It’s safe to move! A protocol for a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of a video designed to increase people’s confidence becoming more active despite back pain... by Ian A Harris, Adrian C Traeger, James H McAuley, Siobhan M Schabrun, Benedict Martin Wand, Aidan Cashin, Christopher Michael Williams, Edel O'Hagan, Sean O'Neill

“…We will publish the results in a peer-reviewed medical journal and on institution websites.Trial registration number Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12622000466741).…”
Get full text

Cardiopulmonary fitness in children/adolescents with chronic kidney disease and the impact of exercise training: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational study and ra... by Fan Zhang, Yan Bai, Liuyan Huang, Yifei Zhong

“…The results of a meta-analysis based on a pre-post single-arm trial showed that compared to baseline, exercise training improved the 6MWD by approximately 58.17 m (95% CI 16.27–100.06), with very low evidence.Conclusions This systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and clinical trials that included children/adolescents with CKD found that cardiorespiratory fitness is severely reduced in this population and that exercise training may be an effective strategy for improvement. …”
Get full text

Stem Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Comparison of the Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Neural Stem Cells, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Lauren Frawley, Noam Tomer Taylor, Olivia Sivills, Ella McPhillamy, Timothy Duy To, Yibo Wu, Beek Yoke Chin, Chiew Yen Wong

“…Results: MSCs, derived from various tissues, show neuroprotective and regenerative qualities, with clinical trials suggesting potential benefits but limited by small sample sizes and non-randomised designs. …”
Get full text

Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review by Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira

“…However, new randomized, controlled, and multicentric clinical trials with more robust samples should be performed, especially the combination with immunomodulators.…”
Get full text

From bench to bedside: Developing CRISPR/Cas-based therapy for ocular diseases by Qing Zhao, Linxin Wei, Youxin Chen

“…This review summarizes the application strategies and delivery methods of CRISPR/Cas, discusses recent progress in CRISPR/Cas-based disease models and therapies, and provides an overview of the landscape of clinical trials. Current obstacles and future directions regarding the bench-to-bedside transition are also discussed.…”
Get full text

Rasch-Built Overall Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disability Scale as a Novel Tool to Measure Disease Progression by Can Sun, Yong Chen, Lu Xu, Wenjing Wang, Nan Zhang, Christina N. Fournier, Nan Li, Dongsheng Fan

“…<b>Background:</b> A valuable outcome measure to monitor amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease progression is crucial in clinical trials. Rasch-Built Overall Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disability Scale (ROADS) is a novel questionnaire assessing ALS disability. …”
Get full text

Improving drug repositioning with negative data labeling using large language models by Milan Picard, Mickael Leclercq, Antoine Bodein, Marie Pier Scott-Boyer, Olivier Perin, Arnaud Droit

“…Results We proposed a novel strategy using Large Language Models (GPT-4) to analyze all clinical trials on prostate cancer and systematically identify true negatives. …”
Get full text

The Canadian Multicentre MAC Treatment Study by Stephen D Shafran, The Canadian HIV Trials Network

“…Collaborative, Canadian, multicentre clinical trials in HIV disease can be successfully implemented.…”
Get full text

Update in the Early Management and Reperfusion Strategies of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Aldo A. Mendez, Edgar A. Samaniego, Sunil A. Sheth, Sudeepta Dandapat, David M. Hasan, Kaustubh S. Limaye, Bradley J. Hindman, Colin P. Derdeyn, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez

“…After the publication of pivotal clinical trials, endovascular thrombectomy has become part of the standard of care in selected cases of AIS since 2015. …”
Get full text

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcer by Yue Cao, Xiaokun Gang, Chenglin Sun, Guixia Wang

“…In this review, we clarify the mechanism of preclinical studies, as well as safety and efficacy of clinical trials in the treatment of DFU. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs), compared with MSCs derived from other tissues, may be a suitable cell type that can provide easy, effective, and cost-efficient transplantation to treat DFU and protect patients from amputation.…”
Get full text

Progress of Clinical Research on Trop2 in Solid Tumors by Ying ZHANG, Yueping LIU

“…Various targeted therapeutics against Trop2, such as anti-Trop2 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugate drugs targeting Trop2, have been developed, and some therapeutics have been approved or are in clinical trials for cancer treatment. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the gene structure, mechanism of action, clinical research, drug development, and other aspects of Trop2 to provide references for the clinical development of effective and safe Trop2-targeting drugs.…”
Get full text

The Photobiology of Lutein and Zeaxanthin in the Eye by Joan E. Roberts, Jessica Dennison

“…Lutein and zeaxanthin are antioxidants found in the human retina and macula. Recent clinical trials have determined that age- and diet-related loss of lutein and zeaxanthin enhances phototoxic damage to the human eye and that supplementation of these carotenoids has a protective effect against photoinduced damage to the lens and the retina. …”
Get full text

Age-Related White Matter Changes by Yun Yun Xiong, Vincent Mok

“…Although the clinical relevance of WMC has been extensively studied, to date, only very few clinical trials have evaluated potential symptomatic or preventive treatments for WMC. …”
Get full text

Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Modulation of Dopaminergic Midbrain Activity in Young Adults With Elevated Internet Gaming Disorder Risk: Randomized Controlled Trial by Anqi Gu, Cheng Lam Chan, Xiaolei Xu, Joseph P Dexter, Benjamin Becker, Zhiying Zhao

“…We show that, after 2 sessions of neurofeedback training, participants successfully downregulated their brain responses to gaming cues, suggesting the therapeutic potential of rt-fMRI NF for IGD (Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06063642; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06063642).…”
Get full text

An Update on the Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Cutaneous Diseases by Yanyun Li, Ziyu Ye, Weiqin Yang, Qunzhou Zhang, Jincheng Zeng

“…In this review, we highlight the mechanisms underlying MSC-mediated immunomodulation and tissue repair/regeneration and present the latest development of MSC-based clinical trials on cutaneous diseases.…”
Get full text

Patiromer Acetate Induced Hypercalcemia: An Unreported Adverse Effect by Shreeyukta Bhattarai, Stephen Pupillo, Gulshan Man Singh Dangol, Erdal Sarac

“…Hypercalcemia, although a theoretical possibility, has not been reported in any major clinical trials. We present a case of hypercalcemia associated with patiromer acetate used for treatment of hyperkalemia in a stage IV CKD patient. …”
Get full text

Warm and humid environment induces gut microbiota dysbiosis and bacterial translocation leading to inflammatory state and promotes proliferation and biofilm formation of certain ba... by Yinrui Guo, Jianlang He, Shaojie Li, Shiqi Zou, Haiting Zhang, Xin Yang, Jian Wang

Get full text

Digital Twins of Biological Systems: A Narrative Review by Ghufran A. Alsalloum, Nour M. Al Sawaftah, Kelly M. Percival, Ghaleb A. Husseini

“…The influence of DTs extends beyond healthcare and can revolutionize healthcare management, drug development, clinical trials, and various biomedical research fields…”
Get full text

Optimization Manufacture of Virus- and Tumor-Specific T Cells by Natalia Lapteva, Juan F. Vera

“…Although ex vivo expanded T cells are currently widely used in pre-clinical and clinical trials, the complexity of manufacture remains a major impediment for broader application. …”
Get full text

Sporadic inclusion body myositis in the rheumatology clinic by Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Gustavo Luiz Behrens Pinto, Jean Marcos de Souza, Pablo Arturo Olivo Pallo, Leonardo Santos Hoff, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

“…Although there have been no robust clinical trials, training exercise/physiotherapy should be prescribed regularly in sIBM patients.…”
Get full text