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.
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat women who have hot flashes after they have been through the menopause. Hot flashes are caused by the hormonal changes that happen when a woman's body has been through the menopause. Menopause is when women stop having a menstrual cycle, also called a period. During the menopause, the ovaries increasingly produce less sex hormones as a result of the natural ageing process and related hormonal adjustments. The decline in hormone production can lead to various symptoms which, in some cases, can have a very adverse effect on a menopausal woman's quality of life. The study treatment, elinzanetant, was developed to treat symptoms caused by hormonal changes. It works by blocking a protein called neurokinin from sending signals to other parts of the body, which is thought to play a role in starting hot flashes. There are treatments for hot flashes in women who have been through the menopause, but may cause medical problems for some people. In this study, the researchers will learn how well elinzanetant works compared to a placebo in women who have been through the menopause and have hot flashes. A placebo is a treatment that looks like a medicine but does not have any medicine in it. To compare these study treatments, the participants will record information about their hot flashes in an electronic diary. The researchers will study the number of hot flashes the participants have and how severe they are. They will study the results from before treatment and after 12 weeks of treatment. The participants in this study will take two capsules of either elinzanetant or the placebo once a day. The participants will take the study treatments for 52 weeks. During the study, the participants will visit their study site approximately 11 times and perform 2 visits by phone. Each participant will be in the study for approximately 62 weeks. During the study, the participants will: - record information about their hot flashes in an electronic diary - answer questions about their symptoms The doctors will: - check the participants' health - take blood samples - ask the participants questions about what medicines they are taking and if they are having adverse events An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events that happen in studies, even if they do not think the adverse events might be related to the study treatments.
The study aims to further demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the FemoSeal™ VCS in achieving hemostasis following percutaneous endovascular procedures performed via the common femoral artery (CFA) access site. This study is conducted in real-world subjects according to the FemoSeal™ VCS instruction for use (IFU), as part of the study device post-market clinical follow up surveillance plan and prospective clinical evidence collection.
In this Randomized Controlled Trial, the investigators will recruit 42 men attending the STI and HIV clinic at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, with a diagnosis of N. gonorrhoeae and randomize them 1:1 to receive either ceftriaxone or ceftriaxone/azithromycin. They will be followed-up for a test of cure visit at day 14 post-treatment where urine, oropharyngeal and anorectal samples will be taken to test for cure and monitor treatment effects on the microbiome and resistome. The primary outcome will be evaluating the difference in the abundance of resistance conferring genes in the rectal microbiome in the two arms, 14 days after the receipt of therapy.
The aim of the experiment is to analyze the impact of the behavior of the accompanying parent on the behavior of the child during a first dental session according to the age group.
Until now, the use of invasive urodynamics with use of catheters is still the gold standard for lower urinary tract evaluation in subjects with CP. This suggests a psychological and physical impact of invasive urodynamics in subjects with CP and further demonstrates the need to avoid standard use of invasive urodynamics in children and adults with CP. The current study will evaluate usefulness of uroflowmetry, correlation between uroflowmetry parameters and different lower urinary tract symptoms will be investigated. Secondly, results of uroflowmetry indicating possible vulnerability of the upper urinary tract will be defined.
The CADISS® System, Chemically Assisted mechanical DISSection, is intended for the selective detachment of pathological tissue layers and/or fibrotic tissues in various surgical procedures without using cutting instruments. It is based on the property of the drug mesna (Sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate) to cleave the disulfide bonds responsible for the adherence of pathological tissues and for the strength of fibrosis. Revision spine surgery is more difficult than primary surgery because of the development of fibrosis and scar tissues since the first operation. Fibrosis may develop in the spinal canal and will adhere strongly to the dura mater and to the nerve roots. This study is a prospective, multi-sites, open label, single cohort clinical trial evaluating the use of CADISS medical devices to facilitate dissection of epidural fibrosis in patients who undergo a revision in spine surgery after at least one year.
The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of intrathecal pump refill procedures at home. It is our hypothesis that a refill at home will be safe, effectiveness and feasible, as is demonstrated in The Netherlands, and preferred by patients.
The goal of this online survey is to gain further insight in the goals, expectations and definition of success for neuromodulation for pain, according to healthcare providers.
The goal of this online survey is to gain further insight in the goals, expectations and definition of success for neuromodulation for pain, according to neuromodulation company representatives.
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a long-term, progressive decrease in the kidneys' ability to work properly. When CKD happens in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a condition characterized by high blood sugar levels, CKD is also referred to as diabetic kidney disease (DKD). FIGARO-BM is an add-on study in which blood draws that were collected in the FIGARO-DKD study are further analyzed. No additional blood draws (also referred to as biological samples) or data will be obtained from the participants, nor will any additional or new study intervention be introduced. No visit or patient contact other than for obtaining the agreement by the patients (also called informed consent) will be required. Inflammation and scarring are both seen as responsible for worsening of chronic kidney disease. There is much information from animal studies that the study treatment finerenone (BAY94-8862) works against inflammation and against scarring (also called fibrosis) in organs such as the kidney. In this exploratory study researchers want to learn more about the study treatment finerenone (BAY94-8862). To find this out, this study will examine substances called biomarkers in blood draws from participants in the FIGARO-DKD study. Biomarkers are used as indicators of biological processes, disease processes or responses to medication. The biomarkers that will be examined stand for inflammation, organ scarring (also called fibrosis), blood vessel function and congestion. The main question of this study is whether there are differences between these biomarkers in the group of participants who received finerenone and the group of participants who received a placebo in the FIGARO-DKD study. A placebo looks like a treatment but does not have any medicine in it. To answer this question, the researchers will compare the levels of these biomarkers between the two groups at different time points after starting the study treatment. Blood samples for this study will be obtained from FIGARO-DKD study sites with a high number of participants who had been treated with finerenone or placebo for at least 24 months. This information will be combined with other information from biomarker examinations already available in the FIGARO-DKD study.