There are about 28871 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Canada. 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 primary objective of this trial is to investigate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of BI 655130 in patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD) following repeated intravenous administrations compared to placebo.
The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical activity of durvalumab alone vs durvalumab in combination with novel agents. The overall study goal is early identification of novel durvalumab combinations that are more active than durvalumab alone in the treatment of patients with unresectable, Stage III NSCLC who have not progressed after cCRT.
Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs (OEND) involve training and equipping people who are likely to be bystanders to opioid overdose to recognize and respond to opioid-related emergencies by activating emergency services, delivering basic life support and administering naloxone. The goal of the Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOONER) trial is to identify if point-of-care OEND increases rates of satisfactory bystander resuscitative performance to simulated opioid overdose in comparison with the existing standard of care. Recruitment and retention of participants at risk of overdose, and the acceptability of the simulated overdose outcome may challenge the feasibility of the SOONER trial. The primary objective is to identify if an integrated participant recruitment and retention strategy can recruit approximately 28 eligible participants within 4 weeks and maintain less than 50% attrition in the context of a randomized trial on point-of-care OEND and simulated overdose resuscitation performance in family practice, emergency department, and addictions settings in Toronto, Ontario. After the initial 28 participants, we are continuing to recruit up to 50 more participants in a bridging phase that leads into the full trial.
The main objective is to assess long term tolerability and safety of treatment with oral nintedanib in patients with Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease (PF-ILD) who have complete (and did not prematurely discontinue trial medication in) the phase III parent trial, INBUILD® (trial 1199.247).
Introduction: Posterior post-operative spine wounds involving surgery at multiple levels are known to have higher rates of wound complications relative to other areas of the body. Instrumentation, repeat surgery and prior radiation all contribute to more hostile environments for wound healing. The purpose of this study is to determine whether incisional vacuum dressings can help improve the healing/complication rates associated with these wounds. Methods: Patients will be recruited over a two year span as part of the initial pilot study to determine the capabilities/practicality of recruitment locally. Patients will be followed in and out of hospital for 3 months or until the wound has healed clinically. The primary outcome, surgical site infection (SSI), will be evaluated using prior Centre for Disease Control (CDC) definitions. STATA will be used for statistical analysis. Anticipated results: Although the incisional vacuum system (PrevenaTM) has been used previously for spine wounds, there are no randomized control trials compared with standard dressings. Since the infection rate in these wounds has been founds previously to be quite high (10-25%) a reduction could have profound significant benefits on patient morbidity and overall costs to the healthcare system. The pilot study will help inform the direction of a larger, potentially multi-centered trial. Conclusion: If a large treatment effect is demonstrated with the PrevenaTM System then this could potentially change the standard of care for complex spine wounds.
The overall objective of this study is to compare the effects of Soliqua, a titratable combination of insulin and GLP-1 receptor agonist in a single pen versus Glargine U100 insulin (Basaglar or Lantus) and gliclazide MR, both added to metformin, on measures of glucose variability using masked CGM data among people of South Asian origin living in Canada with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).
Mechanical ventilation is frequently used in the operating room and the intensive care settings. Although essential in many cases, mechanical ventilation can be responsible for ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The relationship between mechanical ventilation and VILI has been clearly demonstrated in animals and is highly suspected in humans. The putative mechanism responsible for VILI is excessive pulmonary strain or overdistension. Frequently observed in mechanically ventilated patients, the presence of a severe pre-existing pulmonary disease can increase the risk of overdistension. The development of a tool allowing early detection of pulmonary overdistension would represent a great asset in the prevention of VILI by allowing safer adjustments of mechanical ventilation parameters. Ultrasonographic imaging is a non-radiant, non-invasive technique already available in the intensive care setting. Already used for cardiac strain measurements, ultrasonography is a promising avenue to assess pulmonary strain. This pilot study will aim to create a small dataset of local pleural strain values assessed at predetermined pulmonary areas using ultrasound imaging in patients undergoing thoracic surgery requiring one-lung ventilation. This dataset will be used to help plan larger scale studies.
Post-prandial hyperglycemic excursions induce a cascade of deleterious effects on the body, including increased inflammation, production of reactive oxygen species, and impaired cardiovascular function. Ingestion of an exogenous oral ketone supplement blunts hyperglycemia in response to an oral glucose tolerance test. Accordingly, it is hypothesized that exogenous ketone supplement ingestion prior to a meal could be an effective strategy for blunting postprandial hyperglycemia. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of short-term (14-days) pre-meal exogenous ketone supplementation on glucose control, cardiovascular function, inflammation, and oxidative stress in individuals at an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes.
RATIONALE: In asthmatic subjects, smoking can lead to several changes in disease characterictics. in smokers of more than 20 pack-years, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be associated with asthma, also called asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). Increasing data support the concept that ACOS is a clinical entity. However, this should be further studied in order to better target therapy. AIM: The objective of this study is to evaluate the comparative features of ACOS METHODS: This will be a descriptive study comparing the features of the ACOS with the features of asthmatic subjects with an incomplete reversibility of airway obstruction (IRAO).The study will be done over 1 or 2 visits (within a week interval), according to subjects' availability. The visit will include completion of different questionnaires (asthma control asthma quality of life, medical history, exacerbations, etc.), a thoracic examination, allergy skin-prick tests, spirometry and bronchodilator response, lung volumes and compliance measurements, exhaled nitric oxide measurement, blood sampling and a sputum induction.
Study of the efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and immunogenicity of Vixarelimab (KPL-716) in subjects with prurigo nodularis.