Active clinical trials for "Communicable Diseases"

The primary purpose of this study is to understand the pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and multiple doses of cefiderocol in children from birth to less than 3 months of age with suspected or confirmed aerobic Gram-negative bacterial infections.

the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of employing cefepime (CFM) versus ampicillin/sulbactam (AMS) in lowering the rate of post-cesarean surgical site infections.

The aim of this project is to test the utility of The Gene Z device (as of 2018 Gene Z no longer being used) and other rapid identification techniques that the investigators have developed in the lab on clinically obtained bodily fluid samples taken from patients with suspected infection or sepsis based on having three of four positive Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome markers, or having a known infection for which a specimen is being collected. Specimens will be collected by Sparrow Laboratories and McLaren Greater Lansing laboratories, processed and stored for analysis at a later date to determine if the microbial pathogens identified by current methods of culture, as well as pathogen susceptibility to antibiotics by culture results, can be identified by the GeneZ technology or other developed technology accurately, and more timely. It will not affect current patient care nor impact patient care, which will continue in the standard fashion today for sepsis. Results will be compared to standard culture results and antibiotic sensitivities.

A postmarketing Cohort study of Melanoma patients treated with IMLYGIC (Talimogene Laherparepvec) in clinical Practice to Characterize the risk of herpetic infection with detection of Talimogene Laherparepvec DNA among patients, close contacts, and health care providers; and long term safety in treated patients for up to 5 years after the first IMLYGIC dose.

The principal objective is to define and compare the viral reservoir, mucosal immune responses and the microbiota of different HIV infection stages; viremic, aviremic (under treatment), natural elite controllers; The secondary objective is to compare the mucosal immune response and microbiota of HIV patients with the healthy control population of Milieu Interieur;

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccine therapy in treating patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection that persists or progresses over a long period of time. Vaccines made from DNA may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells that express HCV infection.

Polymyxin B is already being used extensively in the USA and other parts of the world; its use is likely to rapidly increase due to the greater burden of infections caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria and the growing awareness of the limitations inherent in the clinical pharmacology of CMS/colistin. Cross resistance exists between the two polymyxins and thus both must be dosed optimally; but the recently generated scientifically-based dosage regimens for CMS/colistin cannot be extrapolated to polymyxin B. It is essential that an adequately powered study is conducted to define the clinical PK/PD/TD relationships of polymyxin B and identify, using next-generation proteomics, biomarkers for early detection of kidney injury. This will allow the development of scientifically-based dosage regimens for various categories of patients and an adaptive feedback control clinical tool for optimized dosing of polymyxin B in future individual patients.

This dose escalation study will evaluate 4 doses of RSP-1502 in sequential cohorts of 8 subjects each. In each cohort, 6 subjects will receive RSP-1502 and 2 will receive active control. Study drug (RSP-1502 or active control) will be administered by inhalation twice daily (BID) for 14 days. Planned RSP-1502 doses include 300 mg tobramycin plus ascending doses of CaEDTA (16 mg, 32 mg, 75 mg and 150 mg). Dose escalation will proceed after Safety Review Committee (SRC) review of the safety and tolerability data from the previous cohort. The SRC will determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) after completion of the fourth cohort. Following determination of the MTD, a fifth cohort (n = 20) will be randomized (1:1) to treatment with RSP-1502 (at the MTD) or active control administered BID for 14 days. All subjects will be followed for 14 days after completion of dosing.

This study aims to optimize the dosing of cefazolin, ceftazidime, and ciprofloxacin for patients on high-flux hemodialysis. For each antibiotic 20 participants will be enrolled and three blood samples will be collected from each participant. Antibiotic levels will be measured in each blood sample. This data will be used to develop population-pharmacokinetic models for each antibiotic. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations will be used to develop evidence-based dosing recommendations.

The study investigators are interested in learning more about how drugs, that are given to children by their health care provider, act in the bodies of children and young adults in hopes to find the most safe and effective dose for children. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the PK of understudied drugs currently being administered to children per SOC as prescribed by their treating provider.