There are about 10460 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Australia. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Sympathetic activation is a hallmark of end-stage renal disease and adversely affects cardiovascular prognosis. Hypertension is present in the vast majority of these patients and plays a key role in the progressive deterioration of renal function and in the exceedingly high rate of cardiovascular events. Selective catheter-based renal denervation has been shown to be safe and effective in attaining improved and sustained blood pressure control in patients with resistant hypertension and normal renal function. The investigators hypothesize that catheter-based renal denervation is a safe and effective intervention to achieve sustained reduction in sympathetic nerve activity, BP and target organ damage in hypertensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients, which will result in improved cardiovascular outcomes.
This primary aim of this study is to test the impact of a strategy of perioperative chloride-restriction through intravenous (IV) fluid therapy on the incidence of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. A prospective, open-label, single-centre 4-period sequential study of varying strategies of perioperative IV fluid composition will test the hypothesis that a perioperative protocol for the administration of chloride-poor intravenous fluids compared to chloride-rich intravenous fluids will reduce the incidence of AKI after adult cardiothoracic surgery.
This open-label, multicenter, Phase IIIb study will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination therapy of intravenous (IV) pertuzumab (Perjeta), trastuzumab (Herceptin) SC, and taxane chemotherapy (docetaxel, paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) as first-line therapy in participants with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (mBC). All participants will be treated with 3-week cycles of pertuzumab IV (840 milligrams [mg] first dose; subsequent doses of 420 mg) and trastuzumab SC (600 milligrams [mg]). The taxane treatment regimen will be determined by the investigator. Participants will continue therapy until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or the participant withdraws consent, whichever occurs first.
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study in overweight and obese subjects with cardiovascular (CV) disease and/or multiple CV risk factors.
This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy works in treating younger patients with newly diagnosed, non-metastatic desmoplastic medulloblastoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as vincristine sulfate, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, etoposide, and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.
People who are overweight and/or obese are at risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, research has shown that some overweight and/or obese individuals remain insulin-sensitive and metabolically healthy despite their unhealthy body weight. The investigators hypothesise that overweight and/or obese people who were deemed insulin-sensitive in previous studies will maintain their insulin sensitivity and metabolic health over time. The investigators also hypothesise that the preservation of insulin sensitivity will be accompanied by key metabolic health markers.
This study is a clinical study aiming at establishing immunological assays for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of WT-1, Survivin and HPV16 E7-specific immune responses in cancer patients. Such a study will allow the development of suitable immunological tools to be used in assessing response in a subsequent phase I study aiming at evaluating therapeutic vaccine candidates targeting WT-1, Survivin and/or HPV16 E7-expressing tumors. In addition, this study will help defining the baseline cancer-associated immune responses in the selected patient population. Cervical and ovarian cancer patients, as well as leukemia patients, will be included in this study. WT-1, Survivin and HPV-specific immune responses will be monitored in these patients by ex vivo and cultured IFNg ELISpot as well as tetramer staining.
This study is being conducted to assess the safety and efficacy of adalimumab in subjects with nail psoriasis.
Allergic diseases represent a major health issue worldwide and epidemiological studies in Melbourne, Australia, have reported a high prevalence of rhinitis (hayfever) and atopy (genetic tendency to make allergy antibody) in Asian and Caucasian subjects. Mainstay treatment of allergic rhinitis is allergen avoidance and pharmacotherapy for symptom relief. Allergen immunotherapy offers the advantages of specific treatment with long lasting efficacy, and can modify the course of disease. However, use of this treatment is restricted by the high risk of adverse events especially in asthmatics. Other, better tolerated, routes of allergen administration than the current conventional subcutaneous route (SCIT) have been investigated including the sublingual route (SLIT) and recently sublingual tablets for pollen allergy immunotherapy became available. The tablets are safe and easy to use and contain pollen extracts from 5 of the most common allergy-causing European grasses but include ryegrass (Lolium perenne), the major seasonal pollen for allergy in Melbourne and south-eastern Australia. The immunological mechanisms of sublingual immunotherapy are not fully understood. The investigators propose conducting a longitudinal open label study to investigate the immunological changes that occur with the 5 grass pollen sublingual immunotherapy tablet (Oralair®) in a cohort of Chinese and non-Chinese background subjects. The investigators will investigate the induction of relevant T cell regulatory immune mechanisms and changes in serum allergen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) E and IgG4. Immunoregulatory cytokine synthesis and T cell phenotype (Bio-plex and flow cytometry) will be examined. This project will provide important fundamental knowledge on which to inform decisions for the greater application of this treatment for subjects with moderate and severe allergic rhinitis.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral Xeloda (capecitabine) plus intravenous Avastin (bevacizumab) in patients with advanced or metastatic liver cancer. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months.