Active clinical trials for "Rupture"

Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) is treated with an antibiotic, erythromycin or azithromycin, to prolong pregnancy. Erythromycin is taken for several days and can result in stomach upset in some patients, causing them to stop taking the medication. Therefore, azithromycin is often prescribed instead. Azithromycin is usually taken only once and stomach upset is not seen or greatly reduced. The goal of this study is to see if there is a difference between the antibiotic (azithromycin) compared to the antibiotic (erythromycin) in prolonging pregnancy in patients with Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM). The working hypothesis is that there is no difference in the clinical effectiveness between antibiotic regimens containing te macrolides azithromycin and erythromycin for prolonging latency in PPROM.

Introduction This study will evaluate the effect on glucose, lipid and bone metabolism following conservative orthopaedic procedures in patients who suffered from acute Achilles tendon rupture. The sedentary rehabilitation period following these procedures may impact negatively upon glucose, lipid and bone metabolic pathways whereas the more physically active rehabilitation period instituted 8 weeks after the injury is hypothesized to impose positive metabolic effects. The study is addition to the on-going clinical trial, Non-operative Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: Early Controlled Mobilization Compared With Immobilization, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02015364. Perspective This study will establish whether the well-known effects on glucose, lipid and bone metabolism of a sedentary lifestyle can be observed already following 8 weeks of almost total abstain from physical activity in non-diabetic individuals, who suffered an acute Achilles tendon rupture. Thereby, we will add knowledge to the previous findings following strict bed-rest in healthy individuals on glucose and lipid metabolism and bone turnover. In a clinical perspective it is important to examine the extent to which individuals deteriorate in various metabolic pathways to better understand the pathophysiology behind these defects both in healthy individuals and in patients, who undergo bed rest or an equal reduction in physical activity as part of their rehabilitation. Study design The present study includes 50 cases, who are examined early following injury (< 2 weeks) (baseline), 8 weeks (6 - 10 weeks) after injury and 52 weeks (40 - 64 weeks) after injury, respectively. Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with ingestion of 75 g of glucose during a maximum of 3 min from baseline (0 min). Plasma for glucose, insulin, C-peptide, NEFA will be drawn. The individual will bring in morning spot urine for measurement of suPAR, creatinine, albumin and orosomucoid. The individual will have drawn blood for measurement of HbA1c, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride, Na, K, creatinine, HgB, CRP, leukocytes, ALAT, alkaline phosphatase, Ca++, D vitamin, TSH, albumine and amylase. Also blood for BTM and plasma suPAR, IL6, TNFa and hsCRP will be drawn. Finally blood for lipid density profiling and lipid particle size will be drawn DXA of hip and lumbar spine including abdominal visceral and subcutaneous fat is done on a Hologic Discovery scanner.

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the value of vaginal fluid cytokine levels as well as computerized fetal ECG analysis are suitable clinical parameters to detect an imminent intra-amniotic inflammation with a high risk of fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) or a neonatal early onset sepsis (EOS) and whether these parameters can be determined on a daily basis in the clinical monitoring of pregnancies complicated by PPROM.

About 20 years ago synthetic ligaments were used in orthopaedics / traumatology for the repairing and replacement of injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament. After less than 10 years it appeared that a relatively important number of patients showed complications on the basis of synovitis. The situation of another group of patients on the other hand evolved favourably without complications. The study to focuses on this group of patients and attempts to determine how the replacement without problems ab initio, evolved in the time. It concerns a group of 57 patients who received an implantation in the UZ Ghent between November 85 and October 87 with the Stryker Dacron ligament and a group of 33 patients who received the Trevira ligament in the ASZ Aalst. The clinical result will be stipulated by means of standardized questionnaires and a clinical examination. The radiological result will be determined by the degree of integrity of the ligament that was implanted at the time. In this way the study could give an idea about the degree in which the technical success of the intervention correlates with the clinical success 20 years later.

Thirty patients scheduled to coronary angiography and IVUS in according to their treating physician decision will be enrolled in the study. The coronary angiography and IVUS will be done on according to regular clinical standards. As the study protocol, 40 cc of blood will be drawn from the patients after written informed consent. The laboratory tests will be processed for the above mentioned serum markers of unstable plaque. A multivariate correlation test will be done between the different serum markers and the plaque morphology by angiography and composition (virtual histology) by IVUS.

Searching a dysfunction of corticotropic and thyrotropin axis during the acute phase ( ≤48h ) of a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to spontaneous rupture of cerebral aneurysm. Impact on the incidence of complications and recovery are evaluated at 1 month. Blood sample are made within 48 hours of the onset of bleeding with assay of total plasma cortisol, plasma ACTH at 8 am and thyroid hormones (T3, free T4 , and TSH). Dynamic test ACTH stimulation (test Synacthene) with renewal of serum cortisol to H + 1 (60min). Evaluation in the first 30 days of the incidence of rebleeding, hydrocephalus, of vasospasm, infection and epilepsy. GOS to 1 month.

Our main hypothesis is to consider that the detection of biomarkers on admission combined with the length of the cervix would improve the prediction of the latency period in case of preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM). The primary purpose of the protocol is to assess the performance of these tests to predict a latency period <48 hours in case of pPROM.

The objective of this prospective cohort study is to determine the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients with and without thoracic aortic aneurysm.

First aim: PARIS study The main aim of the current study is to determine the association between abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression and the evolution of proteases and cytokines levels.To achieve this aim, we will prospectively collect blood, aortic tissue, patient data, and imaging data. Aortic tissue will only be obtained when patients undergo conventional open repair. The other biomaterials will be collected during regular patient follow-up visits, with a maximum frequency of once per year. Second aim: Pearl AAA biobank For future research purposes, a new biobanking infrastructure will be created to collect and store additional blood and urine samples in a biobank. This biobank will be embedded within the infrastructure of the 'Parelsnoer Institute' (PSI) and will be called Pearl AAA. The Pearl AAA will be established in the extension of the PARIS study

The reverse Nordic curl is a body-weight exercise which mainly works the quadriceps and hip flexors. It has a large eccentric component, meaning the muscles are working whilst lengthening. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the reverse Nordic curl exercise on Quadriceps femoris muscles injuries among soccer players. It hypothesized that reverse Nordic curl exercise has a beneficial effect in terms of Quadriceps femoris muscles injury prevention.