Active clinical trials for "Infections"

End-stage heart failure in children is a rare cause of infant mortality. The most frequent cause is dilated cardiomyopathy, often of undetermined origin, which can lead to cardiogenic shock refractory to standard medical treatment. In such cases, it is essential to resort to exceptional means, available at tertiary care hospitals such as in Lyon. The therapeutic means includes long-term circulatory assistance (VAD). This type of circulatory assistance is becoming increasingly used in view of the shortage of heart transplants. Indeed, the average waiting time on the paediatric transplant list varies from 3 months to over a year for children under 5. Berlin Heart EXCOR (BHE) is the only long-term support available for children (2). It is a pulsatile para-corporeal assisting device with percutaneous cannulas. Despite technical and medical advances in circulatory support, the presence of foreign material is frequently complicated by infection. Infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. It is most often of nosocomial origin, linked to central line infections. The germs associated with these infections are mainly bacteria, with a small proportion of fungi. The most common pathogens are multi-resistant gram-positive bacteria, which colonize the skin, adhere to the implanted equipment and create biofilms. Infections have a major impact on the morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing mechanical assistance, with an increased risk of thrombo-embolic events and difficulty in managing anticoagulation, secondary to inflammation.

Collect in an observational study the outcomes of COVID19 infection in MM patients across Europe.

The most severe manifestations of COVID-19 include respiratory failure, coagulation problems, and death. Inflammation and blood clotting are believed to play an important role in these manifestations. Research in humans has shown that dipyridamole can reduce blood clotting. This research study is being conducted to learn whether 14 days of treatment with dipyridamole will reduce excessive blood clotting in COVID-19. This study will enroll participants with confirmed coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 infection that are admitted. Eligible participants will be randomized to receive dipyridamole or placebo for 14 days in the hospital. In addition, data will be collected from the medical record, and there will also be blood draws during the hospitalization.

This study aim is to assess impact of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy on outcome of pregnancy, and on developement of the child in early life.

This is a non-interventional study to perform the clinical performance evaluation of the Starfish Test using prospectively collected matched nasopharyngeal and nasal swab samples from the same donor. In order to meet the minimum sample requirements, and to demonstrate performance on a range of viral strains, the prospective collection may be supplemented with banked remnant nasal and/or nasopharyngeal samples.

The goal of this prospective multicentric study is to evaluate the presence of long-term pulmonary sequelae in patients who had required hospitalization for treating COVID-19 pneumonia, trough chest CT and pulmonary function tests (PFT). Secondly we would like to evaluate the possible correlation between the chest CT findings and pulmonary function tests pre-existing co-morbidities and type of therapy used during hospitalization.

Evaluate clinic workflow impact of OtoSight use for patients seen in the pediatric otolaryngology clinic.

Investigators designed an open, two-arm study to compare oral vancomycin with a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) from a fecal donor-unrelated donor mix (FURM) as treatments for the first Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) episode among hospitalized patients.

From the profiles of antibiotic susceptibility data following eradication therapy, tetracycline, amoxicillin and levofloxacin are all good candidates of antibiotics used in the rescue treatment.

Sponsor: IMEA - Fondation Internationale Léon Mba C.H.U. Bichat - Claude Bernard 46, Rue Henri Huchard - 75018 PARIS Tél. : 01.40. 25. 63. 65 - Fax : 01.40.25.63.56 Coordinating investigator: Dr Caroline Lascoux Combe Hôpital Saint Louis Service Maladies Infectieuses 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux - 75010 PARIS Tél. : 01 42 49 49 73 - Fax : 01 42 49 47 43 E-mail : caroline.lascoux-combe@aphp.fr Participating country : FRANCE Primary objective : Comparing the kinetic of HIV-RNA decay in blood plasma and in seminal plasma in patients starting a triple combination regimen with dolutegravir + tenofovir DF (TDF) + emtricitabine (FTC) at the time of PHI. Secondary objectives : Comparison of HIV-1 RNA level in plasma (threshold 20 and 1 copies/ml) and in seminal plasma (threshold 60 copies/ml) at each visit D0, W2, W4, W8, W12, W24, W36, W48 To assess the frequency of intermittent shedding in seminal plasma once virological suppression has been achieved and until W48 Evolution of cellular HIV-1 DNA level in PBMC and in non-sperm cells between D0 and W48 Comparison of dolutegravir concentration in blood plasma and seminal plasma Study of risk factors associated with viral persistence of HIV-RNA in the seminal plasma Analysis by deep sequencing of the viral population (quasi-species) in both compartments (blood plasma and seminal plasma) before virological suppression has been achieved (i.e. at D0 and W12) Inclusion criteria : Patients diagnosed at the time of primary HIV infection (PHI) (i) a negative or indeterminate HIV ELISA associated with a positive antigenemia or plasma HIV RNA, (ii) a western blot profile compatible with ongoing seroconversion (incomplete western blot with absence of antibodies to pol proteins (p34, p68)) or (iii) an initially negative test for HIV antibodies followed within 3 months by a positive HIV serology Treatment including dolutegravir (DTG 50mg) + tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC 245 mg/200 mg) initiated by the referee physician within a maximum of 15 days after diagnosis of PHI Genotypic sensitivity to TDF, FTC and DTG Patient with medical care insurance Exclusion criteria : Chronic infection Infection or co-infection with HIV-2 Study treatment : Dolutegravir and tenofovir/emtricitabine Number of subjets : 20 patients (exploratory study)