Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second cause of the neurodegenerative disorder, affecting over 6 million people worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated that population aging will cause global PD prevalence to double in the coming 30 years. Optimal management of PD shall start at diagnosis and requires both a timely and accurate method. Conventional PD diagnosis needs observations and clinical signs assessment, which are time-consuming and low-throughput. A lack of body fluid diagnostic biomarkers for PD has been a significant challenge, although substantial progress has been made in genetic and imaging marker development. Herein, a platform that noninvasively collects saliva metabolic fingerprinting (SMF) by nanoparticle-enhanced laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry with high-reproducibility and high-throughput, using ultra-small sample volume (down to 10 nL), is developed. Further, excellent diagnostic performance is achieved with an area-under-the-curve of 0.8496 (95% CI: 0.7393-0.8625) by constructing deep learning model from 312 participants. In conclusion, an alternative solution is provided for the molecular diagnostics of PD with SMF and metabolic biomarker screening for therapeutic intervention.
112 Background: Cancer Care Ontario, the government's cancer management agency, mandated routine collection of smoking data province wide (catchment of > 13 million individuals), but did not mandate specifics of a smoking cessation program for cancer patients, despite known benefits. Referral rates to smoking cessation clinics for cancer patients are low. In 2014, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre developed an electronic, patient-driven e-referral tool shown to improve referral rates, known as the smoking Cessation E-referrAl SystEm (CEASE). The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility for expanding this program through adoption and implementation of the CEASE tool to 5 additional clinics across 3 different Cancer Centres. Methods: The Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Knowledge-to- Action (CHIR KTA) framework guided the assessment. Feasibility was addressed through situational assessments, pilot implementation, and clinic/patient feedback in at least two cycles, with procedural changes made at the conclusion of each cycle. Clinics were selected to cover a wide range of hospital, clinic styles, and disease sites. Results: Pilot implementation occurred over 21 clinic days (Jun 2017- Aug 2017); 123 patients were enrolled in the pilot studies in breast, gastrointestinal, head and neck, and thoracic sites. Feasibility assessment in each clinic identified similarities and differences in resource availability, access to authority figures, and patient flow patterns. After the feasibility assessment, a pilot implementation identified English as a second language and the lack of patient's tablet/technological experience as the main barriers for implementation in 4 of 5 clinics. The use of volunteers assisting patients with the survey helped address these barriers. Strong internet connection, short survey length and staff engagement were seen as universal common facilitators to implementation in all 5 clinics. Conclusions: Despite different outpatient environments, common barriers and potential solutions were identified, which will help with scalable future widespread implementation of CEASE across the province of Ontario.
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