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.
This is a pilot, single-centre, feasibility study to assess the feasibility issues and collect preliminary clinical data for the design of future randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility and patient comfort of magnetic retrieval device removal of ureteral stent in transplant patients.
The goal of this pilot study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of micropulse (MP) macular laser in combination with intravitreal aflibercept for the treatment of centre-involved diabetic macular edema.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may involve a variety of organ systems expressed differently from patient to patient, and so can be difficult to characterize clinically. Patient reported outcomes (PROs), which consist of feedback directly from patients regarding their symptoms without interpretation by a clinician, are typically used in SLE to supplement other clinical measures. Standard PROs typically used in SLE include the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36), the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy - fatigue (FACIT-F), and the patient global assessment (PtGA), administered by paper or electronic tablet during the clinic visits. The recent development of electronic mobile device technology, such as the smartphone, has made it possible to collect PRO information away from the clinical site in the subject's environment. This study will assess by measurement equivalence testing whether data collected via a smartphone are comparable to that collected in standard fashion and whether PROs obtained in the subject's environment may be more informative than that collected in the physician's office on paper.
This study compares the effect of insulin given as a nasal spray with a placebo. Insulin is a chemical messenger (hormone) in the body that controls fat (triglyceride) levels in the blood by controlling the amount of fat made by the liver and gut. Recent research suggests that insulin may work through the brain. The investigators hypothesize that preferential delivery of insulin into the brain, through nasal spray of the hormone, may affect the amount of fats made by the liver and gut.
The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention.
The proposed research will study the effects of Imaginal Rescripting (IR) for social anxiety disorder (SAD). IR guides patients to change their memories of past socially painful events. Initial studies have found that a single session of IR significantly reduces SAD symptoms, however it is not yet clear how or why IR works and whether its effects are long lasting. To answer these questions, the investigators will randomly assign adults with SAD to receive either IR, or two other types of brief psychological interventions: Imaginal Exposure and Supportive Counselling. Changes in participants' memories, social anxiety symptoms, quality of life, negative beliefs, and social behaviour over the course of a 6-month period will be assessed. This study will provide valuable insight into the short- and long-term effects of IR and clarify the mechanisms through which IR works. Ultimately, this knowledge will enable the development of more effective treatments and prevention programs for SAD.
This trial will consist of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1 will enroll adult healthy volunteers (HV) into four treatment groups. The first group will enroll HV into a single ascending dose (SAD) treatment group consisting of three cohorts. The second group will enroll HV into a multiple ascending dose (MAD) treatment group consisting of three cohorts. The third group will enroll HV into a food effect (FE) treatment group consisting of one cohort. The fourth group will enroll HV into a drug-drug interactions (DDI) treatment group consisting of one cohort. Approximately 76 subjects will be enrolled in Part 1. Part 2 Cohorts 1 through 3 will enroll adult subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF) currently on stable ivacaftor/lumacaftor background therapy for a minimum of three months. Part 2 Cohorts 4 and Cohort 5 will enroll adult subjects with CF not currently receiving cystic fibrosis conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator therapy within 30 days prior to Day 1. Part 2 Cohort 6 will enroll adult subjects with cystic fibrosis on stable tezacaftor/ivacaftor background therapy. Approximately 104 subjects will be enrolled in Part 2.
This is a dose escalation study to test the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of ASN002 in people with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD).
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability around the world. The social and economic burden of TBI is tremendous and the cost of TBI is estimated at $1 billion per year in Canada- $650 million in care and $580 million in lost productivity. Novel interventions aimed at TBI-linked molecular targets have been successful in limiting injury and improving neurologic recovery in animal models, thus providing compelling evidence that effective intervention is possible after injury. This study proposes to investigate traumatic microvascular injury (TMI) and specifically blood-brain barrier dysfunction (BBBD) as a candidate biomarker and therapeutic target in TBI.
The study will test whether a high dose influenza vaccination results in improved immunogenicity in adult SOT recipients as compared to standard vaccine. This will be a single center prospective observer-blind randomized controlled trial conducted at the Toronto General Hospital Multi-Organ Transplant Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.