There are about 10004 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Brazil. 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.
This Phase 3 study evaluates the safety and efficacy of cabozantinib in combination with atezolizumab versus the standard of care sorafenib in adults with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have not received previous systemic anticancer therapy. A single-agent cabozantinib arm will be enrolled in which subjects receive single agent cabozantinib in order to determine its contribution to the overall safety and efficacy of the combination with atezolizumab.
This is an open-label, case control study of 180 patients presenting motion sickness, who will perform a motion sickness assessment questionnaire before and after treatment with dry ginger (Z. officinale) extract.
Related to urological and gynecological systems, patients with Bladdeer Pain Syndrome (BPS) often present pain, pressure and chronic discomfort in suprapubic and perineal area associated with low urinary tract symptoms. This condition can generates a negative impact in cognitive, social, behavioral and sexual quality of life. As Bladder Pain Syndrome originates from different causes and includes the genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal and neuropsychological systems, a multidisciplinary approach is needed with doctors,physiotherapists, psychologists and others. Physiotherapeutic interventions are recommended as a conservative treatment for patients with BPS. The physiotherapeutic interventions include the use of Biofeedback to relax the pelvic floor muscles and manual therapy (myofascial trigger points release) to decrease muscle tension. Transcutaneous electrostimulation (TENS) is used to decrease the pain and postural exercises to improve the pelvic mobility. In this study, our hypothesis was that women with BPS presented musculoskeletal dysfunction, and we tested a different physiotherapy approach that was not being used. The reason for that understanding was the presence of refractory urinary and pain symptoms notwithstanding the physiotherapy conventional treatment, such as manual therapy and biofeedback. To test our hypothesis, we decided to add either TENS or postural exercises to the conventional treatment. The objective of this study was to verify the effects of biofeedback (BF) and manual therapy (MT) associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or postural exercises (PE) in the treatment of bladder pain syndrome (BPS) in women regarding pain and urinary symptoms.
Background: Electrical stimulation has been used in critical patients as an adjunct strategy of early rehabilitation. In septic or septic shock patients there are reports of only two studies in the literature, with conflicting results. Objective: To evaluate the effects of electrical stimulation in the prevention of muscle mass loss in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis or septic shock. Methods: This is a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Thirty-six patients with a diagnosis of sepsis or septic shock (including patients with sepsis due to the new coronavirus - COVID-19) will be randomly assigned to experimental group and sham group. They will be evaluated in relation to muscle mass, peripheral muscle strength and functional status. They will also be submitted to the collection of inflammatory, metabolic, damage and muscular trophism markers. Expected results: Electrical stimulation is expected to be able to prevent loss of muscle mass in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis or septic shock. In addition, it is expected to be able to preserve strength in this population without increasing the pro-inflammatory or metabolic response.
Muscle fatigue is caused by biochemical changes that modify the mechanics of muscle contraction, which result in negative changes in the performance of the contraction. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of LLLT on brachial biceps muscle fatigue in healthy individuals and individuals with spastic hemiparesis. The study will consist of three groups (Control Group, Placebo Group and LLLT Group) and all individuals will go through all groups, following the criteria of randomization. The protocol consists of LLLT application in the dominant side brachialis muscle in healthy subjects and on the hemiparetic side of post-stroke individuals, prior to performing the Isometric Maximum Voluntary Contraction (IMVC) for 50 seconds in the isokinetic dynamometer. Will be evaluated pain, myoelectric activity associated with muscular torque, local temperature and blood lactate concentration.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of speech therapy on quality of life, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness level and apnea-hypopnea index in patients with hypertensive patients with mild obstructive apnea syndrome.
The premise of the relationship between the atherosclerotic process of coronary artery disease and periodontal disease is the immunoinflammatory process, which causes a significant increase in serum concentration of mannose-binding lectin. This protein is part of the innate immunity and has the ability to bind to the mannose residues common to various pathogens. Animal studies also showed that increased serum concentration of sirtuin-1 was associated with reduced inflammation. Evidence indicates that sirtuin-1 plays an important role in vascular protection and is associated with aging. OBJECTIVES: This study examined the influence of non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease on the serum concentration of mannose-binding lectin and sirtuin-1 in patients with periodontal disease and coronary artery disease. METHODS: Seventy-eight patients, 38 women and 40 men, mean age 58 ± 8 years old, were divided into 4 groups: 20 healthy subjects (group 1), 18 patients with coronary artery disease and without periodontal disease (group 2), 20 patients with periodontal disease and without coronary artery disease (group 3) and 20 patients with coronary artery disease and periodontal disease (group 4). Peripheral blood samples were collected at the beginning and at the end of the treatment of periodontal disease.
First-In-Man Study on the ACURATE TF™ Transfemoral Aortic Bioprosthesis Implantation in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis to collect human feasibility data pertaining to the safety and performance of the device.
The Neuromatrix pain model and new findings on pain chronification process point to a greater efficacy of treatments that address central and peripheral rather than only peripheral structures. Both cerebral and peripheral electrical stimulations can modulate brain areas involved in pain processing. However, their effects on pain modulation systems and clinical outcomes are lacking. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) alone as well tDCS combined with PES on pressure pain threshold and conditioned pain modulation in healthy subjects.
The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of whey protein following resistance training on body composition, muscular strength, functional capacity, and plasma-metabolism biomarkers in older women with sarcopenic obesity.