Active clinical trials for "Infections"

There is no consensus on the treatment of patients with recurrent infections and isolated immunoglobulin G (IgG)-subclass deficiency and/or selective antipolysaccharide antibody deficiency. Therefore, the Dutch Inter University Working Party will start a study in which the treatment with antibiotics is compared with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy with respect to clinical outcome measures in both children and adults with this disorder.

This clinical trial tests the hypotheses that 1) body decolonization of patients with recurrent community-associated (CA) MRSA infections and their household members and 2) environmental decolonization of the patients' households will significantly reduce the likelihood of recurrent CA-MRSA infection.

A phase I, open label, single-centre study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals' HPV -16/18 L1 VLP AS04 vaccine (GSK 580299, Cervarix TM), administered intramuscularly according to a 0, 1, 6-month schedule in healthy Chinese female subjects aged 15 - 45 years. The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, Sep 2007.

The use of these catheters is associated with infectious complications that are an important iatrogenic source of morbidity and mortality. Certofix® protect is a catheter with a surface modified in order to reduce colonization by bacteria. This clinical trial is performed to compare the safety and efficacy of the coated central venous catheter, Certofix® protect, with that of the non-coated standard catheter Certofix®.

HPV infection has been established as a necessary cause of cervical cancer. GSK Biologicals has developed an HPV-16/18 L1 VLP AS04 vaccine (Cervarix TM) which targets the 2 most common oncogenic HPV types (HPV-16 and HPV-18), found in > 70%, approximately, of all cervical cancers. Recently, Merck's HPV vaccine Gardasil® [quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV-6,11,16,18 L1 VLP) recombinant vaccine] has been approved by the FDA for prevention of genital tract cancers and pre-cancers and genital warts in females. Although the GSK HPV vaccine and Gardasil® have different compositions and are expected to have different efficacy profiles, each vaccine targets prevention of HPV-16 and 18 genital tract cancers and pre-cancers. Therefore, a comparison of the immunogenicity of the two vaccines is warranted. This Phase 3b study is designed to compare the immunogenicity of the GSK vaccine (HPV-16/18) to Gardasil® in healthy adult females 18-45 years of age. The Protocol Posting has been updated as the study will be extended by 3 additional years.

The aim of this prospective randomised controlled trial is to compare the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection in 2 groups of patients with hemato-oncological disease: Group A: heparin-coated central venous catheters (Control Group) Group B: antiseptic-coated (chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine) central venous catheters

The proposed study is a multi-centre, open-label crossover study to assess the safety and acceptability of a silicone elastomer vaginal ring (containing no drug) when inserted for a 12 week period in 200 healthy, sexually active women.

The purpose of this study is to test different adjuvanted vaccine formulations as a two-dose schedule in immunologically naïve adults against one vaccine formulation without adjuvant in terms of tolerance and immunogenicity Primary Objective: To describe the safety profile and immunogenicity following each injection.

The aim of the present study is to evaluate a new technique for prevention of sternal wound infection consisting of local application of collagen-gentamicin in addition to routine i.v. antibiotic prophylaxis. The technique has been evaluated in a previous randomised study. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the technique after it has been introduced in clinical practise to monitor the bacterial antibiotic susceptibility and to verify that the suggested reduction in sternal wound infection still exits.

The primary purpose of the study was to evaluate 4000 subjects with acute coronary syndrome by comparing pravastatin 40 mg to atorvastatin 80 mg to determine if they are clinically equivalent, and to evaluate the effectiveness of gatifloxacin therapy in reducing cardiovascular events in combination with statin therapy.