Active clinical trials for "Infections"

The primary objective of this pivotal study is to determine if a new antimicrobial dressing, applied to the sternal incisions of cardiac surgical subjects, will demonstrate a decreased cumulative incidence rate(CI) of localized, superficial infections at the sternal incisional site as compared to the control group, regular, non-antimicrobial dressing.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of GB virus C (GBV-C) on the natural history of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in subjects co-infected with HIV and HCV. The other aspect of the study is to assess the effect of GBV-C on the severity of liver disease due to chronic hepatitis C in subjects co-infected with HIV and HCV. This will be done by determining the point prevalence of co-infection retrospectively then following that cohort prospectively. In addition, further individuals will be recruited in a prospective manner.

Poor compliance is thought to be a major cause of treatment failure. The TEddI study is a randomised, multi-centre, open-label study in well-controlled treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients to assess compliance with a once-daily regimen of antiretroviral therapy versus continuation of current anti-retroviral regimen delivered at least twice daily.

The objective of this trial is to find the rationale and the optimal dose and duration of regimen for the eradication of H. pylori infection using different proton pump inhibitors.

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of foscarnet induction treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients who have previously suffered severe dose-limiting ganciclovir-related myelosuppression, who are ineligible for ganciclovir treatment due to myelosuppression or who have clearly failed to have a therapeutic response to ganciclovir therapy. To assess the duration of clinical response. To evaluate the effect on quantitative CMV cultures of blood and urine. To determine the effect on recovery of HIV p24 antigen capture direct from plasma.

Phase 3b, single arm, simplification study with dual therapy including Lamivudine (300 mg QD) plus Raltegravir (1200 mg QD) in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected patients experiencing inconvenience, toxicity, negative impact on comorbidities or risk of drug-drug interactions with their current regimen.

This study evaluates the efficacy in achieving clinical cure in non-bacteremic urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae producers of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) in adult patients. Half of participants will receive Piperacillin/Tazobactam as treatment, while the other half will receive Carbapenems. The investigators will verify that Piperacillin/Tazobactam is not inferior in achieving clinical cure, and that is not associated with a higher risk of adverse events in the directed treatment of non-bacteremic UTI compared to Carbapenems. The researchers hope to improve the use of antibiotics in the non-bacteremic UTI, reducing the "collateral damage" related to a deterioration in the prognosis of patients and the generation of resistant germs caused by the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics as carbapenems.

The inviestigators aimed to compare the efficacy of genotypic resistance guided versus susceptibility testing guided therapy in the third line treatment for refractory H. pylori infection. Hypothesis:The investigators hypothesized that genotypic resistance guided sequential therapy is non-inferior to empiric therapy in the third line treatment for refractory H. pylori infection. Methods: This multicenter, open label, parallel group, randomized trial will be conducted since 2017.07.20. Adult (≥20 years old) patients who failed from at least two eradication therapies for H. pylori infection will be enrolled. Genotypic and phenotypic resistances will be determined in patients who failed from at least two eradication therapies by polymerase-chain-reaction with direct sequencing and E-test and agar dilution test, respectively. Eligible patients will be randomized into either one of the treatment groups (A) genotypic resistance guided therapy; or (B) susceptibility testing guided therapy. Outcome Measurement The primary outcome is the eradication rate in the third line treatment (genotypic versus susceptibility testing guided therapy) according to intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis.

The purpose of this study is to assess efficacy of 10-day antimicrobial susceptibility test guided triple therapy for the first-line treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, then comparing it with 14-day empirical tailored therapy to tell which one has a better performance in both efficacy and safety.

Study is planned to evaluate safety and efficacy of Levolet in patients with complicated UTI