Active clinical trials for "Inflammation"

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

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.

The goal of this prospective cohort study is to examine circulating biomarkers before and after weight loss in patients with obesity, with or without concomitant diabetes, undergoing bariatric surgery. The main questions that are being addressed are: Do biomarkers of hemostasis, including coagulation, fibrinolysis, and platelet function improve following surgery and if so, is that improvement more pronounced in patients with diabetes? Do biomarkers of endothelial function and other aspects of vascular function improve following surgery and if so, is that improvement more pronounced in patients with diabetes? Do biomarkers of inflammation, including markers of adipocyte function, improve following surgery and if so, is that improvement more pronounced in patients with diabetes? The possible role of circulating extracellular vesicles reflecting biological functions above will also be investigated (optional) Participants will be asked to attend in total five study visits before and after surgery including a final visit at two years post-surgery. Comparisons will be performed within- as well as between groups.

The study aimed to investigate gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) levels of possible novel biomarkers Annexin-A1 (ANX A1), Carbonic anhydrase- 1 (CA I), and Elongation Factor-1 Gamma (EF1-Ɣ) in health along with different periodontal diseases. In total, 80 systemically healthy individuals were included in this study; 20 with periodontitis stage 3 grade B , 20 with periodontitis stage 3 grade C (P-Stage III/C), 19 with gingivitis, and 21 with clinically healthy periodontium. Probing depth, clinical attachment level, plaque index, and papillary bleeding index were recorded. GCF ANX A1, CA I and EF1-Ɣ levels were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Receiver operating characteristics curve was used for estimating the under the curve.

In this study, the investigators aimed to observe the effects of medium cut-off dialysis filters and high-flux dialysis filters on malnutrition inflammation score, uremic itching, restless leg syndrome, anemia, and ESA treatment, which are prominent complications in hemodialysis, and routine follow-up parameters.

This study is a retrospective case-control study. In the study, the data of 304 patients who were evaluated in our clinic between January 2017 and January 2020 with a pre-diagnosis or diagnosis of postmenopausal osteoporosis were retrospectively reviewed. Lumbar 1-4 and femoral neck bone mineral densitometry values T scores, ages, sedimentation, C-reactive protein, neutrophil, leukocyte and platelet levels, and mean platelet volume values of the patients were recorded. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio was calculated by dividing the neutrophil count by the lymphocyte count, and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio was calculated by dividing the platelet count by the lymphocyte count. The systemic immune inflammation index (SII) was calculated using the formula, SII = platelet count x neutrophil count / lymphocyte count. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of the systemic immune inflammation index in postmenopausal osteoporosis and to examine the SII, N / L, PLT / L, MPV, sedimentation (ESR), C reactive protein (CRP), femur and lumbar BMD values and their relationships with each other.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a functional disease with joint degeneration with subchondral and periosteal lesions. Coxarthrosis (or hip osteoarthritis) is an important cause of disability, especially in the advanced age group.Although hip osteoarthritis is often thought to be a non-inflammatory pathology, recent studies have shown that joint degeneration is correlated with the production of inflammatory factors and cartilage destroying enzymes. There are very few studies evaluating the correlation of Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, monocyte lymphocyte ratio and Platelet lymphocyte ratio with inflammatory parameters CRP and ESR levels in hip osteoarthritis and its relation with the staging of hip osteoatritis.

Early research suggests that inflammation plays a key role in the development of SARS CoV-2 infection. The immune response to respiratory infection is characterized by an influx of neutrophils to the lungs. This study ought to investigate the association of simple biomarkers such as NLR and PLR with the clinical outcome in SARS CoV-2 infection patients.

This study was designed to whether there is a measurable reduction in inflammation in walls of unruptured vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms with atorvastatin.