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.
Leprosy is an infectious disease of slow evolution, manifested primarily by signs and symptoms dermatoneurological with skin lesions and peripheral nerve, especially in the eyes, hands and feet. The prevention of disability is essential for the control of complications. Objective: To evaluate the physical and functional status of hands, feet and eyes, for the appearance and evolution of sensory and motor deficiencies and classification of disability (WHO) of a group of leprosy patients to compare and monitor the result treatment on the progression of neuropathy and recurrence of reactions. Methodology: We performed initial physical therapy evaluation and final, after 12 months. We conducted a clinical trial of a series of 26 cases evaluated with newly diagnosed leprosy, treated by standard medication. There were used methods of qualitative and quantitative. An illustrated manual of guidelines was especially developed for this study.
A clinical trial designed to compare the oral anticoagulation control obtained by an anticoagulation clinic and the usual medical care in Chagas and Non-Chagas disease patients.
The benefits of exercise training in heart failure are well established. Its effects, however, have not been evaluated in Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChC). The investigators hypothesis is that the exercise training may improve functional capacity, quality of life (QoL), and reduce brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients with ChC.
The primary objective of this study is to determine the alterations in quality of life and self-esteem after BOTOX® injections in the glabella in depressed and non-depressed patients. The secondary objective of this study are: - to assess wrinkles improvement - to evaluate depressive symptoms using Beck Depression Inventory before and after Botox® injections. - to elucidate that depression is not a contraindication for botulinum toxin injections.
The purpose of this study is to provide atazanavir or tenofovir-emtricitabine to HIV-infected subjects who have completed atazanavir or tenofovir-emtricitabine therapy on a previous BMS sponsored clinical trial
Recurrent or secondary pterygium often has often a growing fibrovascular tissue more exuberant than the primary. Histological findings differ from the primary, since the typical changes in the degenerate connective tissue are absent. The strong immunoreactivity and release of basic fibroblast growth (b-FGF) in cultured fibroblasts of recurrent pterygia suggest that fibroblasts may play an important role in pterygium recurrence. Tranilast used is an antiallergic drug that has an inhibitory effect on the release of chemical transmitters, such as histamine and leukotrienes from mast cells as well as a suppressive effect on vascular permeability.This drug also reduces TGF-β1 production and collagen synthesis in various cells. Tranilast might reduce pterygium recurrence by suppressing TGF-β1 synthesis in conjunctival fibroblast after pterygium surgery. The investigators want to confirm these findings and also compare the recurrence rate between the two types of surgery. Tranilast might be an alternative of mitomycin use, and also less toxic. This study aim to compare the effectiveness of preventing recurrence by using tranilast by topical subconjunctival administration previous to conjunctival autograft transplantation surgery in cases of primary pterygium, and will be perform clinical evaluation and TGF-beta-1 immunohistochemical detection by the anti-TGF-beta 1 antibody as well as fibroblast culture.
This study was designed to determine whether the duration of dressing wear following reduction mammaplasty influence skin colonization and surgical site infections rates.
This study primary objective is to compare the impact of two products containing budesonide and formoterol as individual capsules with inhalation powder for the pulmonary function of subjects with persistent asthma.
The purpose of this study was to use associated breathing exercises the incentive inspiratory of load lineal pressoric, Threshold® IMT, or of load pressoric alinear, Voldyne®, in institutionalized elderly, comparing the effect of the same ones in the training of the breathing musculature, for the increment of the muscular strength, expressed by the maximum breathing pressures (MIP and MEP). From the total number of admitted people (n = 52), 12 individuals were excluded: one by appearance of cognitive deficit, one by death (stroke), one by visual deficit (glaucoma) and twelve by failure to continue the training. After selecting the sample, the 37 participants were randomly divided into three different groups: the Threshold Group (TG; n = 13, age = 70. 93 ± 8.41 years old, BMI = 24.06 ± 3.69 kg/m²), the Voldyne Group (VG; n = 12, age = 70.54 ± 7. 73 years-old, BMI = 27.17 ± 5.66 kg/m²) and the Control Group (CG; n= 12, age = 73. 92 ± 7.28 years-old, BMI = 24.80 ± 5.42 kg/m²). The TG and VG received treatment with respiratory exercises and Threshold and Voldyne muscular training, respectively. The CG received only respiratory exercises.
This study will test whether darapladib can safely lower the chances of having a cardiovascular event (such as a heart attack or urgent coronary revascularization (e.g. medical procedures performed to restore the normal blood flow in patients with atherosclerosis)) when treatment is started within 30 days after an acute coronary syndrome (also called ACS).