All clinical trials

The purpose of the study is to compare the three methods of bronchoscopic imaging to determine what combination is optimum to identify neoplastic mucosal abnormalities. The ability to decrease the rate of false-positive and false negative findings of bronchoscopy also will be studied for each spectroscopic technique separately and for their combination.

The purpose of this study is to assess the cross-sectional prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia taking antipsychotics.

To measure the long-term changes in weight and plasma lipids after switching antipsychotic treatment to aripiprazole

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the expression of different inflammatory proteins in cancer and normal pancreatic tissue.

This observational study is aimed at exploring bladder function following temporary unilateral low loop cutaneous ureterostomy carried out in newborns suffering from severe congenital hydro-ureteronephrosis

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the performance of the COL thermometer by comparing its measurement to equilibrium measurement and to make a final tuning of the thermometer algorithm.

The aim of the current research is to assess the efficiency of the Integrative Therapy among children with PDD after a year of treatment in kindergartens in Ashdod, Israel. An additional aim is to pinpoint specific changes in communication quality and functioning in different areas and recognize the prognostic factors, such as social interaction, affect and level of play. This analysis will contribute to developing more efficient treatment program, adapted to the needs of the treated children.

A common soft tissue injury in sports involving sprinting and jumping is the hamstring strain. In addition to the frequency of injury, hamstring injuries are also the most recurrent soft tissue injury occurring in sport. There is a need for further research concerning diagnosis and different prognostic parameters for the rehabilitating process. The aims for this study are: A longitudinal comparison of sonographic and MRI assessments of acute and healing hamstring injuries. A study investigating different biomechanical parameters in the process of determining whether a former hamstring injured soccer player is fully rehabilitated. We hypothesize that it is possible to use electromyography, muscle strength measurements and different tests on a force platform to help determine this issue.

Patients with malignancies are at high risk of developing a thromboembolic complication and their treatment with chemo- and or radiation therapy further enhances this risk. Conventional haemostatic tests are not suitable as a screening tool of a hypercoagulable state. A hypercoagulable profile identified with the whole blood Thrombelastograph (TEG) Analyzer parameter maximal amplitude (MA) is reported to correlate with thrombotic events in patients undergoing major non-cardial surgery and recurrent ischemic events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. In this study we investigate the correlation between TEG measurements and thromboembolic events in patients with newly diagnosed malignancies. The hypotheses of this study are: Patients with malignancies and hypercoagulability, defined as a TEG MA>69 mm and /or R<4 min is at increased risk of developing thromboembolic complications as compared to those with a MA<69 mm and/or a R>4 min. Hypercoagulability and hence TEG R and MA values are affected by the treatment instituted in these patients (chemo and radiation therapy) rendering the patients more hypercoagulable and hence at increased risk of developing thrombotic complications.

Chart review evaluating outcome of patients in whom following resection of a tumor involving the head of the pancreas no anastomosis of the pancreatic stump was done to the gastrointestinal tract.