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We compared a high-dose dual therapy (HDDT) with rabeprazole and amoxicillin and compared it with a standard triple therapy (STT) with rabeprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin for 2weeks for Hpylori eradication in treatment naïve patients.

Hpylori-positive patients were randomly assigned to either a rabeparzole (Pariet) 20mg b.i.d., amoxicillin (Ospamox) 1g b.i.d. and clarithromycin (Klacid) 500mg b.i.d. for 14days or rabeprazole (Pariet) 20mg q.i.d., amoxicillin (Ospamox) 1g q.i.d. also for 14days. Eradication was tested for by the C

-UBT at least 4weeks after the completion of therapy.

Hpylori was eradicated in 86.2% of patients (81/94) (95% CI 77.8-91.7) in the STT group compared with 92.8% (90/97) (95% CI 85.9-96.5) in the HDDT group on ITT analysis. On PP analysis, Hpylori was eradicated in 91.0% of patients (81/89) (95% CI 83.3-95.4) in the STT group compared with 93.8% (90/96) (95% CI 87.0-97.1) in the HDDT group. Side effects were few although many patients in the STT arm complained of bitter taste. The HDDT arm was well tolerated by patients.

The HDDT gave a high eradication rate comparable to the STT for 2weeks and was a well-tolerated regimen for Hpylori eradication.

The HDDT gave a high eradication rate comparable to the STT for 2 weeks and was a well-tolerated regimen for H pylori eradication.Dogs with sinonasal tumors with cribriform plate lysis (modified Adams' stage 4) treated with non-conformal definitive radiotherapy (RT) have short median survivals of 6-7 months. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy with its greater conformality and tumor dose homogeneity may result in more favorable outcomes. Dogs with epithelial or mesenchymal sinonasal tumors and CT evidence of cribriform lysis that received 10 daily fractions of 4.2 Gray using IMRT by helical tomotherapy were included in this single-institution retrospective case series study. Dogs with distant metastasis, previous treatment, or concurrent chemotherapy were excluded. Based on CT, tumors were divided into two groups cribriform plate lysis only (stage 4a) or intracranial extension (stage 4b). Twenty-nine dogs were included, 23 with carcinoma and six with sarcoma. Eight dogs had stage 4b tumors; two presented with neurologic signs. Two dogs had lymph node metastasis at diagnosis, one confirmed and one suspected. Radiation dose distributions were standardized and patient positioning for RT was verified daily using on-board megavoltage CT. All evaluable dogs had improvement of clinical signs. Median progression free survival was 177 days (95% CI, 128-294 days). Median overall survival was 319 days (95% CI, 188-499 days). Radiotherapy was well tolerated. The most common side effect was grade 1 or 2 oral mucositis. Two dogs that received additional treatment at progression (stereotactic RT [1]; surgery [1]) developed significant late effects. Image-guided definitive-intent IMRT may improve survival in dogs with modified Adams' stage 4 sinonasal tumors and is associated with low morbidity. Intracranial tumor extension was not prognostic in this cohort of uniformly treated dogs.

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a simple and reliable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method to simultaneously determine urinary 1-naphthol (1-NAP) and 2-naphthol (2-NAP) for biological monitoring of occupational exposure to naphthalene.

NAPs were derivatized in situ with acetic anhydride after enzymatic hydrolysis, extracted with n-hexane, and analyzed using GC-MS. Validation of the proposed method was conducted in accordance with US Food and Drug Administration guidance. A final validation was performed by analyzing a ClinChek

-Control for phenolic compounds.

The linearity of calibration curves was indicated by a high correlation coefficient (>0.999) in the concentration range 1-100μg/L for each NAP. The limits of detection and quantification for each NAP were 0.30 and 1.00μg/L, respectively. The recovery was 90.8%-98.1%. selleck compound The intraday and interday accuracies, expressed as the deviation from the nominal value, were 92.2%-99.9% and 93.4%-99.9%, respectively. The intraday and interday precision, expressed as the relative standard deviation, was 0.3%-3.9% and 0.4%-4.1%, respectively. The ClinChek

values obtained using our method were sufficiently accurate.

The proposed method is simple, reliable, and appropriate for routine analyses, and is useful for biological monitoring of naphthalene exposure in occupational health practice.

The proposed method is simple, reliable, and appropriate for routine analyses, and is useful for biological monitoring of naphthalene exposure in occupational health practice.Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is believed to contribute to graft dysfunction after liver transplantation (LT). However, studies on IRI and the impact of early allograft dysfunction (EAD) in IRI grafts are limited. Histological IRI was graded in 506 grafts from patients who had undergone LT and classified based on IRI severity (no, minimal, mild, moderate, and severe). Of the 506 grafts, 87.4% had IRI (no 12.6%, minimal 38.1%, mild 35.4%, moderate 13.0%, and severe 0.8%). IRI severity correlated with the incidence of EAD and graft survival at 6 months. Longer cold/warm ischemia time, recipient/donor hypertension, and having a male donor were identified as independent risk factors for moderate to severe IRI. Among 70 grafts with moderate to severe IRI, 42.9% of grafts developed EAD, and grafts with EAD had significantly inferior survival compared to grafts without EAD. Longer cold ischemia time and large droplet macrovesicular steatosis (≥20%) were identified as independent risk factors for EAD. Our study demonstrated that increased IRI severity was correlated with inferior short-term graft outcomes. Careful consideration of IRI risk factors during donor-recipient matching may assist in optimizing graft utilization and LT outcomes. Furthermore, identification of risk factors of IRI-associated EAD may guide patient management and possible timely graft replacement.Advanced clear cell carcinomas originating from both ovaries and kidneys with cancerous peritonitis have poor prognoses. Murine double-minute 2 (MDM2) is a potential therapeutic target for clear cell ovarian carcinomas with WT TP53. Herein, we characterized the antiangiogenic and antitumor effects of the MDM2 inhibitors DS-3032b and DS-5272 in 6 clear cell ovarian carcinoma cell lines and 2 clear cell renal carcinoma cell lines, as well as in clear cell ovarian carcinomas s.c. xenograft and ID8 (murine ovarian cancer cells with WT TP53) cancer peritonitis mouse models. In clear cell ovarian carcinoma s.c. xenograft mouse models, DS-3032b significantly reduced WT TP53 clear cell ovarian carcinoma- and clear cell renal carcinoma-derived tumor volumes. In ID8 mouse models, DS-5272 significantly inhibited ascites production, reduced body weight, and significantly improved overall survival. Additionally, DS-5272 reduced the tumor burden of peritoneal dissemination and decreased CD31+ cells in a dose-dependent manner.