Active clinical trials for "Rheumatic Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to investigate the protective effect of electro-acupuncture preconditioning in patients underwent cardiac surgery.

The majority of patients diagnosed with rheumatic disease, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory myositis, and vasculitis, will experience fever or infection during their course of therapy. The most common microbiologically documented infection is bacterial, virus, and fungal, which can be associated with the severity and mortality of disease. Current methods of diagnosis require a significant load of pathogen making early detection difficult. Delayed diagnosis and delayed optimal therapy of infection are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study seeks to identify whether next generation sequencing (NGS) of pathogens can identify patients with infection treated with corticosteroid and immunosuppressive agents. This would enable preemptive targeted therapy to replace prophylaxis treatment which often leads to some adverse events and antibiotic resistance.

30 months, multicentre, prospective observational study on adult (>18 years) patients with a diagnosis of rare and complex connective tissue diseases (rCTDs) who will be given the vaccine during the period from January 2021 and January 2022. Patients with the following diagnosis will be included: antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), IgG4-related disease (IgG4), mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), relapsing polychondritis (RP), Sjogren's syndrome (SS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc) undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)

Our infertility unit has started a clinic for women with rheumatological diseases. those women are prone to infertility problems and it might be due to their illness or cytotoxic treatment . In our study we are going to observe the effect of their disease on ovarian reserve. we will assess it by using intravaginal sonography and blood test such as hormonal profile and anti-mullerian hormone (AMH).

B cells are known to play an important role in auto-immune diseases by activating T cells, secreting inflammatory cytokines and autoreactive antibodies. However, a sub-type of B cells named regulatory B cells or Bregs has recently shown capacities to prevent or cure arthritis in mouse models. Bregs have also been identified in humans.

The objective of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and open-label extension study is to figure out the impact of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) on fatigue in patients with rheumatic diseases.

According to American Heart Association criteria, patients who have had Rheumatic Fever (RF) should be treated with antibiotic prophylaxis. Continuous prophylaxis is recommended in patients with well-documented histories of RF and in those with evidence of rheumatic heart disease. There is a limited data regarding adherence of patients to treatment and efficacy of treatment. In this study, patients with RF who are older than 21 years will be collected from a computerized database of 'Maccabi Healthcare Services', one of the biggest Israeli Health Funds. Patients will be assigned to the study after obtaining informed consent. Previous adherence to antibiotic prophylaxis will be examined according to computerized database of drugs which were issued to the patient since RF diagnosis. Past history of cardiac involvement, including past Echocardiograms, will be collected from computerized database. In addition, the current cardiac state will be assessed by an experienced cardiologist, including a full new Echocardiogram examination.

The purpose of this study is get to know what and how Sanwujiaowan capsule in hospital results in drug-induced liver injury or adverse drug reactions from a cohort event monitoring as registration research.

It is the investigators aim to determine the feasibility of directly detecting anti-RLIP76 auto-antibodies in human serum using prepared RLIP76 antigen peptides in persons with rheumatologic disease and persons without rheumatologic diesease ("healthy subjects").

Information was entered by mistake by a Research Assistant. Study never went beyond the initial discussion phase.