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.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether folate and vitamin B12, physical activity and mental health literacy can prevent depression, and folate and vitamin B12 and physical activity can prevent cognitive impairment in older people. Also the study aims to assess the benefits for older people in improving their knowledge about mental health in relation to depression.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty treatment for painful, acute, vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) as compared to standard non-surgical therapy in patients with cancer.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate long-term safety information of infliximab in patients who have participated in infliximab clinical studies in ulcerative colitis.
Current treatment for emphysema is limited to measures that include inhaled oxygen, bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory drugs and pulmonary rehabilitation. Highly invasive procedures such as lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation are also performed. Treatment using the Exhale Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) is a minimally invasive bronchoscopic treatment that has the potential to reduce shortness of breath in emphysema patients. This study tests the safety and effects of Exhale DES in the treatment of patients with emphysema.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if Leukine can induce clinical response or remission in patients with Crohn's disease.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that oxygen has when administered to patients complaining of shortness of breath, where the underlying cause of this symptom is advanced cancer. The study tests the hypothesis that oxygen improves shortness of breath more than air in this population. Both oxygen and air will be administered to patients in random order and in a blinded fashion, with patients asked to rate their shortness of breath before and after each gas. Finally patients will be asked which gas they prefer.
To investigate the 'estrogen-protection' hypothesis by comparing changes in psychotic symptoms between one group of patients receiving standard antipsychotic drug treatment plus placebo and a second matched group receiving standard antipsychotic drug treatment plus 100microgram estradiol patch in a double blind controlled trial. Hypothesis : That the women receiving adjunctive estradiol will demonstrate a more rapid and more substantial decrease in psychotic symptoms over the course of the study than the women receiving adjunctive placebo.
The aim of the project is to investigate the use of raloxifene (a new form of estrogen) as a treatment for schizophrenia in postmenopausal women. Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) which means that it can affect the central nervous system effects of estrogen (eg: improving emotional symptoms, memory, information processing and concentration), without adversely affecting reproductive tissue / organs such as breast, uterus and ovaries.We are conducting a double blind placebo controlled 3 month duration study comparing the psychotic symptom response between three groups of postmenopausal women with schizophrenia. One group will receive standard antipsychotic medication plus 60mg Raloxifene, the second group receives standard antipsychotic medication plus Hormone Therapy(estradiol 2mg oral per day + dyhydroprogesterone 10mg oral per day) and the third group receives standard antipsychotic medication plus oral placebo. Hypothesis 1: That the women receiving adjunctive raloxifene or HT would have a quicker recovery from psychotic symptoms, as measured on the rating scales, compared with the women receiving adjunctive placebo.Hypothesis 2: That the Raloxifene group would have better cognitive improvement than the other two groups.
OBJECTIVE: To test the use of two adjunctive hormonal agents in a 28 day three-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in the treatment of acute mania/hypomania. HYPOTHESIS: That women receiving adjunctive Tamoxifen or Progesterone will demonstrate a more rapid and more substantial decrease in manic symptoms over the course of the study than women receiving adjunctive placebo. STUDY POPULATION: Sixty females with a current diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder or Schizoaffective disorder - Manic Phase, according to the operationalised criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association. STUDY MEDICATION: Tamoxifen. One third of patients (twenty) will be randomized to receive adjunctive Tamoxifen at 40 mg/day for 28 days. The Tamoxifen will be administered within a plain capsule to maintain "blinding" of treatment arm. Progesterone. One third of patients (twenty) will be randomized to receive adjunctive oral Provera (progesterone) at 20 mg/day. The Progesterone will be administered within a plain capsule identical to that used with Tamoxifen. Placebo. The remaining one third of patients will be randomized to receive adjunctive placebo (inert substance). The placebo substance will be administered within a plain capsule identical to that used with Tamoxifen and Progesterone. STUDY EVALUATIONS: Data will be collected over a 28-day period for each patient. Visits will be performed at baseline, and then at weekly intervals. A total of five visits will be completed for each patient. The following evaluations will be performed: - Psychiatric evaluation to determine diagnosis. (Baseline visit only) - General clinical evaluation including medical history, current conditions and a non-invasive physical examination, body weight, vital signs. (Baseline visit only) - Medication history (baseline and evaluation visits). - Demographics (baseline visits only). - Completion of clinical rating scales; CARS-M, PANSS, MADRS, AIMS, Barnes Akathisia scale (BA), and Simpson-Angus scale (SA) (baseline and evaluation visits). A Menstrual Cycle Interview and a cognitive assessment (RBANS) will be performed at baseline and endpoint (day 28) visit. - Laboratory tests including; Serum levels of mood stabilizer, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), Estrogen, Progesterone, Prolactin, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Testosterone and protein kinase C(PKC) (baseline and evaluation visits). - Inclusion/exclusion checklist (baseline visit only). - Informed consent (baseline visit only).
This study is to compare ZD1839 (250mg and 500mg) versus methotrexate in head and neck cancer in terms of overall survival.