Clinical trials: Soft Tissue Infections
Cellulitis
Oral Moxifloxacin Versus Cefazolin and Oral Probenecid in the Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department
Patients often come to the emergency department with bacterial skin infections (known as "cellulitis"). Some patients with very severe infections are admitted to hospital for antibiotic treatment and some are sent home on oral…
- Trial name
- NCT00323219
- Testing
- Cefazolin and Moxifloxacin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Staphylococcal Infection
Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate 2 different antibiotics, drugs that fight bacteria, [clindamycin (CLINDA) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX)] and wound care for the outpatient management of…
- Trial name
- NCT00730028
- Testing
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, Clindamycin
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,310 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Sarcoma, Cancer
Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Preoperatively Irradiated Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma Wounds
This is a study comparing two methods of dressing a post operative wound that are currently in practice. One method is a traditional dry gauze dressing.
- Conditions
- Sarcoma, Cancer, Infectious Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02638298
- Testing
- Prevana Dressing, Standard Dry Gauze Dressing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
AIDS-related Kaposi Sarcoma, HIV Infection
Gamma Secretase Inhibitor PF-03084014 in Treating Patients With AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma
This phase II trial studies the effects, good and bad, of gamma secretase inhibitor PF-03084014 and to see how well it works in treating patients with acquired immune deficiency virus (AIDS)-associated Kaposi sarcoma.
- Conditions
- AIDS-related Kaposi Sarcoma, HIV Infection, Recurrent Kaposi Sarcoma
- Trial name
- NCT02137564
- Testing
- gamma secretase inhibitor PF-03084014, pharmacological study, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Sponsor
- AIDS Malignancy Consortium
Air or Gas Embolism, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Registry
The purpose of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Registry (HBOTR) is to provide real world patient outcome and side effect information from electronic health records submitted to a specialty specific hyperbaric registry as part of…
- Conditions
- Air or Gas Embolism, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Clostridial Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene), Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome & Other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
- Trial name
- HBOTR (NCT02483650)
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- U.S. Wound Registry
Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Skin Cancer or Solid Tumors Metastatic to the Skin
RATIONALE: Photodynamic therapy uses light and drugs that make cancer cells more sensitive to light to kill tumor cells. This may be effective treatment for skin cancer and cancer that is metastatic to the skin.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Lymphoma, Metastatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00023790
- Testing
- silicon phthalocyanine 4
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
HIV, Kaposi's Sarcoma
Specimen Collections From Participants With HIV Infection, KSHV Infection, Viral-Related Pre-malignant Lesions and Cancer
BACKGROUND: A number of important scientific advances can be made through the study of blood, bone marrow, tumor, or other tissue samples from patients with HIV infection, infection with Kaposi s sarcoma associated herpesvirus…
- Conditions
- HIV, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Lymphomas, Multicentric Castleman's Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00006518
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,029 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Kaposi Sarcoma, KSHV Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease
Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in People Living With HIV and KSHV Associated Malignancies: A Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis
Background: Some people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Their cells have shown to age faster than expected.
- Conditions
- Kaposi Sarcoma, KSHV Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease, Primary Effusion Lymphoma, IL-6 Related KSHV Associated Cytokine Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT04742387
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)