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 purpose of this study is to make clear how difficult it is to remove osteosynthesis materials afterwards, so surgeons will think twice before inserting intramedullary nails. Also it offers an alternative methode to remove the Wichita Fusion Nail after arthrodesis has become.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of the cream V0111 in the treatment of fissure(s) situated on the heels in diabetic patients with polyneuropathy.
An adverse event (AE) is defined as unintended injury or complication, which results in disability, death or prolongation of hospital stay, and is caused by healthcare management (including omissions) rather than the patient's disease. Retrospective record reviews in several countries have shown that 2,9% to 16,6% of patients in acute hospitals experience one or more AEs. A patient with an AE may require a higher level of care. Although all AEs are important, preventable AEs that result in an upgraded level of patient care are of particular concern. In this study it's defined as an unplanned admission to intensive care unit (ICU) or a Mobile Emergency Team (MET) intervention. The objectives of this study are to determine the incidence of (preventable) adverse events requiring ICU admission or MET intervention and to assess the level of harm of each AE.
Observational study in 6 psychiatric hospitals in Flanders. Patients are included when a QT-prolonging drug is added to a medication profile that already contains a potential QT-prolonging drug. An ECG is taken before the administration of the new drug and a week after starting the new drug to investigate the change in duration of the QTc-interval. Risk factors for developing QT-prolongation and blood concentrations of potassium and creatinine are documented.
In this epidemiological point prevalence study, medication profiles of patients with haloperidol treatment will be checked for drug interactions with risk of QT-prolongation. Additional clinical risk factors for developing QT-prolongation and safety measurements will be documented.
To determine if the addition of radium-223 dichloride to standard treatment is able to prolong life and to delay events specific for prostate cancer which has spread to the bone, such as painful fractures or bone pain which needs to be treated with an X-ray machine.
The aim of this study will be to investigate the effect of rectal distension, controlled by electronic barostat, on cognitive control ability in healthy subjects. We will use the Stroop task and an intertemporal choice task as standard instruments. Like bladder control and rectal control, both Stroop task performance and intertemporal choices - though very different tasks at the surface - are dependent on the conflict monitoring function of the anterior cingulate cortex. The Stroop task requires the naming of the print color of a series of visually presented color words, and reaction time and error rates are typically used as performance indicators. When word color and word meaning do not match, performance of the task (color naming) requires the inhibition of a (near) automatic response (word reading). The intertemporal choice task consists of a series of choices between a sooner smaller monetary reward and a larger but later reward. The choices are constructed such that they allow the estimation of a discount parameter, which is an index for the level of impulsiveness manifested by the participant at the time the choices are made. The hypothesis is that the inhibition induced by the urge generated during rectal distension will improve cognitive inhibitory performance, as has previously been shown for bladder filling.
Study to determine if children (6-17 years old) with functional constipation will respond to being treated with lubiprostone for 12 weeks.
This study aims to assess the effects of two different types of interventions aimed at increasing happiness in the Flemish general population as compared to individuals that receive no intervention.
The investigators are going to test if it is possible to detect early dementia with the digital game "memory". The investigators are going to test 15 healthy people and 15 patients with early dementia. The test consists of playing the game "memory" several times. While playing, several parameters are stored. The investigators are going to test if any correlation can be found between these parameters and the cognitive state of the person as tested by the Mini-Mental status examination.