Active clinical trials for "Inflammation"

The present study will investigate the effect of acute exercise on fasting and postprandial risk markers for coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy male cigarette smokers and non-smokers. Participants will complete two, 2-day trials in a random crossover design separated by an interval of at least 1 week. On day 1, participants will rest (control) or complete 60 minute of treadmill exercise at 60% of maximum oxygen uptake (exercise). On day 2, participants will rest and consume two high fat meals (breakfast and lunch) over an 8-h period during which 13 venous blood samples and nine blood pressure measurements will be taken at pre-determined intervals. It is hypothesised that men who smoke cigarettes will exhibit impaired fasting and postprandial metabolic risk markers compared to non-smokers, but a single bout of exercise will be equally, if not more, efficacious for improving the CHD risk factor profile in smokers than non-smokers.

To assess the impact of scaling and root planing on systemic inflammation and serum bone resorption markers in pre-menopausal women with periodontitis

This study will determine the impact of Transcutaneous Vagus Stimulation(TVNS) and autonomic modulation of inflammation in patients admitted with " acute heart attack." After admission for "acute heart attack" or "myocardial infarction" patients will be randomized to either TVNS or placebo and their blood samples will be collected at different time points during admission and post discharge. Blood samples will be analyzed for various markers of inflammation.

Participants with mild asthma who are sensitized to either house dust mite or cat hair allergen will undergo nasal instillation of the allergen to elicit nasal allergy symptoms. The participants will be treated in a cross-over fashion with either placebo (saline) or anakinra to determine if anakinra will reduce nasal airway eosinophil recruitment, eosinophil activation, release of inflammatory mediators, mucins, and gene expression changes in epithelial cells.

Recognition of community profiles in endodontic infections may allow a better understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and the establishment of more effective treatment protocols. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate bacterial diversity in endodontically infected primary and permanent teeth using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and QIIME 2TM (Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology 2) bioinformatics pipeline

On line haemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) has been shown to improve intra-dialytic hemodynamics and cardiovascular outcomes. Several potential candidates of these beneficial effects have been explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of mixed OL-HDF (mOL-HDF) on different circulating mediators of vascular dysfunction.

The research study will test the effects of Q CAN PLUS powder on the immune, inflammatory and cognitive functions.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the exposure of oxidative stres in the peroperative period and the postoperative 24th hour can be decreased with the thiol-disulfide homeostasis (TDH) method and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) with intravenous ibuprofen used for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy Material and Method: Sixty-nine patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores I and II who scheduled for laparoscopic hysterectomy were included in the study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups as ibuprofen and paracetamol (Group IP) and paracetamol (Group P) with the sealed envelope method. When the vascular access was established from all patients (T0), after blood was drawn for TDH and CRP measurements, while 30-minute lasting iv infusion of 800 mg ibuprofen diluted with 0,9% isotonic and iv infusion of 1 g paracetamol was started simultaneously, only 1g of paracetamol infusion was administered in Group P. In the IP group 800 mg ibuprofen and 1 g paracetamol, in the P group only paracetamol, the medicines specified for each group administered intravenously every 6 hours. The postoperative pain level in the patients was evaluated at the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 12th and 24th hours with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Rescue analgesia with 1mg/kg tramadol as an iv bolus was applied to patients whose VAS score was 4 and above. Other blood samples for CRP and TDH were taken before insufflation (T1), after desufflation (T2) and at the postoperative 24th hour (T3). Demographic and hemodynamic data of the patients, duration of anesthesia and Trendelenburg position, need for additional analgesia, presence of nausea and vomiting, VAS scores, pathology results, CRP and TDH levels were recorded.

The aim of this study is to determine whether the use of steroids versus watchful waiting improves pulmonary function tests in patients with history of COVID 19 infection who have residual hypoxemia and lung infiltrates. This is a non-inferiority trial which tests whether the outcomes after watchful waiting are not worst than after the use of steroids, with a margin of acceptable inferiority. The study team will limit inclusion to patients who have PCR- confirmed COVID19 at least in 10-weeks prior to enrollment, persistent opacities on chest imaging, and hypoxemia either at rest or during ambulation.

The aim of study is to examine the relationship between lipid subfractions, inflammation and structural-functional properties of the arterial wall in patients after myocardial infarction with high lipoprotein (a) (Lp (a)) levels, to study genetic polymorphisms that determine lipid subfractions concentration on the functional and morphological properties of the arterial vascular wall in patients after myocardial infarction with high Lp (a) levels, to study the effect of pelacarsen on lipid subfractions, inflammation and structural-functional properties of arterial wall in patients after myocardial infarction with high Lp (a) levels and to study the influence of NOS-3 gene expression on the functional and morphological properties of the arterial vascular wall in the same patients. Impaired blood fat metabolism and chronic inflammation represent possible causes of atherosclerosis. Lp (a) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and a prognostic predictor in patients after myocardial infarction. Despite recommended screening for elevated Lp (a), there is no specific drug treatment approved to reduce cardiovascular risk through lowering Lp (a). Besides subtilisin-kexin convertase type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are currently only therapeutic agents that significantly reduce serum Lp (a) concentration. Pelacarsen by using an ASO directed against the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) of apolipoprotein (a), reduces the production of apolipoprotein (a) in the liver and thus, the level of Lp (a). However, there are no data on the relationship between Lp (a) values and polymorphisms for Lp (a), indicators of inflammation and impaired arterial function, and response to treatment with pelacarsen in patients after myocardial infarction with extremely high Lp (a) levels.