Active clinical trials for "Communicable Diseases"

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between exposure to daptomycin and the occurrence of muscle toxicity or eosinophilic pneumonia in patients treated with daptomycin for bone and joint infection

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus (CoV) 2 infection and the associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are the most recent international health threat challenging our ability to protect populations, to avoid severe outcomes and to understand both the population dynamics of this new condition and the breath of individual responses. Gathering information on the clinical course of the disease and the risk of transmission is essential to design effective therapeutic solutions and preventive measures. The aim of the study proposed, to be carried out at University Hospital Center of "São João" (CHUSJ), is to recruit and follow-up a cohort of patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection, to evaluate the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 cases, to identify prognostic factors and to measure the risk of reinfection. Additionally, researchers intend to characterize the patients and household contacts to describe the dynamics of infection, to calculate household infection attack rate, and to perform the genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 to understand determinants of disease course (namely long-term effects) and risk of household transmission. A sample of participants, identified during the process of evaluation of symptomatic individuals, at the same institution, and negative for SARS-CoV-2 will be selected as negative controls. Participants will be consecutively recruited and the study is expected to enroll patients as long as the pandemic remains. Information will be gathered based on clinical individual charts, hospital data-bases (example: for administrative data) and individual computer assisted interviews to be performed at pre-defined intervals (3, 12 and 24 months) or according to clinical needs. The project was approved by the local Ethical Committee and the Data Protection relevant authorities.

Osteoarticular infections associated with hip and knee prostheses require optimal surgical and medical management to maximize the rate of therapeutic success. Antibiotic therapy should be administered for a period of 12 weeks. Tolerance problems, difficulties in maintaining compliance over 12 weeks, bacterial multidrug resistance and sometimes intravenous administration are the main obstacles to appropriate antibiotic therapy and to limiting iatrogenicity. Dalbavancin is an antibiotic derived from teicoplanin (glycopeptide) with a long half-life, of punctual parenteral administration without a central line, active on staphylococci, and well tolerated. The data in the literature concerning its efficacy in Osteoarticular infections associated with hip and knee prostheses are limited and heterogeneous. Investigators would like to describe its efficacy in a homogeneous series of patients in terms of the type of infection, their surgical management and the methods of administration of the product in order to extend its use.

This study aimed to collect and analyze clinical specimens of patients with classic infectious diseases in the real world. To investigate the epidemiological distribution of classic infectious diseases (brucellosis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, kala-azar) and treatment options suitable for China.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of Recombinant Human Papillomavirus Bivalent (Types 16,18) Vaccine (Escherichia coli) （HPV）and Measles Mumps and Rubella Combined Vaccine, Live（MMR）

The role of intestinal microbiota is becoming ever more important in the context of obesity, type II diabetes (T2D), and infectious disorders as represented by the emerging discipline "therapeutic microbiology". The gut microbiota is strictly interconnected with obesity and T2D playing also an important role in immune system regulation. Obesity and diabetes can lead to chronic inflammation, which results in the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines like IL-6, IL-1, and TNF-alpha, causing immune system alteration which predisposes patients with obesity and T2D to chronic infections. Therefore, the principal aim of the study is to investigate changes in gut microbiota composition between patients with chronic infections or not, so as to attribute to specific phyla the formation of the infections in these patients.

This is an investigator initiated multisite pragmatic randomized controlled trial designed to demonstrate equivalent effectiveness with improved safety of early transition from intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy to complex outpatient oral antimicrobial therapy (COpAT) across various infectious diseases (endovascular, bone and joint, skin and soft tissue, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary infections). All patients referred for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) will be evaluated by the research team with respect to inclusion/exclusion criteria. If determined eligible for enrollment, patients will be approached by a study investigator who will present the COPAT Trial. Once informed consent is obtained, patients will be randomized 2:1 using computer software into experimental or control (standard of care) group, respectively: Experimental: COpAT only on hospital discharge; Control: Conventional OPAT, OPAT transitioned to COpAT later in outpatient setting, or long-acting parenteral lipoglycopeptides. Both groups will be followed by an ID physician on the research team with in-person or telemedicine ID Clinic standard of care visits at 2, 6, and 12 weeks after hospital discharge. At the 6-week ID Clinic follow-up, patients will be asked to complete a patient satisfaction survey. The following 2 primary outcomes will be assessed: cure at 3 months using clinical (resolution of infection) and laboratory parameters (improvement in inflammatory markers) and adverse events related to antimicrobial therapy/vascular access complication. The following 3 secondary outcomes will be assessed: overall readmission at 3 months, readmission related to initial infection or antimicrobial therapy/vascular access complication at 3 months, and patient satisfaction at 6 weeks. The experimental group is being compared to standard of care in current clinical practice. As this is a pragmatic clinical trial, patients will not undergo additional invasive testing or procedures.

The main goal of this study is to collect post marketing data from patients with chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection who are treated with bulevirtide to describe the long-term effects of bulevirtide treatment and evaluate the safety of participants treated with bulevirtide.

The goal of this interventional study is to learn about nasal microbiome and viral infections in newborns hospitalised in neonatology. The main questions it aims to answer are : how often are newborns infected by viruses in neonatology ? how does the microbiome develop during first weeks of life ? how does microbiome and viruses interacts together ? is there a link between viral infection, microbiome, and medical complications during hospitalisation in neonatology ? Participants will have a nasal swab taken each week during their hospitalisation in neonatology, and researchers will take medical data from the medical chart.

This randomized controlled trial will compare the incidence of vaginal infections in the post-partum period in women using sanitary napkins, with women using their current methods of managing lochia. 350 women will be recruited from a health center present in Badin, Sindh, and will be randomized into an intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive maternity napkins while the control group will continue to use their current method of lochia management. Symptoms of vaginal infection and patient comfort with the method of lochia management will be assessed by a questionnaire administered by a research assistant via bi-weekly visits. A self -administered low vaginal swab will also be obtained at each visit.