, valacyclovir is the only whose fetal and maternal tolerance was evaluated during the pregnancy. Its harmlessness and its aptitude to decrease the CMV viral load justify to evaluate it in a study against placebo. Decrease the fetal viral load could make possible to decrease symptomatology neonatal in a group of infected fetuses.

The main purpose of this study is to compare the safety, effectiveness and tolerability of using Pegasys with Copegus in people who have both the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 and HIV who continue taking HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) to those who discontinue taking HAART. Canadian guidelines recommend that both HIV and HCV should not be treated at the same time as the medications needed to treat these two diseases may interact and that which disease to treat first is dependent on the CD4 count. In this study, the CD4 count must be over 350 cells and one must be stable on HAART before starting the study medication Pegasys in combination with Copegus.

To determine the influence of atorvastatin on plasma viral replication when the latter is given before and during highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in patients with HIV infection and viral suppression.

This is a Phase 4, randomized, open-label, multicenter, comparative study designed to further evaluate the pharmacokinetics of intravenous (i.v.) daptomycin and the safety and efficacy of daptomycin relative to comparator in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections in patients with renal impairment.

Treatment of acute primary HIV infection may improve long-term outcome. However, optimal treatment is still debated. The ANRS 112-INTERPRIM trial evaluates three different therapeutical strategies, combining permanent or intermittent HAART and a cytokine, interferon alpha, in order to determine which combination allows the best control of HIV viremia after 24 weeks of antiretroviral treatment interruption

The purpose of this trial is to determine if preemptive therapy with oral valganciclovir is as effective as intravenous ganciclovir in clearing cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia as determined by quantitative CMV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in patients who have undergone bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant.

The purpose of the study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the antibiotic levofloxacin by administering a higher dose of levofloxacin and using a shorter course of therapy.

The purpose of this study is to see if giving a vaccine (Remune) is effective in HIV-positive patients who are also taking anti-HIV therapy. Regular treatment of HIV-positive patients with anti-HIV drugs slows the multiplication of the HIV virus in the body. A vaccine called Remune works to stop the virus infection by "boosting" the body's immune cell defense against the HIV virus before the virus enters cells. It also blocks the virus from entering the cells. This study will see whether Remune will improve the immune cell natural defense in patients who are also taking anti-HIV drugs.

A randomized, single-dose, two-way crossover study to evaluate bioequivalence of two formulations of cefoperazone sodium and sulbactam sodium combination (1/1 g/vial) after intravenous infusion of 1 g cefoperazone sodium and 1 g sulbactam sodium in healthy volunteers under fasting conditions

The underlying pathophysiology for BPS/IC is currently an active area of research. There is speculation that there may be alteration in the bladder and vaginal microbiome that contributes to the symptomatology of BPS/IC, however existing literature is limited and contradictory. Nickel et al (2015) studied the bladder microbiota in women with IC/BPS during a flare versus nonflare. The study collected initial stream and midstream urine specimens and detected overall, there was no significant differences in the species composition. However, a greater prevalence of fungi (Candida and Saccharomyces) was seen in the flare group (15.7%) versus the non-flare group (3.9%) midstream urine specimens. Pearce et al (2015) sought to characterize the urinary microbiome via catheterized specimens from women with urgency urinary incontinence, a condition that can present similarly as IC/BPS. The study found that more than half of the patients were sequence positive, most commonly for Lactobacillus (45%) or Gardnerella (17%), with 25% made up of various other bacteria. In contrast, Abernethy et al (2017) showed via catheterized urine specimens from patients with IC/BPS that the urinary microbiome is less diverse and less likely to contain Lactobacillus species. There have been two recent studies investigating the female urinary microbiome in patients with IC/BPS. Nickel et al (2019) found no differences in species composition between urine from patients with IC/BPS versus controls. Meriwether et al (2019) reported similar findings, and additionally found no differences when comparing the vaginal bacterial microbiome in patients with IC/BPS versus controls. However, in evaluating the bladder microbiome, both studies utilized uncatheterized urine specimens. Wolfe et al (2012) showed microbiome differences between clean-catch and catheterized urine specimens, therefore vaginal contamination in both studies cannot be ruled out.