Active clinical trials for "Inflammation"

Hs-CRP, Fetuin-A and S100A12 are acute phase proteins associated with many systemic diseases and conditions. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical parameters and salivary Hs-CRP, Fetuin-A and S100A12 levels before and after non-surgical periodontal treatments in the patients with periodontal diseases. A total of 54 subjects were divided in to three groups; periodontally healthy (n: 18), gingivitis (n: 18), chronic periodontitis (n: 18). Clinical periodontal parameters, salivary Hs-CRP, Fetuin-A and S100A12 levels and salivary flow rates were evaluated at baseline and a month after the treatments. Salivary Hs-CRP, Fetuin-A and S100A12 levels were assayed by ELISA.

The MARIEplus study is a prospective cohort of breast cancer patients recruited into the MARIE (Mamma Carcinoma Risk factor InvEstigation) study, a population-based case-control study of breast cancer conducted in two German study regions, Hansestadt Hamburg and Rhine-Neckar-Karlsruhe (RNK) region. Participants were identified through participating clinics and the Hamburg cancer registry between January 1st, 2001 and September 30th, 2005 in Hamburg and between August 1st, 2002 and July 31st, 2005 in the RNK study region. Patients were aged 50-74 years at histologically confirmed primary invasive (stages I to IV) or in situ breast tumor (stage 0). Comprehensive information on demographic, socio-economic, and lifestyle factors was collected at multiple time points: at recruitment by a standardized face-to-face interview and at follow-up median 6 years as well as 11 years later using computer assisted telephone interview. Vital status was assessed in 2009 and again in 2015 via the population registries and causes of death were obtained from death certificates and coded according to the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). Information on the clinical course was abstracted from medical records to verify clinical events either self-reported in follow-up interviews or reported by treating physicians. The studies were approved by the ethics committee of the University of Heidelberg and the University of Hamburg and conducted in agreement with the Helsinki Declaration. Written informed consent was provided by all participants at baseline and during follow-up. The primary objectives of this study are To assess the association of modifiable lifestyle factors and personal factors, including BMI, diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use, menopausal hormone therapy, socioeconomic status, with breast cancer survival, overall and according to tumor type, after accounting for established prognostic factors. To examine the influence of genetic variants on breast cancer relapse and survival To assess the association of lifestyle factors and their changes in the course of survivorship on subsequent breast cancer prognosis. To assess the individual and combined association of inflammation/metabolic biomarkers as well as changes in their serum levels with subsequent breast cancer prognosis overall and according to tumor type. To assess whether and to what extent the associations between breast cancer prognosis and lifestyle factors and/or their changes are mediated by circulating biomarker levels.

The aim of this study is the efficacy of a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich dietary supplement in improving key dementia-related mechanisms and cognitive function in older people at risk for dementia. This is a randomized placebo-controlled, 24 weeks, phase 2 study of Omega 3 in people with increased risk of dementia. The aim is to explore the effects of DHA on cognitive performance (CERAD 10 word memory tests, TMT A/B, Stroop Color-Word, FAS, VOSP silhouettes, Cantab-test (RT, PAL, SWT)), biological markers (blood: CRP, NLF, TNF-alpha, MCI-1, PBMC Abeta middomain, Omega-3-index, IL, CSF: NLF, sTREM2, Ab 1-42, total and -phospho-tau) and imaging (MRI: standard structural DDI protocol including Freesurfer and WML measurements, DTI and ASL).

The use of nonsurgical periodontal treatment, together with plaque control is considered the gold standart for the treatment of periodontal diseases; it produces beneficial effects such as reductions in clinical inflammation, decreases in pocket depth and increases in clinical attachment levels .However to modulate the healing response additional protocols has been suggested to increase the efficacy of existing treatment protocols. Laser biostimulation therapy is highly preferred method used due to its healing acceleration effect on several wounds in medical field. Thus,the investigators aimed to evaluate the laser biostimulation therapy adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in systemically healthy and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with generalized periodontitis. The effects of laser irradiation with Nd-YAG laser at the 1064-nm wavelength as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) was analysed by means of IL-1β and IL-10 concentrations in gingival crevicular fluid and periodontal clinical measurements of systemically healthy and uncontroled DM2 patients with generalized periodontitis.

This study investigated the association of chronic inflammatory markers with the clinical outcome after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The primary goal of this study is to determine the amount of three systemic markers of inflammation: 1) Hemoglobin A1c (Hgb A1c, 2) High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP), and 3) Haptoglobin (Hp) at 9 and 12 month follow-up post scaling and rootplaning (SRP) with and without minocycline HCl microspheres, 1 mg.

Background: COVID-19 virus infection differs among people. Some people have no or mild symptoms. For others, COVID-19 is life threatening and causes damage to the body s organs. Researchers want to better understand the virus to learn how to kill it. Objective: To understand how the COVID-19 virus causes wide differences in how sick one can become from the infection. Eligibility: People ages 18-80 with COVID-19 infection Design: Participants will be screened with a review of their medical records. Participants who enter the study at the beginning of their COVID-19 infection will stay in the hospital until they are healthy enough to go home. Those who enter after they have recovered may need to stay in the hospital 1-2 nights to perform the study tests. Participants will have MRI and CT scans of the brain, heart, and lungs. They will lie in a machine that takes pictures of the body. For the MRI, soft padding or a coil will be placed around their head and chest. They may receive a dye injected into a vein. Participants will have an ultrasound of the kidneys and heart. Participants will provide blood and urine samples. They will provide nasal swabs. Participants will have a bronchoscopy. A thin tube will be placed through the nose or mouth into the airway. Saltwater will be squirted into the lungs and removed by suction. Participants may provide a spinal fluid sample. A needle injected into the spinal canal will obtain fluid. Participants will have lung and heart function tests. At various points after recovery, participants will repeat many of these tests.

Previous studies have reported that cancer survivors develop age-related chronic conditions like frailty, sarcopenia, cardiac dysfunction, and cognitive impairment earlier and/or at a greater burden than similarly aged individuals never diagnosed with cancer or exposed to cancer therapies. However, the knowledge about aging-associated consequences of cancer treatment and the processes that underlie differential responses to therapy is very limited. In 2018, a think tank established by the National Cancer Institute has defined various research needs to expand the evidence base for aging-related consequences of cancer treatment, such as studies to examine aging-related processes that include regularly performed assessments capturing factors associated with physical function or studies to elucidate pathways that lead to the emergence of aging phenotypes and to understand the relationships between biomarkers of aging and functional outcomes in cancer survivors. In addition, study inclusion of older adults with comorbidities and higher levels of frailty has been proposed to achieve an improved understanding of functional outcomes at any age. Hypotheses / objectives We hypothesize that prostate cancer radiotherapy accelerates aging-related processes, furthermore, aging-related biomarkers may predict functional outcomes and represent early indicators of aging phenotypes. Primary objectives of the proposed study are the determination of the aging-related consequences of radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients and the evaluation of the relationship between biomarkers of aging and age-related clinical conditions.

This study evaluates the impact of red meat and whole-grain intake on the colonic mucosal barrier and the dietary impact of these groups on the induced low-grade inflammation

The aim of this study to investigate and compare cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) parameters of prediabetic, type 2 diabetic and healthy individuals. CRF assessed with cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) which is gold standard measure of CRF. Pulmonary functions, inflammation, disease specific parameters such as HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose etc affect CRF in prediabetic and type 2 diabetics.All parameters examine in this study.