32 results match your criteria: "Hospital de Elche[Affiliation]"

5P medicine is defined as Personalized, Predictive, Preventive, Participatory, and Population-based. 5P medicine may be improved by including a factor that could provide information about the therapeutic value of a particular drug treatment and measure its effectiveness in clinical practice. We propose that this factor may be treatment persistence, and that its addition to 5P medicine would allow to define a new improved 6P medicine.

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Background: People living with HIV (PLWH) have significantly enhanced their life expectancy. Consequently, age-associated comorbidities and related health conditions are increasingly found in PLWH complicating their clinical management.

Objective: To determine the effect of the capacity-motivation-opportunity (CMO) structured pharmaceutical care intervention for improving clinical health-care results frequently associated to PLWH.

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Objective: In Spain, due to the lack of data at national level a lung cancer registry, the Thoracic Tumour Registry (TTR), was created. Such registry should demonstrate comparability with population-based data to ensure representativeness at population level. The aim is to compare the socio-demographic characteristics of the TTR with incidence data from the Red de Registros de Cáncer (REDECAN) and mortality data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

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Article Synopsis
  • Lung cancer is a big problem, causing about 25% of cancer deaths, and this study looked at if men and women show different signs of it when they're diagnosed.
  • Researchers analyzed data from a large group of lung cancer patients in Spain and found that women were usually younger and smoked less than men.
  • In the end, the study showed that there weren't many differences between men and women when it came to how advanced their cancer was or what symptoms they had when diagnosed.
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Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a pharmaceutical care intervention based on the CMO methodology (Capacity, Motivation  and Opportunity) in improving primary adherence to concomitant  treatment in HIV+ patients on antiretroviral treatment.

Method: This was a longitudinal prospective multicenter study carried out  between September 2019 and September 2020, which included HIV+  patients older than 18 years who were on antiretroviral treatment and  were taking concomitant medications. Demographic, clinical, and pharmacotherapeutic variables were collected.

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Introduction: This study sought to analyse differences in epidemiology and survival between women and men living with HIV (WLHIV and MLHIV) in the CoRIS cohort and the course of their disease over a 10-year period.

Methods: Variables of interest between WLHIV and MLHIV were compared. A trend analysis was performed using the Mantel-Haenszel test.

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Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rev Clin Esp (Barc)

February 2021

Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a mild illness caused by enteroviruses (EV), although in some Asian countries, large outbreaks have been reported in the last 25 years, with a considerable incidence of neurological complications. This study describes epidemiological and clinical characteristics of EV infections involved in HFMD and other mucocutaneous symptoms from 2006 to 2020 in Spain. EV-positive samples from 368 patients were included.

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Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rev Clin Esp

February 2021

Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, San Juan de Alicante, España.

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

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[Incubation period of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis].

Rev Clin Esp (Barc)

February 2021

Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, San Juan de Alicante, España.

Background And Objective: The incubation period of COVID-19 helps to determine the optimal duration of the quarantine and inform predictive models of incidence curves. Several emerging studies have produced varying results; this systematic review aims to provide a more accurate estimate of the incubation period of COVID-19.

Methods: For this systematic review, a literature search was conducted using Pubmed, Scopus/EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases, covering all observational and experimental studies reporting the incubation period and published from 1 January 2020 to 21 March 2020.

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Introduction: This study sought to analyse differences in epidemiology and survival between women and men living with HIV in the CoRIS cohort and the course of their disease over a 10-year period.

Methods: Variables of interest between women living with HIV and men living with HIV were compared. A trend analysis was performed using the Mantel-Haenszel test.

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Introduction And Objectives: The SAFEHEART study was designed to analyze the situation of familial heterozygous hypercholesterolemia (FHH) and improve knowledge of this disease in Spain. Our objective was to determine the incidence rate of cardiovascular events, the estimated risk of developing an event and its modification, the use of lipid-lowering treatment, and the achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets in patients with FHH.

Methods: SAFEHEART is a prospective, open, multicenter, nationwide cohort study, with long-term protocol-based follow-up in a population of individuals with molecularly-characterized FHH.

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Long-Acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine for Maintenance of HIV-1 Suppression.

N Engl J Med

March 2020

From the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (S.S.); Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico (J.-F.A.-V.); Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health Imperial Point, Fort Lauderdale, FL (G.J.R.); Fatebenefratelli Sacco Hospital, Milan (G.R.); the Center for Infectious Diseases, Berlin (A.B.); Hospital de Elche, Elche, Spain (M.M.); Maxwell Centre, Durban, South Africa (G.L.); the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow (V.P.); Metropolis Medical Group, San Francisco (F.B.); Maple Leaf Research, Toronto (G.S.), and GlaxoSmithKline, Mississauga (J.H.) - both in Ontario, Canada; Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires (P.C.); Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Y.-S.K.); GlaxoSmithKline (S.L.F.) and ViiV Healthcare (C.L.T., P.P., J.M., C.M.H., K.J.H., D.A.M., K.Y.S., W.R.S.) - both in Research Triangle Park, NC; ViiV Healthcare, Brentford, United Kingdom (V.C.); and Janssen Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium (H.C., W.P., S.V., P.E.W.).

Background: Simplified regimens for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection may increase patient satisfaction and facilitate adherence.

Methods: In this phase 3, open-label, multicenter, noninferiority trial involving patients who had had plasma HIV-1 RNA levels of less than 50 copies per milliliter for at least 6 months while taking standard oral antiretroviral therapy, we randomly assigned participants (1:1) to either continue their oral therapy or switch to monthly intramuscular injections of long-acting cabotegravir, an HIV-1 integrase strand-transfer inhibitor, and long-acting rilpivirine, a nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor. The primary end point was the percentage of participants with an HIV-1 RNA level of 50 copies per milliliter or higher at week 48, determined with the use of the Food and Drug Administration snapshot algorithm.

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Background: Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. Although Spain contributes to global statistics related to cancer, it is difficult to discern aspects linked to clinical presentation of the disease or molecular testing. The Thoracic Tumor Registry (TTR) was created with the aim of filling this gap.

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Objectives: Concomitant chemo-radiation is the standard treatment for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC). The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of oral vinorelbine and cisplatin (OVP) compared with etoposide and cisplatin (EP), both in combination with radiotherapy, in this setting.

Material And Methods: An open-label, randomized phase II trial was undertaken including 23 hospitals in Spain.

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Background: Treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine increases survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the assessment of treatment efficacy and safety in non-selected patients in a real-life setting may provide useful information to support decision-making processes in routine practice.

Methods: Retrospective, multicenter study including patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, who started first-line treatment with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine between December 2013 and June 2015 according to routine clinical practice.

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Objective: we aimed to evaluate the utility of transorbital ultrasonography (TOS) in optic nerve assessment and quantification of ON atrophy in MS patients, and to determine whether ON atrophy correlates with the disease duration and disability measured on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).

Materials And Methods: Prospective, multicentre, blinded cohort study of 59 patients diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS and 36 controls.

Results: When measured with TOS, the diameter of both the right (2.

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Background: Both immediate and deferred switching from a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r)-based regimen to a dolutegravir (DTG)-based regimen may improve lipid profile.

Methods: European Network for AIDS Treatment 022 Study (NEAT022) is a European, open-label, randomized trial. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults aged ≥50 years or with a Framingham score ≥10% were eligible if HIV RNA was <50 copies/mL.

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Background: Concerns have been voiced over the capacity of deintensification strategies to preserve neurocognitive function and prevent neurocognitive impairment.

Methods: We present the 96 week results of a neurocognitive substudy nested within the SALT clinical trial: a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial that compares whether atazanavir/ritonavir + lamivudine is non-inferior to atazanavir/ritonavir + two NRTIs in HIV-suppressed patients on stable triple therapy. A global deficit score (GDS) for five neurocognitive tasks was used to assess neurocognitive function.

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Nuclear IGF-1R predicts chemotherapy and targeted therapy resistance in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Br J Cancer

December 2017

Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínic, Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Group, IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Villarroel, 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Background: Although chemotherapy is the cornerstone treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), acquired chemoresistance is common and constitutes the main reason for treatment failure. Monoclonal antibodies against insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) have been tested in pre-treated mCRC patients, but results have been largely deceiving.

Methods: We analysed time to progression, overall survival, and the mutational status of RAS, BRAF and nuclear p-IGF-1R expression by immunohistochemistry, in 470 metastatic CRC patients.

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Objectives: To determine the efficacy and safety of cyclosporine (CyA) in a large national registry-based population of patients with steroid-refractory (SR) acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) and to establish predictors of efficacy and adverse events.

Methods: Multicenter study of SR-ASUC treated with CyA, based on data from the ENEIDA registry. SR-ASUC patients treated with infliximab (IFX) or sequential rescue therapy (CyA-IFX or IFX-CyA) were used as comparators.

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Introduction: Due to their low CNS penetrance, there are concerns about the capacity of non-conventional PI-based ART (monotherapy and dual therapies) to preserve neurocognitive performance (NP).

Methods: We evaluated the NP change of aviremic participants of the SALT clinical trial (1) switching therapy to dual therapy (DT: ATV/r+3TC) or triple therapy (TT: ATV/r+2NRTI) who agreed to perform an NP assessment (NPZ-5) at baseline and W48. Neurocognitive impairment and NP were assessed using AAN-2007 criteria (2) and global deficit scores (GDS) (3).

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Renal involvement is an unusual but significant Behcet´s disease (BD) complication and AA amyloidosis appears to be the most common etiology. IL-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine with an important role in AA amyloidosis development. Tocilizumab (TCZ) is a humanized anti-IL-6 receptor antibody that has emerged as an effective and specific treatment in AA amyloidosis secondary to chronic inflammatory disorders.

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This paper reports the clinical experience of a 71-year-old female with resection of the colon, who subsequently developed postoperative complications. A colostomy was carried out; necrosis of the colostomy edges and stoma retraction complicated optimal stoma appliance placement. It was possible to treat the resulting cavity with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) by isolating the stoma and treating the peristomal wound area.

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AA-type amyloidosis of the genitourinary tract is a rare phenomenon and few cases are described in the literature. We report a 42-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis, who developed hematuria, bilateral hydronephrosis, and renal failure caused by AA amyloidosis.

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