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 main purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the study drug known as LY2623091 in participants with high blood pressure.
The current clinical trial is designed to test the analgesic and anti-inflammatory efficacy of a topical cream compared to a placebo cream. The study population will be those with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee. The trial will also provide information about potential side effects and verify the safety of this composition. Blood levels will be done to assess inflammation and to determine whether any systemic absorption has occurred. Hypothesis/Purpose - Pain scores after active treatment will be significantly reduced in comparison to placebo. - There will be an improvement in stiffness and physical function as measured by the WOMAC using the active cream as compared to placebo. - There will be a decrease in the level of inflammation assessed at baseline, end of week 3 and end of week 6. - The blood concentration of the active ingredient in the topical cream will not exceed the maximum daily dose that will be consumed by participants.
Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the top chambers of the heart (the atrial chambers) beat very fast. Electrical cardioversion is a technique to convert heart rhythm from AF to normal rhythm. The technique sends out a brief electric shock to the heart through electrodes (paddles or skin patches) applied to the outside of the chest wall. The shock resets the heart rhythm back to its normal pattern. This technique is practiced at many hospitals, including the Heart Institute, and is not experimental. However no detailed national or international guidelines exist to assist physicians in performing cardioversion. Physicians use a variety of methods. Electrical cardioversion does not always restore normal rhythm. Adjusting the electrical energy dose, changing the electrode position and applying pressure to the electrodes may improve the success rate. This study will look at the safety and efficacy of a protocol (step by step method) for electrical cardioversion. The protocol prescribes the electrical energy dose, the electrode position and the application of pressure to the electrodes the physician will use. The individual elements of the protocol (energy dose, electrode position and pressure application) are often used by physician in clinical practice but not necessarily in the step by step order. The purpose of this study is to get all doctors to follow a standard protocol 'the Ottawa AF cardioversion protocol'. We think that using this protocol will improve overall cardioversion success rates. The results of this study may change usual practice in Canada and in other countries. All supplies, equipment and medications used in the protocol cardioversion are approved by Health Canada. We estimate that 389 participants from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute will be enrolled in the study over the next 2 years. The results will be compared with a group of previous patients.
To follow-up on the safety of subjects who were previously treated in a double-blind trial of brexpiprazole.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by progressive deterioration in the function of the pancreatic beta-cells, which are the cells that produce and secrete insulin (the hormone primarily responsible for the handling of glucose in the body). The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to determine whether intermittent intensive insulin therapy is an effective therapeutic strategy that can preserve pancreatic beta-cell function and maintain glycemic control early in the course of type 2 diabetes.
This study is an open-label, multi-center, phase 1, dose escalation study with a phase 2 expansion cohort to determine the safety, pharmacokinetics and preliminary anti-tumor activity of intravenous TKM-080301 in subjects with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study is being done to: - Test the safety and tolerability of TKM-080301 in subjects with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma - Find the highest dose of TKM-080301 that can be given without causing side effects, called the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). - Provide a preliminary assessment of anti-tumor activity of TKM-080301
The purpose of this study in to analyse the way in which the body processes Niagen (nicotinamide riboside) in healthy people. Blood and urine samples from subjects who are given a dose of Niagen will be analyzed for metabolites over the 24 hours after taking the dose.
Background: Despite evidence of benefit for pharmacist involvement in chronic disease management, the provision of these services in community pharmacy has been suboptimal. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARiHS) framework suggests that for knowledge translation to be effective, there must be evidence of benefit, a context conducive to implementation, and facilitation to support uptake. We hypothesize that while the evidence and context components of this framework are satisfied, that uptake into practice has been insufficient because of a lack of facilitation. This protocol describes the rationale and methods of a feasibility study to test a facilitated pharmacy practice intervention based on the PARiHS framework, to assist community pharmacists in increasing the number of formal and documented medication management services completed for patients with diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Methods: A cluster-randomized before-after design will compare ten pharmacies from within a single organization, with the unit of randomization being the pharmacy. Pharmacies will be randomized to facilitated intervention based on the PARiHS framework or usual practice. The Alberta Context Tool will be used to establish the context of practice in each pharmacy. Pharmacies randomized to the intervention will receive task-focused facilitation from an external facilitator, with the goal of developing alternative team processes to allow the greater provision of medication management services for patients with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. The primary outcome will be a process evaluation of the needs of community pharmacies to provide more clinical services, the acceptability and uptake of modifications made, and the willingness of pharmacies to participate. Secondary outcomes will include the change in the number of formal and documented medication management services in the aforementioned chronic conditions provided 6 months before, versus after, the intervention between the two groups, and identification of feasible quantitative outcomes for evaluating the effect of the intervention on patient care outcomes. Results: To date, the study has identified and enrolled the ten pharmacies required and initiated the intervention process. Conclusion: This study will be the first to examine the role of facilitation in pharmacy practice, with the goal of scalable and sustainable practice change.
The objective of this study is to determine the functionality of an eight-channel paddle coil system which is to be used in future MRI studies.
The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal time to use the Tumor RNA Disruption Assay (RDA) as a predictor of pathological complete response (pCR) in patients with breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This is important because the earlier non-responders are identified, the greater is the impact of reducing side effects of ineffective treatments. The study hypothesis is that the RDA score will accurately predict for tumor response after one cycle of chemotherapy.