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The goal of this pilot randomized clinical trial is to determine the effect of the addition of IV acetaminophen to opioid-based pain regimes for infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after surgery. This is a pilot trial; the main goals are to make sure our study methods work before performing a larger study. The main clinical aims are: 1. Determine if adding IV acetaminophen reduces pain 2. Determine if adding IV acetaminophen reduces opioid use 3. Determine if adding IV acetaminophen reduces complications Participants will be randomized to two groups: Comparator: Fentanyl and IV acetaminophen Control: Fentanyl and placebo Patients will receive either IV acetaminophen or placebo at regular intervals for seven days after surgery. Patients will be followed daily during that period. Charts will be reviewed at 90-days for final outcomes.
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Pain, Postoperative | PainLocation:
- McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Under 1The purpose of this study is to compare the positive and negative effects of Dex4® tablets, as an alternative form of fast acting carbohydrate, compared to the current standard diagnostic test, glucose beverage. The investigators hypothesis that because of their availability in solid, chewable form, variety of flavours and lack of carbonation, Dex4® tablets may result in fewer side effects than glucose beverage and provide an equivalent carbohydrate challenge for diagnosis of gestational diabetes.
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Diabetes, GestationalLocation:
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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AnyThis study will evaluate the safety, PK, and efficacy of AT 1501 in patients undergoing kidney transplantation.
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Kidney TransplantLocation:
- Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Providence Health Care - St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- McGill University Health Care Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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18 - 100The goal of this randomized control trial (RCT) is to assess the superiority of the How-to Parenting Program in improving autonomy support and preschoolers' mental health (i.e., decreases externalizing problems) among vulnerable families. The main question it aims to answer is: Can teaching concrete parenting skills that target empirically-based parenting dimensions (via the How-to Parenting Program) have an added value for improving parental autonomy support and child mental health, compared to a parenting program that does not focus on teaching parenting skills (Nobody's Perfect program \[NP\])? Early childhood centers providing services to parents of 3-4 years olds will be randomly assigned to one of two 6-week programs. Parents will fill out questionnaires before (T1) and after (T2) programs delivery as well as at 6-month (T3) and 1-year follow-ups (T4). They and their child will also engage in filmed parent-child interactions at T1 and T3 during predetermined activities, to obtain observational measures of parenting and child socioemotional competences. Researchers will compare the How-to and NP conditions to see if there was an accentuated increase in parental autonomy support and child mental health in the How-to condition. As secondary analyses, researchers will compare the How-to and NP conditions on parenting quality, child socioemotional competences, and parental cognitions as well as explore the conditions in which NP could be equal (or superior) to the How-to Parenting Program.
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Parenting | Mental Health IssueLocation:
- Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Over 18The goal of this study is to learn if Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomographs (MSOT) works to diagnose and follow the course of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) in children. MSOT scans will be obtained from muscle region to measure hemo/myoglobin, collagen and lipid content/signal and oxygenation in patients with neuromuscular diseases. No additional research activities -other than MSOT - will be done during this study. Existing clinical, laboratory and imaging data from standard-of-care procedures will be correlated with the MSOT data. The expected total duration of the study is approximately 36 months. Repeated measurements will be done to evaluate disease progression and the value of MSOT in NMD.
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Neuromuscular DiseasesLocation:
- CHEO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Under 18Sodium (Na+) hemostasis is abnormal in CKD patients, and this element can be deposited in the skin, muscle, and skeleton - to cope with long term sodium loading. It is known that sodium stored in this non-osmotically active way, is profoundly inflammatory. Furthermore, inflammation has been associated with several uremic symptoms. The investigators will use novel Na+ MRI imaging to examine the Na+ deposition in the skin, muscle, and skeleton of five groups:1) chronic in-center hemodialysis patients, 2) chronic peritoneal dialysis patients, 3) adult and paediatric patients with CKD stage 1-5 and 4) heart failure patients with and without renal dysfunction 5) sex and age-matched healthy adult and paediatric controls. Additionally, they will investigate the association between sodium deposition in these tissues with uremic symptomatology and biochemical markers of metabolism.
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Haemodialysis ComplicationLocation:
- LHSC Regional Renal Care Program, London, Ontario, Canada
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Over 6The study design is a two-arm randomized controlled pilot trial. The investigators will recruit Inuit in Montreal and randomly assign them to two treatment groups (n=20 each). The active psychotherapy group will receive a ten-week manualized virtual reality (VR) assisted cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (VR-CBT) at the clinic and guided by a psychotherapist. The VR-CBT will aim at improving emotion regulation. The comparison group will use a VR self-management program, Calm Place, for guided relaxation during ten weeks at home. To evaluate outcome in both groups, the researchers will measure self-reports of emotion regulation, affect, distress and well-being, as well as a psychophysiological reactivity paradigm pre-post treatment.
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Emotion RegulationLocation:
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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14 - 60This is an interventional, randomized, double blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled, Phase 2b, 3-arm study to assess the effect of pegylated-recombinant-human interleukin-2 (rezpegaldesleukin) in adult participants with severe to very severe alopecia areata. The estimated duration includes a screening period of up to 35 days, a 36-week treatment period, an optional 16-week treatment extension period, and a 24-week follow-up period. The maximum study duration is approximately 81 weeks for all participants.
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Alopecia AreataLocation:
- Nektar Investigative Site, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Nektar Investigative Site, Markham, Ontario, Canada
- Nektar Investigative Site, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
- Nektar Investigative Site, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- Nektar Investigative Site, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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18 - 70The main aim of this study is to check if people with advanced solid tumors have side effects from dazostinag, and to check how much dazostinag they can receive without getting significant side effects from it when given alone and in combination with pembrolizumab. The study will be conducted in two phases including a dose escalation phase and a dose expansion phase. In the dose escalation phase, escalating doses of dazostinag are being tested alone and in combination with pembrolizumab to treat participants who have advanced or metastatic solid tumors. In the dose expansion phase, dazostinag will be studied with pembrolizumab with or without chemotherapy in participants with untreated metastatic or recurrent, unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) and in combination with pembrolizumab in third-line or later recurrent locally advanced or metastatic microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair deficient (MSI-H/dMMR) and third-line recurrent locally advanced or metastatic microsatellite stable/mismatch repair proficient (MSS/pMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC).
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Solid NeoplasmsLocation:
- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Over 18Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), the most common cardiovascular complication of prematurity, is associated with higher mortality and morbidities in extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs, \< 27+0 weeks). Ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which act by reducing prostaglandin synthesis, are the most commonly used first and second line agents for PDA treatment across Canada. However, initial treatment failure with monotherapy is a major problem, occurring in \>60% ELGANs. Treatment failure is associated with worsening rates of mortality and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), while early treatment success can achieve rates comparable to neonates without PDA. Treatment failure resulting in prolonged disease exposure is thought to be a major contributor. Recently, combination therapy with acetaminophen and ibuprofen has emerged as a new treatment regime. Acetaminophen exerts anti-prostaglandin effect through a different receptor site than ibuprofen, providing a biological rationale for their synergistic action. The objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical impact, efficacy and safety of combination regime (Ibuprofen + IV Acetaminophen) for the first treatment course for PDA in ELGANs vs. Ibuprofen alone (current standard treatment).
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus After Premature BirthLocation:
- Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Ontario, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada