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Study duration per participant is approximately 28 weeks including a 24-week treatment period
Background:
The surgical treatment of choice for the treatment of medically refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) is restorative ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA), in which the patient retains fecal continence following colonectomy, by subsequent anastomosis of the terminal ileum and the rectum.
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Crohn's Disease Inflammatory bowel disease, encompassing Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), represent incurable chronic inflammatory disorders of the intestinal tract. Patients with IBD experience a chronic relapsing and remitting course of their disease, with little ability to
The study will be carried out with prior authorization from the Local Research and Ethics Committee. Patients entitled to our healthcare services and complying with screening criteria will be included.
Patients with scleroderma included in our database will be invited to participate in the study
This will be an open-label prospective study design with respect to MS immunomodulatory therapy choice. Study group will be defined as subjects with a relapsing form of multiple sclerosis as defined by the McDonald criteria choosing to begin dimethyl fumarate (DMF) therapy. Blinding of the principal
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in tuberous sclerosis complex 1 (TSC1) or tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2) tumor suppressor genes. TSC is characterized by tumors in a wide range of tissues, seizures, mental retardation, autism, and organ
Screening and Consent - Index cases:
1. Hospitalized patient with the diagnosis of severe CDAD
2. At screening visit the study investigator(s) will explain the study in detail, answer any questions the candidate may have, and give the candidate a consent form to read and sign.
3. After signing the
Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating disorder with life-long consequences on affected individuals and families. Schizophrenia is also associated with impaired cognition or thinking, which persists despite currently available treatments, and is an important determinant of quality of life and
Systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma) is a multisystem autoimmune rheumatic disease that causes inflammation, vascular damage and fibrosis. Besides involvement of skin, fibrosis also affects many internal organ involving blood vessel, lungs, heart, kidney etc. Although advances in understanding in
The study was approved by the ethic committee of Songklanagarind Hospital in Songkhla, Thailand, and was designed as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. All patients gave their informed consent after receiving written information of the study. Orthopedic patients were invited to
Background: Cannabis sativa contains over sixty cannabinoids, including delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). CBD lacks psychoactivity and may attenuate the subjective effects produced by THC. The ratio of THC:CBD in illicit cannabis in the US is approximately 20:1.
1. Current treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) only partially reduce the relapse rate or improve symptoms, have to be injected, and have side effects. In animal models of MS, the FDA-approved oral anti-diabetic drug ACTOS prevented and reduced symptoms. ACTOS has a good safety profile in
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the immunologic and clinical response to type I interferon administered to patients with ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, relapsing inflammation of the colonic mucosa with major symptoms of diarrhea, hematochezia, abdominal