Active clinical trials for "Infections"

To determine if treatment of MAC infection in HIV-1 infected persons is associated with the decreases in plasma levels of TNF-alpha. Infection with MAC is a poor prognostic indicator in persons with AIDS. Evidence suggests that this poor outcome is not simply a reflection of greater immune impairment in AIDS patients with MAC infection, but rather may be a direct or indirect consequence of infection with mycobacterium. Survival of AIDS patients with MAC is shorter than those without MAC. Studies show that treatment for MAC improves the survival of MAC infected patients to nearly the survival of AIDS patients without MAC. Treatment of MAC with clarithromycin containing regimens is associated with decreased symptoms and prolonged survival. There is evidence, however, that mycobacterial infection may enhance propagation of the human immunodeficiency virus through mechanisms that may involve enhanced expression of pro inflammatory cytokines. It is unclear to what extent cytokine abnormalities contribute to this symptom complex and to what extent treatment of MAC infection will reverse these cytokine abnormalities.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of stopping preventive therapy for DMAC in HIV-positive patients who (1) have been treated for DMAC for at least 12 months and are now free of any signs of DMAC for at least 16 weeks, and (2) have improved immune systems (CD4 cell counts greater than or equal to 100 cells/mm3) due to anti-HIV drug therapy. DMAC is a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection that usually affects only HIV-positive patients with CD4 cell counts (cells of the immune system that fight infection) less than 50 cells/mm3. It is recommended that people who are likely to get DMAC be placed on preventive medications which help reduce the risk of infection. New anti-HIV combination drug therapies can increase CD4 cell counts and can reduce the level of HIV in the blood. When CD4 counts are increased, risk of DMAC infection is less. This study examines whether it is possible to stop preventive therapy for DMAC when CD4 counts are high without placing individuals at risk for getting DMAC again.

The primary objective of this registry study is to assess the durability of sustained virologic response (SVR) and clinical progression or regression of liver disease including the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma following SVR in participants with cirrhosis after treatment with a sofosbuvir-based regimen for HCV infection.

This open-label randomized trial aims at assessing the role of Vitamin C pills in the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in women undergoing elective gynecological surgeries.

The ENAT study will test the impact of packages of antenatal interventions to enhance maternal nutrition and manage pregnancy infections on the outcomes of infant birth size, gestational length, and infant growth in the first 6 months of life. Approximately 5,280 pregnant women will be enrolled into the study from 12 health centers in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Routine antenatal care will be strengthened in all health centers, and six health centers will be randomized to additionally provide a nutritional intervention including daily multiple-micronutrient or a fortified balanced-energy protein supplement for malnourished women. Women across all 12 health centers will be individually randomized to receive one of three infection management interventions in pregnancy: 1) enhanced infection management package (screening-treatment for urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted infections, presumptive deworming); 2) presumptive azithromycin (2g at <24 wks and a second dose at least 4 weeks later); or 3) placebo. The women and their infants will be followed until 6 months postpartum. Outcomes of interest include birth size (weight, length), gestational age, maternal weight gain in pregnancy, maternal anemia, antimicrobial resistance, and infant size at 6 months.

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to investigate the role of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) vs standard sterile gauze therapy on the incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) in primarily closed groin incisions in high risk patients undergoing any open common femoral artery exposure for a vascular surgery procedure.

There are more than one million (> 40,000 cases per year in France) of osteoarticular infections (OAI) yearly in the world. The number of these infections is constantly increasing due to an increase in life expectancy associated with an increase in prosthesis fitting, as well as an increase in comorbid factors. These are severe pathologies associated with mortality (5%) and significant morbidity (40%), responsible for functional sequelae with an individual cost (prolonged hospitalization, altered quality of life, disability) and societal (sick leave, partial disability). or total, temporary or permanent) extremely high. In addition, reinfection rates within two years of treatment are high. The BJIs are a group of clinical entities that have in common the invasion and progressive destruction of bone and cartilage tissue by bacterial-like microorganisms. Staphylococcus spp is the main pathogen (>50%) in BJI and is associated with particularly difficult to treat infections, with a high rate of chronicity and relapses, especially in case of implanted material. The difficulty in managing these infections is partly linked, on the one hand, to the fact that the pathogens are in "persistent" metabolic forms and in intracellular reservoirs which make them insensitive to conventional antibiotics and, on the other hand, the absence of reliable markers of the infection and above all of its clinical resolution, which complicates clinical trials. ESPRI-IOAC is a consortium of 4 partners (private-public) from Lyon area and which aims at: studying the translational value of BJI preclinical models identifying biomarkers of infection in preclinical models and at assessing them in a prospective study. The current study is part of the global ESPRI-IOAC consortium, and represent the clinical application. It is a prospective study of patients treated for BJI in the infectious disease department of the Hospices Civils de Lyon, La Croix-Rousse, for osteo-articular infections due to Staphylococcus aureus, or for simple mechanical revision or for cruciate ligament surgery, the objective of which is to highlight biomarkers of interest in the diagnosis of chronic BJI and, or predictive of the therapeutic response. The translational value of the experimental models used in the BJI will also be studied.

The objective of this study is to obtain female first-catch urine, vaginal, cervical and endocervical swabs for testing with multiple APTIMA Assays on the Gen-Probe PANTHER® and TIGRIS® Systems.

The aim of this study is to test whether the oscillation of cytokine concentrations in serum is able to predict the development of infection in patients with liver cirrhosis.

There is some evidence to suggest standard urine cultures may not be adequate in identifying patients with low grade urinary tract infections. Therefore, there are patients with symptoms of frequency and urgency, being misdiagnosed with overactive bladder due to negative urine cultures. If this is true, could extended cultures be used to identify the false negative patients?