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.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability. Individuals with COPD are more likely to spend prolonged periods of time in sedentary behaviour (SB) and less in light physical activity compared to their healthy peers. SB is associated with exercise intolerance, reduced motivation to exercise, lower self-efficacy and more frequent acute exacerbations among people with COPD. To date, there is very limited information regarding behavioural approaches to reduce SB in people with COPD. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility of a new 4-week theory-informed behaviour change intervention to reduce SB in individuals with COPD.
It is a phase I study of radical hypofractionation delivering one single fraction of SBRT in patients with low- and favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer that will undergo placement of the SpaceOAR hydrogel prior to treatment. Our hypothesis is that treatments can be safely delivered in one single fraction using SBRT provided the separation between the prostate and rectum is increased using the hydrogel
This study will be a prospective, open-label, multi-center study that will collect safety data for the minimally invasive PerQdisc Nucleus Replacement Device deployed to reduce chronic low back pain.
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare condition that presents in about a quarter of patients with liver cirrhosis. In addition, a small subset of these HPS patients also have orthodeoxia, defined as a drop in oxygen levels when they are sitting up (upright), as opposed to lying flat (supine). At present, there is little known about this condition. Patients diagnosed with HPS and orthodeoxia experience reduced ability to exercise, especially when upright. While standard cardiopulmonary exercise is routinely performed in the sitting position, there are machines that enable candidates to exercise in the supine position. This is especially relevant in patients with severe HPS, with clinically significant orthodeoxia, where conventional upright exercise is difficult. Currently there is a gap in the literature regarding the efficacy of supine exercise compared to upright exercise in these patients. Due to their improvement in dyspnea when lying supine, it is predicted that these patients will be able to exercise for a greater length of time and have increased exercise capacity, which can be projected to improve outcomes pre- and post-transplant. Overall, HPS patients tend to experience hypoxemia and exercise limitation. Exercise limitation impacts quality of life, incidence and severity of comorbid conditions, and in those who are liver transplant candidates, low exercise tolerance deleteriously impacts transplant outcomes. Accordingly, a strategy that enables patients to exercise more often and/or for longer periods would offer direct benefits to patients with HPS, and if employed as part of an exercise program, could also improve exercise capacity, and thus, liver transplant outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of supine, compared to upright position on exercise in patients with HPS and orthodeoxia. We hypothesize that these patients will be able to exercise for longer in the supine compared to the upright position, given improved oxygen levels when supine.
This study will be comprised of 2 parts: 1) Part A (Multiple Ascending Dose [MAD]) will be conducted to evaluate the safety and tolerability of vesleteplirsen at MAD levels to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), and 2) Part B will be conducted to further evaluate the vesleteplirsen doses selected in Part A. Participants enrolling in Part B will be those who completed Part A or Study 5051-102 (NCT03675126) and meet applicable eligibility criteria for Part B, as well as additional participants who meet applicable eligibility criteria for enrollment at the beginning of Part B.
This is a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Losmapimod in treating patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) over 48 weeks.
This is a study of pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin versus placebo plus gemcitabine/cisplatin as first-line therapy in participants with advanced and/or unresectable biliary tract carcinoma. The primary hypothesis is pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin is superior to placebo plus gemcitabine/cisplatin with respect to overall survival (OS).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pemigatinib plus pembrolizumab or pemigatinib alone versus the standard of care for participants with metastatic or unresectable urothelial carcinoma who are not eligible to receive cisplatin, are harboring FGFR3 mutation or rearrangement, and who have not received prior treatment.
This study was for women in menopause with hot flashes. Menopause, a normal part of aging, was the time of a woman's last period. Hot flashes can interrupt a woman's daily life. The purpose of this study was to find out how safe it is for these women to take fezolinetant in long term (up to 52 weeks). To do that, the study looked at the number and severity of the "adverse events." Those were the side effects that study participants had while they were in the study. The study treatments were fezolinetant 30 milligrams (mg) (1 tablet of fezolinetant and 1 placebo tablet) once a day, fezolinetant 45 mg (2 tablets of fezolinetant) once a day or placebo (2 tablets) once a day. (Placebo was a dummy treatment that looked like medicine but did not have any medicine in it.) Women in this study were picked for 1 of the 3 study treatments by chance alone. The study participants took study treatment for 52 weeks. This study was "double-blinded." That means that the study participants and the study doctors did not know who took which of the study treatments (fezolinetant 30 mg, fezolinetant 45 mg or placebo). At weeks 2 and 4 and then once a month, the study participants went to the hospital or clinic for a check-up. They were asked about medications, side effects and how they felt. Other checks included physical exam and vital signs (heart rate, temperature and blood pressure). Blood and urine were collected for laboratory tests. At some study visits, study participants completed questionnaires that were about their quality of life. At the first and last study visits, they had a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA for short) test done. To measure bone loss in the hips and spine, DXA created pictures of the inside of these areas with low-dose x-rays. (The dose was approximately one-tenth of the amount of a normal chest x-ray.) Study participants who still had their uterus had 2 more tests done at the first and last study visits. One of the 2 tests was endometrial biopsy. This test involved removing a small amount of tissue from the inside lining of the uterus. The tissue was then checked under a microscope. The other test was transvaginal ultrasound. It used sound waves to create pictures of the organs in the pelvis. The sound waves were transmitted by a probe (transducer), which was placed inside the vagina. Study participants might have had a screening mammogram done at the first and/or last study visit. A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breasts used to screen for breast cancer. Study participants who did not had this test done in the last 12 months had it done at the first study visit. They had done at the last study visit if they were due for their screening mammogram and their own doctor agreed. The last check-up at the hospital or clinic was at 3 weeks after the last dose of study treatment.
The study is designed to evaluate the clinical changes in gingival health by measuring the reduction of gingival bleeding and inflammation over 4 weeks. Additionally plaque removal will be evaluated after a single use and over 4 weeks.