Active clinical trials for "Syndrome"

Many metabolic complications can develop after liver transplant including: diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, heart attacks and stroke. The goal of this study is to look at the safety and effect of 2 well known and established diet regimens on the people who had a prior liver transplant and investigate whether it helps with the control of these comorbidities.

This study is working towards gaining a better understanding of the genetic and environmental factors involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which includes autism, pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), and Asperger's syndrome. The investigators hope that information gained from this study will lead to new ways of diagnosing and treating ASDs.

The objectives of this study are to explore the effects of administering high-dose corticosteroids to participants who developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) while on natalizumab as measured by time-course change in functional status based on Karnofsky Performance Status Index through 6 months following the completion of plasma exchange (PLEX; or equivalent), survival at 6 months following the completion of PLEX (or equivalent), and incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs); to characterize the evolution of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) as measured by time course changes in Global Clinical Impression of Improvement (GCI-I), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), chemokines, cytokines, C-reactive protein (CRP), John Cunningham virus (JCV) load and cell count in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); and to characterize the time course elimination of serum natalizumab concentrations in the study population following the last PLEX (or equivalent) procedure.

This is a multicenter, single arm open label Phase 2b Study of oral ezatiostat (Telintra®) in Patients who are RBC tranfusion dependent, Low to INT-1 IPSS risk, non-del (5q) Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).

Based on recent two-center results (Eur Respir J. 2011 Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21885390) we hypothesized that intermittent High-frequency oscillation (HFO) combined with Recruitment Maneuvers (RMs) may beneficially affect the pathophysiology and survival of patients with moderate-to-severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Intervention: Briefly, the HFO-RMs strategy of the intervention (HFO-RMs) group will comprise RMs (3/day) and an initial HFO session of 96 hours (HFO session can be interrupted before the 96-hour time point only if PaO2/FiO2 rises to >200 mmHg for >12 hours), followed by return to lung protective conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) according to pre-specified oxygenation criteria. Within days 1-10 postrandomization, patients will be returned to HFO upon recurrence of their moderate-to-severe oxygenation disturbance. Patients of the control (CMV) group will receive lung protective CMV.

The investigators would like to determine how aspects of metabolism and age influence ovarian function. The purpose of the study is to understand how nutrition and metabolism relate to follicle development in women with regular cycles, irregular cycles, or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We also plan to identify lifestyle factors associated with PCOS and understand how diet and activity levels impact features of PCOS.

Our hypothesis is that TA-65, a dietary supplement will help to reduce insulin resistance and plasma glucose in individuals classified with metabolic syndrome.

Azacytidine (AZA) is the current standard of care for frontline patient treated with high-risk MDS and is clinically active in all type of MDS, however, 50% of the patients will never respond. Vorinostat is an orally available HDAC inhibitor with clinical activity in MDS and proven in vitro synergy with AZA. Patient treated upfront with a combination of this agents have shown more responses based on phase I/II data. In the present study, we will use the combination of these two drugs to try to create a synergetic effect and generate a response for patients who experienced treatment failure after AZA. All eligible patients will be treated with Azacitidine and oral vorinostat for 6 cycles of 28 days. Study Design

Will Ranolazine improve bowel function and abdominal pain in human subjects with IBS-D?

The purpose of this trial is to examine the safety, tolerability and feasibility in the use of a FAAH inhibitor for the treatment of adults with Tourette syndrome.