D Dries Testelmans, MD, PhD

Sleep-disordered Breathing After Solid Organ Transplantation

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) describes a group of disorders in which partial or complete cessation of breathing occurs many times throughout the night, resulting in daytime sleepiness or fatigue that interferes with a person's ability to function and reduces quality of life. Transplantation has become an important treatment modality for end-stage …

L Leila Mureebe, MD

Machine Learning for Handheld Vascular Studies

The use of handheld arterial 'stethoscopes' (continuous wave Doppler devices) are ubiquitous in clinical practice. However, most users have received no formal training in their use or the interpretation of the returned data. This leads to delays in diagnosis and errors in diagnosis. The investigators intend to create a novel …

C Claire Hentzen, MD, MSc

Validation of the Short Form of the "Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Treatment Constraints Assessment" Questionnaire

For many years, the evaluation of treatments has been a central issue in patient care. The various domains assessed have gradually evolved over time, ranging from satisfaction, improvement and quality of life, to the more recent introduction of the Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM). These questionnaires or measurement scales (PROMs) …

S Silvia Strambi, MD

Serum Calprotectin in Surgical Septic Patients

To early evaluate the serum levels of calprotectin in patients suffering from intra-abdominal sepsis requiring a surgical treatment. The research project aims to investigate the role of serum calprotectin in the diagnosis of sepsis and to establish whether its level significantly correlates with different degree of disease severity and with …

D David SC Hui, MD

A Study on COPD Phenotypes, Endotypes and Treatable Traits

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous and multisystemic disease with progressive increasing morbidity and mortality. COPD is now widely accepted as a heterogeneous condition with multiple phenotypes and endotypes.The recognition of COPD phenotypes and endotypes has significantly impacted the management of the disease. Furthermore, treatable traits (TTs) are …

A Alain MAKINSON, MD

Development of a New Family of HIV Latency Regulators (LRAs) Targeting the Tat Viral Protein

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents HIV from multiplying. However, if people living with HIV stop taking ART, the virus quickly reappears in their blood due to the random activation of hidden infected cells. These hidden cells contain HIV that is not active and do not produce the virus. These cells are …

M Muhamed A Alhagrasy, M.D.

Assessment of Antithrombin III, Protein C, Protein S and D-dimer in Acute Leukemia

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the levels of Antithrombin III, Protein C, Protein S, and D-dimer in patients with Acute Leukemia (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)). The main questions it aims to answer are: What are the levels of Antithrombin III, Protein …

A Amr Esam Darwish, MD

Early Prediction of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer Using Quantitative Multiparametric MRI

Bladder cancer is a prevalent malignancy globally, with muscle-invasive disease having a five-year survival rate below 50%. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before radical cystectomy has shown efficacy for resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). However, non-response to NAC can lead to delayed surgery and unnecessary toxicity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), particularly multiparametric …

G Gaojun Teng, M.D.

Dynamic Prediction Model for Patients with Unresectable Biliary Malignancies Receiving Systemic Chemotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy: a Multicenter, Observational Study

This study focused on the longitudinal tumor burden profile (tumor macro features, histopathological types and imaging features, etc.), liver function, health status, tumor biomarkers, and serological indicators of patients with unresectable biliary malignancies before chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy to build a dynamic prediction model. Based on this model, risk stratification …

G Gianluca Ianiro, MD

Outcomes of Outpatients in an Gut Microbiota Clinic

The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in human health, influencing metabolism, immunity, and pathogen resistance. Research has linked microbiome dysbiosis to various intestinal and extra-intestinal disorders, prompting interest in therapeutic strategies like fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), which is now standard for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection and shows promise for …