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NCT00855842
One the day prior to medical abortion (labor induction) in the second trimester, insertion of osmotic dilators is added to the routine procedures. The study is to see whether the addition of dilators decreases the abortion time (time for the pregnancy to be expelled)
NCT01388348
Current gold standard of bladder outlet diagnosis is pressure flow study. This study is invasive time consuming and requires expensive and complex set-up. In this study the investigators plan to evaluate an alternative technology that presumably is able to diagnose bladder outlet obstruction using a Dynamic Urine Vibration "Holter" based on a Urine Flow Vibration Analysis technology. The acoustic vibration sensor is a small device that records the vibration due to urine flow. The patient attaches the sensor to the penis using a disposable sensor patch for the duration of approximately one minute during one urination. The analysis is performed off-line and the results are compared to the results of a standard pressure flow study. The innovative technology for the diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction is noninvasive, rapid and does not involve complex setup.
NCT00803829
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. UC is associated with high morbidity and incurs significant social, commercial and NHS costs. For a variety of reasons, many patients are refractile to standard therapies, which often have undesirable side-effects. However, an inexpensive and non-toxic treatment based on the synbiotic concept may prove to be effective in these individuals. A synbiotic is a mixture of a probiotic (a live microorganism) and a prebiotic, which is a carbohydrate that serves as a food source for the probiotic, allowing it to grow better in the gut. The aim of this study is to determine whether a synbiotic comprised of fructooligosaccharides and inulin, together with a bifidobacterial probiotic (Bifidobacterium longum), that we have previously shown to reduce inflammatory processes in the gut wall (mucosa) in a short-term pilot trial, can colonise the bowel, reduce mucosal inflammation, and induce remission in UC patients with active disease. It is planned to establish a double-blinded, controlled, randomised investigation involving 46 patients for six months. If the results from our pilot study can be reproduced and maintained in a long-term investigation, the synbiotic could become available very quickly, and would provide an inexpensive and effective treatment for UC, making a significant contribution to relieving the clinical and financial burdens of this disease.