All clinical trials

Previously the investigators have found that adolescent elite swimmers, who have been involved in competitive swimming for only a few years, have not developed respiratory symptoms, signs of airway inflammation or airway hyperresponsiveness exept for a slight increase in airway responsiveness to eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea. In the current study, the investigators will be doing a 3-year follow-up study on the swimmers studied previously.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of near-infrared fluorescence imaging in subjects with acquired or hereditary lymphedema, in subjects with lipidema and other lymphovascular disorders and in normal health subjects; in order to attempt to correlate imaging phenotype(s) with genotype(s).

The purpose of this study is to collect and compare EndoSure and EndoSure s2 Wireless AAA Pressure Sensor measurements with measurements from CT scan imaging, ultrasound, and other tests used to measure your AAA sac size and endoleaks following AAA repair, and during follow-up visits with your physician. An antenna is held over the patient's abdomen to measure pressure inside the aneurysm sac. The reading does not cause any discomfort, and dye or radiation is not needed to take the pressure measurement. To qualify, the patient must have a previously implanted EndoSure Sensor.

Previous foreign studies revealed that the IQ in Down syndrome (DS) declines with age, but not any investigation of domestic data in Taiwan was available. Individuals with DS are characterized by limited verbal development, and in this article, authors look into the diverging verbal-nonverbal abilities in the DS phenotype.

Surgical resection is the only potential curative treatment available for renal cell carcinoma. The purpose of this study is to clarify the surgical and oncologic outcomes of laparoendoscopic single-site radical nephrectomy for localized Renal Cell Carcinoma.

The aim of this study is to 1-evaluate subjectively by questionnaires and objectively by ambulatory actigraphy the quality of sleep in patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer; 2- to correlate sleep quality index with quality of life, daytime alertness, Performans status and lung cancer staging at diagnosis.

Hypopituitary adults with all the hormonal deficiencies are well subsituted excepted for the growth hormone (GH) and died earlier than the rest of the population. GH deficiency involves a fat mass increase with regard to lean mass, an atherogenic lipidic profile and participating to osteopenia mechanism and decrease the life quality. All these dysfunctions are partially or totally corrected by the GH prescription with patient deficient since adulthood. However, for patients deficient since childhood, no study have demonstrated that GH treatment during childhood present these same benefit when they are treated during adulthood. Primary objective of this study is to examine that fat mass significantly decrease due to GH treatment in adulthood for patient GH deficient since childhood, treated by GH during childhood but stopped since the end of adolescence. We compare the body composition and others energetic metabolism parameters in two patient groups, one treated by GH during 18 months, and the other with no treatment. Body composition and bone density are measured by pletysmography (DEXA). Metabolic parameters are : energetic balance (energy intake evaluation by questionnaire, energetic expenditure evaluated by doubly labelled water) and biologic parameters (lipidic profile, thyroid hormones). This study will evaluate if the GH treatment of young GH deficient adults since childhood can be a benefit for body composition, lipidic profile and bone density.

The purpose of this study is to establish the HNPCC related information in Taiwan, and to characterize relevant susceptibility genes related to colorectal cancer to provide better disease control for the high-risk people. To accomplish this objective, we will collect detailed information of the HNPCC patients and their families from the collaborative hospitals and relate the information to the risk of CRC in order to provide sound disease control system in Taiwan.

Purpose of the study is to investigate and quantify known and possible new riskfactors for nosocomiel infection and death in the intensive care setting. As new riskfactors Mannose Binding Lechtin and Procalcitonin are chosen and compared to established riskfactors.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between trauma, the immune system, biochemical changes in the first 24 h and subsequent complications and mortality