Project description:Asthma is multi-factorial disorder, and microbial dysbiosis enhances lung inflammation and asthma-related symptoms. Probiotics has shown anti-inflammatory effect and could regulate the gut-lung axis. Thus, a three-month randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled human trial was performed to investigate the adjunctive efficacy of probiotics in managing asthma.
Project description:There is an urgent unmet need in solid organ transplantation for immunotherapeutic strategies that target B cells and plasma cells, ideally without increasing infectious complications. We conducted a phase 2 double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial to assess the safety and potential efficacy of an anti-BLyS antibody, belimumab, in addition to standard of care immunosuppression post-kidney transplantation.
Project description:Comparison between pretreated donor grafts corticosteroid vs. placebo Prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-control trial, xls files contain normalized data (Default Total Intensity Normalization, see Stanford Microarray Database website), gpr files the raw data
Project description:Probiotic bacteria, specific representatives of bacterial species that are a common part of the human microbiota, are proposed to deliver health benefits to the consumer by modulation of intestinal function via largely unknown molecular mechanisms. To explore in vivo mucosal responses of healthy adults to probiotics, we obtained transcriptomes in an intervention study following a double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over design. In the mucosa of the proximal small intestine of healthy volunteers, probiotic strains from the species Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. casei and L. rhamnosus each induced differential gene regulatory networks and pathways in the human mucosa. Comprehensive analyses revealed that these transcriptional networks regulate major basal mucosal processes, and uncovered remarkable similarity to response profiles obtained for specific bioactive molecules and drugs. This study elucidates how intestinal mucosa of healthy humans perceive different probiotics and provides avenues for rationally designed tests of clinical applications. Keywords: mucosal response of healthy adult humans to lactic acid bacteria This study was set up according to a randomised double-blind cross-over placebo-controlled design. It contains transcriptional profiles from biopsies from 7 healthy individuals after oral intake of three different Lactobacillus species or placebo control. In total, this study includes data from 7 individuals x 4 treatments=28 arrays.
Project description:The aim of the experiment was to assign patients enrolled in the VANISH randomised trial to sepsis response signature (SRS) endotypes based on a previously published gene expression signature, in order to test for differential responses to treatment. VANISH was a double-blind randomised clinical trial in septic shock, with patients randomised to receive norepinephrine or vasopressin followed by hydrocortisone or placebo. We collected blood samples upon enrolment, extracted RNA and performed transcriptomic profiling using microarrays, allocated patients to SRS1 or SRS2 using a linear model (Davenport 2016), and tested for an association between sepsis endotype and response to either norepinephrine or vasopressin, or to corticosteroids. There was a significant interaction between treatment with hydrocortisone or placebo, and SRS endotype (p=0·02)
Project description:Maternal obesity in pregnancy is associated with increased birth-weight, obesity and premature mortality in adult offspring. The Effect of Metformin on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Obese Women (EMPOWaR) trial was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial carried out to determine whether exposure to Metformin would affect the offspring birth-weight centile. Obese women exposed to Metformin had increased insulin sensitivity at 36 weeks of pregnancy, but there were no differences in offspring birthweight. We obtained the placentas from these women to determine whether there were differences in expression of genes regulating fetal growth and metabolism. In a complementary study we investigated DNA methylation in the same samples.
Project description:Maternal obesity in pregnancy is associated with increased birth-weight, obesity and premature mortality in adult offspring. The Effect of Metformin on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Obese Women (EMPOWaR) trial was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial carried out to determine whether exposure to Metformin would affect the offspring birth-weight centile. Obese women exposed to Metformin had increased insulin sensitivity at 36 weeks of pregnancy, but there were no differences in offspring birthweight. We obtained the placentas from these women to determine whether there were differences in DNA methylation of genes regulating fetal growth and metabolism. In a related study we investigated the gene expression in the same samples.
Project description:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of netazepide (YF476) in patients with BE without dysplasia was performed. Gene expression before and after treatment with netazepide and with a placebo was measured with RNASeq
Project description:A phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated apremilast efficacy, safety, and pharmacodynamics in adults with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD).
Project description:Urine sampled from preterm-born (<34 weeks gestation) school-aged (7-12yrs) children and term born (>/=37 weeks gestation). Spirometry, exercise testing and cardiovascular assessment performed at time of sampling. Preter-born children with low lung function entered a randomised placebo controlled trial of inhaler therapies.
