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 determine whether Hemospan is superior to Voluven for treatment of hypotensive episodes during the perioperative period (from induction of spinal anesthesia until 6 hours after skin closure), and for reducing the incidence of operative and postoperative complications including organ dysfunction and failure until follow-up at one month following surgery. An independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will periodically evaluate the safety data collected during this trial
To determine if treatment with BG00012 can decrease the number of MS relapses during a certain time period. To determine if, over time, BG00012 treatment can decrease the number of certain types of brain lesions commonly seen in MS patients and slow down the time it takes for the disease to get worse. The purpose of this study is also to determine the safety of BG00012 and how well it is tolerated. Another goal is to see what effect BG00012 may have on tests and evaluations used to assess MS.
The only trial in participants who are methotrexate-inadequate responders and have active Rheumatoid Arthritis, in which gadolinium-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Bone Mineral Density; and biochemical markers of bone, cartilage, and synovial tissue metabolism are used to evaluate early effects (4 months) of Abatacept on inflammation/structural damage. Study will provide valuable mechanism-of-action information on how Abatacept exerts its effects (including on bone) through new techniques.
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can be treated with drugs that kill tumour cells, stop them from dividing, or stop the growth of the blood supply that cancers need to grow and spread. Clinical research has shown that drugs that inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signalling can increase overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Preclinical studies have shown that vandetanib (ZD6474) is an inhibitor of both VEGFR and EGFR signalling. Giving vandetanib may therefore inhibit the growth of cancer cells by blocking their blood supply and by stopping them from dividing. This lung cancer study is to investigate if adding vandetanib to Alimta (pemetrexed) is more effective than Alimta (pemetrexed) alone.
Study on intradialytic kinetics of protein-bound uremic retention solutes during long nocturnal hemodialysis
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and the safety Larotaxel administered as single agent every 3 weeks to continuous administration of 5-FU every 3 weeks, in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (non operable in a curative intent, locally recurrent or metastatic) previously treated with gemcitabine based therapy.
The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of a 100 mg dose of saredutant compared to placebo in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of saredutant on disability and quality of life in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, and to evaluate blood levels of saredutant.
Although remarkable progress has been made, chronic kidney disease still poses a major burden on both individual patients, as well as on society as a whole. There is a strong inverse relationship between decreasing renal function, as estimated by glomerular filtration rate, and mortality rate, especially death due to cardiovascular disease. The exact cause(s) remain to be elucidated. Uremic toxins might play an important role. In the course of decreasing renal function the concentration of numerous intracellular and extracellular compounds vary from the non-uremic state. But still increasing number of uremic retention solutes are being identified. Renal replacement strategies aim to remove potentially harmful substances from the body. Traditionally much attention has been paid to small water-soluble molecules such as urea nitrogen and creatinine. Based on the results of the recent HEMO and ADEMEX studies, increases of small water-soluble solute removal above the level reached with modern dialysis techniques - hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (HD, PD) - seem not to be advantageous with regard to patient outcome. These findings may point to the importance of other distinct groups of uremic retention solutes. In view of the data described above, protein-bound solutes might be good candidates. Several advantages of long duration hemodialysis have been observed, including a better control of blood pressure by decreasing extracellular fluid volume, lowering peripheral vascular resistance and improving endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation. A normalization of heart rate variability and improvement of left-ventricular function was noted as well. Furthermore, anemia control has been shown to be easier and several nutritional parameters improved in patients treated with long duration HD. The therapy results in higher small water-soluble solute removal, phosphate removal and greater elimination of larger molecules (e.g. β2-microglobulin). It seems an appealing question whether a better control of the serum levels of protein-bound solutes can be achieved by long duration (nocturnal) hemodialysis. This might be another advantage of this therapeutic modality, or may even in part explain the better outcome of patients treated this way. The study compares intermittent hemodialysis with long nocturnal hemodialysis with respect to serum concentrations of several protein bound uremic toxins, as well as solute removal.
This is a randomized, open-label, multi-center study comparing the safety and efficacy of XRP6258 plus prednisone to mitoxantrone plus prednisone in the treatment of hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a Taxotere®-containing regimen. The primary objective is overall survival. Secondary objectives include progression free survival, overall response rate, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response/progression, pain response/progression, overall safety, and pharmacokinetics. Patients will be treated until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or for a maximum of 10 cycles. Patients will have long-term follow-up for a maximum of up to 2 years.
This study will compare the effects of pemetrexed plus cisplatin versus cisplatin alone in head and neck cancer patients.