There are about 13446 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Belgium. 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 study will evaluate the benefit of applying Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) using SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres prior to receiving systemic chemotherapy treatment (cisplatin-gemcitabine, or CIS-GEM) in patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Half of the patients will be randomized to CIS-GEM chemotherapy plus SIRT, and half of the patients will be randomized to CIS-GEM alone.
This study evaluates the the pharmacokinetics of posaconazole (new solid oral and IV) given as prophylaxis to patients who are at risk for developing fungal infections after receiving conditioning therapy (except strictly non-myeloablative (NMA)) for allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant (SCT), remission induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelo dysplastic syndrome (MDS) or being treated for severe graft versus host disease (GvHD) and determines the impact of mucositis on the pharmacokinetics of posaconazole new solid oral.
The main goal of this study is to determine if the Triple Stimulation Technique (TST) can be correlated to performance in the manual dexterity 'nine holes peg' test, within a control group and a group of patients with multiple sclerosis. TST (Triple stimulation technique) combines two techniques used in neurologic diagnosis: magnetic stimulation and electroneuromyography. It is based on the principle of two collisions between the descending central stimulation (magnetic stimulation) and the ascending peripheric stimulation. TST allows to better quantify central nervous system diseases. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise than with the magnetic stimulation technique alone. The Nine Hole Pegs technique is a simple manual dexterity test, commonly used in ergotherapy. The participant tries to place 9 pegs in a 9 holes perforated plate, and then tries to remove them as quickly as possible. The hand must stay in a depression within the plate, thereby insuring a constant distance between the hand and the pegs. The nine hole peg will be realized first, and the triple stimulation examination performed after. The acquired data will be analyzed in order to find a correlation between the impairment level given by these two tests.
The VMI-CFA study investigates the efficacy of the Supera Stent in the treatment of common femoral artery stenosis or occlusion. 100 patients will be included with a RF of 2 to 4. The lesion is located within the native CFA and treated with predillation prior to stenting with the Supera Peripheral Stent System. Patients will be invited for a follow-up visit at 1, 6, 12 and 24 month post procedure. The primary endpoint of the study is the primary patency at 12 months and periprocedural events up to 30 days post procedure. Secondary endpoints include technical success, primary patency rate at 1, 6 and 24 month, freedom from TLR at 1-, 6-, 12 and 24 month follow-up and clinical success at 1-, 6-, 12- and 24-month follow-up.
Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk of thrombus formation in the left heart, especially in the auricula and the atrium. Their presence increases the risk of ischemic stroke, especially during cardioversion, performed either by drug or by external electric shock. The gold standard to exclude this thrombus and consider cardioversion is the transesophageal echocardiography. D-dimers, products of the degradation of fibrin, have been studied several times to assess the presence of thrombi in the body, especially in pulmonary embolism. In cardiology and despite several studies on the matter, there is currently no blood D-dimers value allowing to detect the presence of a thrombus with a good predictive value. Correlating the D-dimer values with age, as has been done for some years in pulmonary embolism, would give the opportunity to create a simple, inexpensive and widely applicable tool to eliminate the presence of a thrombus in the left heart. If the results are satisfactory, the investigators might consider not using transesophageal echocardiography as this examination is unpleasant for the patient and operator dependant, unlike a standard blood sampling. This study aims to test the following hypothesis: D-dimers values superior or equal to ten times the patient's age is predictive of a thrombus.
To assess efficacy and safety of concomitant treatment with nintedanib and sildenafil in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) patients with advanced lung function impairment.
This is an Outside the United States, post-CE Mark, multi-center, single-arm, non-blinded study designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of the Tack Endovascular System. This study will evaluate subjects with PAD who receive PTA (with a drug-coated balloon (DCB)) in the SFA and in popliteal arteries, ranging in diameter from 2.5mm to 6.0mm and lesion lengths of ≥20mm and ≤150mm, and have a resulting dissection(s) type(s) A through F. TOBA III will also evaluate the safety and efficacy of the device when used to treat a sub-group presenting with longer lesions of >150mm and ≤250mm.
To prospectively document the performance of a FCSEMS for treatment of pancreatic duct strictures in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis.
First-in-human, phase I, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single center study evaluating single and multiple ascending intravenous doses of FR104 in healthy subjects.
The previous research by one of our members in the research team (H. Miller) suggests a possible influence of oral nutrients intake of certain fat or carbohydrates (glucose, fructose) on executive control. On the other hand, another previous study from our group (L. Van Oudenhove) suggests a subliminal influence of intragastric administration of fatty acids on subjective and neural responses to negative emotion induction. The purpose of this study therefore is to examine the effect of intragastric administration of certain fatty acids and carbohydrates on executive control in healthy volunteers. Therefore one group of healthy volunteers are invited to the study. The participants will be randomly administered one of the three fatty acid emulsions or placebo via a nasogastric tube in each of the visits. After the exposure period, participants will use a computer to perform there different tasks to measure executive control. During each study visit, regular measurements of emotion, physical sensations, as well as blood glucose will be assessed. Furthermore, an electrocardiogram will be continuously recorded for the calculation of vagal function.