A 6-month Follow-up Study of Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia SyndromeThis is a multi-center, retrospective clinical study to analyze the clinical features, laboratory indicators, imaging changes, treatment options and long-term prognosis in patients with sever fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. All hospitalized patients with sever fever with thrombocytopenia diagnosed between 2016 and 2022 were included from the electronic medical record system of 8 centers, and demographics, hospitalization information, clinical information, laboratory or imaging examinations, treatment options, and outcomes were collected.
Register With Patients in Which Hyperthermic Intra-Peritoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Was Performed...
Peritoneal CarcinomatosisPseudomyxoma Peritonei1 moreThe purpose of this study is to register the follow-up data of patients who, because of a peritoneal surface malignancy, will undergo cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC.
Assessment of microRNAs Role in Familial Mediterranean Fever FMF Pathophysiology
Familial Mediterranean FeverFamilial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) genetic diagnosis is well established for homozygous patients. On the other hand, although heterozygous individuals are theoretically healthy carriers, 1/3 of them will develop clinical symptoms of FMF and could benefit from prophylactic treatment. This suggests that the disorder expression mechanisms are not fully elucidated to date. The preliminary results obtained at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy (IRMB) suggest the involvement of an epigenetic mechanism in FMF pathogenesis, and our laboratory has strong arguments as to the involvement of microRNAs (in particular miR-326) which are negative regulators of gene expression. This study is exploratory and aims to validate the role of miRNAs in the clinical expression of FMF in patients, thus to explore the epigenetic mechanisms that may explain the variability of expression of this disorder.
Swiss 2024 Continous Fever Monitoring in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Pediatric Oncology Patients With Risk for InfectionsIn children and adolescents undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, fever in neutropenia (FN) is the most frequent potentially lethal complication of chemotherapy for cancer. Emergency hospitalization and empirical treatment with i.v. broad-spectrum antibiotics have reduced lethality from >50% in certain high risk situations to <1%. Fever without neutropenia is a further complication requiring emergency evaluation and often emergency treatment. Continuous monitoring of fever leads to earlier fever detection compared to the usual discrete fever measurements performed only for clinical reasons. Earlier detection of fever leads to earlier assessment and treatment and thus can reduce the risk of complications. This study primarily aims to assess, in pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, the efficacy of automated fever alerts resulting from continuous fever monitoring (CFM) using a wearable device (WD), measured by the duration of intravenous antibiotics (i.v. AB) given for any cause.
Effectiveness of the Combined WLI and Hyperthermia for GI Cancer Liver Metastasis
HyperthermiaThe standard treatment of unresectable liver metastasis in gastrointestinal tract cancer is chemotherapy, but considerable portion of the patients progressed and most of the liver is converted to metastatic tumor lesions. Significant quality of life decrement was detected in those patients, especially in patients suffered severe symptoms Several studies reported that whole liver RT (WLRT) can be used effectively to control severe symptoms from unresectable liver metastasis in gastrointestinal tract cancer patients. However, it is well known fact that the liver is a very sensitive to RT. Despite symptom palliation is obtained after 20 to 30 Gy RT but only in small subset of patients get local control. In this aspect, the combined with radiosensitizer with WLRT is considered to enhance RT effect to palliate symptom and control local tumor progression, and increase the quality of life ultimately. It is reported that hyperthermia is considered as the most valuable radiosensitizer in cancer treatment, theoretically. Based on those studies, we start this prospective study to investigate the effect of combination treatment of WLRT and hyperthermia on quality of life in the patients with unresectable chemoresistant liver metastasis from gastrointestinal tract cancer.
Hyperthermia Treatment in Conjunction With Mitomycin C Versus Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy...
Urinary Bladder DiseasesUrinary Bladder Neoplasms6 moreThe study is designed to compare the efficacy and safety of 2 treatment types for the prevention of tumor recurrence of superficial bladder cancer: A combination of bladder wall heating and local chemotherapy (Synergo) Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Whole Body Hyperthermia & Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Combat-related post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become an increasingly pressing public health problem in the United States following the overseas wars of the last decade. Rates of PTSD have skyrocketed in the military and among veterans, leading to increased rates of suicide, impairment on the job and off, and behavioral changes that negatively affect not just the veteran, but also his or her family. Although effective medication and psychotherapy treatments exist for combat-related PTSD, many individuals suffering with PTSD do not adequately respond to currently available treatment options, highlighting the need to develop and test new interventions for the disorder. To address this pressing clinical issue, the investigators will conduct a pilot study to determine if Whole Body Hyperthermia (WBH) reduces symptoms in adults suffering from combat-related PTSD. The investigators plan to recruit a sample of 10 medically healthy individuals with combat-related PTSD who will receive a single session of WBH to determine if this single session improves PTSD symptoms and, if so, whether this improvement will last at least 2 weeks. To do this, the study will include basic clinical and psychiatric assessments immediately before and one and four weeks after WBH. Because sleep is so often impaired in PTSD, the investigators will measure at-home sleep patterns for a week prior to and a week following the WBH session using sleep diaries and a wristwatch actigraphy device. Given scientific evidence from our research group that WBH may improve depression, the investigators anticipate that it may also be of benefit or adults suffering from combat-related PTSD.
A Study of Ceftobiprole in Patients With Fever and Neutropenia.
FeverNeutropenia2 moreThe purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of ceftobiprole versus a comparator in patients with fever and neutropenia
Treatment of West Nile Virus With MGAWN1
West Nile Neuroinvasive DiseaseWest Nile Virus Infection4 moreThis study will test a drug called MGAWN1 for the treatment of West Nile infections.
Low-risk Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer: Safety and Efficacy of Oral Antibiotics...
FeverNeutropenia1 moreThe purpose of this study is to determine whether, in children with cancer presenting with fever in severe chemotherapy-induced neutropenia at low risk for medical complications, oral antibiotics in an outpatient setting after an initial phase of intravenous antibiotics and in-hospital observation for 8 to 22 hours, is not inferior as to safety and efficacy compared to continued intravenous antibiotics given in-hospital.