There are about 9403 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Switzerland. 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 study is designed to investigate the benefits of the hearing aid in the laboratory and in daily life when fitted with two different methods. Subjective and objective evaluations will be made. The aim is to show the benefits of the hearing aids with both fitting methods with the help of data obtained, and to improve the available fitting methods in order to further increase the benefit for people with hearing disorders in situations where the standard method and those trained to perform it are not available.
Magnesium sulphate is regularly used in perioperative medicine. During and after general anesthesia, it enhances the effect of muscle relaxants because it reduces the liberation of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction. When administered immediately after spontaneous recovery of a neuromuscular block (NMB), magnesium may cause a recurrence of NMB and compromise patient safety. Rocuronium is a neuromuscular blocking agent which is frequently used to facilitate intubating and surgical conditions. At the end of the procedure, there are two ways to accelerate the reversal of a neuromuscular block induced by rocuronium: 1. Administration of neostigmine, an anticholinesterase agent and competitive antagonist; 2. Administration of sugammadex, a γ-cyclodextrin compound and specific encapsulator of rocuronium. The study is done in patients receiving rocuronium and either neostigmine or sugammadex for reversal of NMB. It is hypothesized that when sugammadex is used as an antagonist of a rocuronium-induced NMB, it prevents the reappearance of NMB when magnesium is injected, because sugammadex should inactivate all remaining rocuronium molecules and restore neuromuscular reserve of the neuromuscular junctions. Further more it is hypothesized that reversal with neostigmine will not prevent a magnesium-induced recurrence of NMB to the same extent. The primary objective of the study is to show that after reversal with sugammadex there is no or only very little re-occurrence of neuromuscular block after a magnesium perfusion. Furthermore we want to show that after reversal with neostigmine there is a re-occurrence of neuromuscular block.
In this trial, women with history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) will be followed over the course of 6 months. The women will be randomized either to D- Mannose or Placebo. The primary objective of this study is to investigate if treatment with D-mannose reduces the risk for a UTI recurrence compared to treatment with Placebo. H0: Women with history of recurrent UTIs treated with D-Mannose on average have the same number of recurrent UTIs over the course of 6 months compared to women treated with Placebo. H1: Women with history of recurrent UTIs treated with D-Mannose on average have fewer recurrent UTIs over the course of 6 months compared to women treated with Placebo.
To determine and compare the time-to-hypoglycaemia (defined as plasma glucose <3.9mmol/L) in individuals with type 1 diabetes treated with ultra-Long acting insulin degludec during aerobic exercise with or without prior ingestion of a single oral fructose load.
Hospital rehospitalizations within 30 days are frequent and represent a burden for the patients, but also for the entire health care system. This study evaluates the impact of an intervention targeted to high-risk medical patients in order to reduce their risk of rehospitalization. Half of the patients will receive a set of interventions before and after their hospital discharge, while the other half will receive usual care.
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease. The analysis of cerebral signals of the subthalamic nucleus by local field potentials, provides one of the main electrophysiological markers of the success of the stimulation. This marker can be used to evaluate new paradigms of stimulation. So far, little studied, the temporal characteristics of the stimulation are very important in the effectiveness of the stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, in Parkinson's disease. The first objective (Study I) is to compare the effectiveness of the stimulation when it is applied with biphasic symmetrical pulses and when applied with the standard pulses applied so far. The second objective (Study II) is to see if, by applying pseudo-random time intervals between each stimulation pulse, if it would be possible to improve the efficiency and to limit the side effects of the stimulation. The third objective (Study III) is to evaluate the electrophysiological changes of the subthalamic nucleus caused by the general anesthesia, in the anticipation of the realization of the surgery of the stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus under general anesthesia.
The Bernese-European RegistrY for ischemic stroke patients treated Outside current guidelines with Neurothrombectomy Devices using the SOLITAIRE™ FR With the Intention For Thrombectomy (BEYOND-SWIFT) is a retrospective, multi-center, non-randomized observational study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of a Medtronic market-released neurothrombectomy device (applied as initial devices used for intervention) in acute ischemic stroke patients who do not fulfill treatment eligibility according to current guidelines. Patients will be treated or were treated at the discretion of the investigator, independent of participation in this registry. Primary Analysis is the Impact of successful reperfusion on functional outcome at day 90 in patients presenting with large infarct cores (ASPECTS<6) or minor symptoms (NIHSS<8).
Primary central nervous system lymphomas are rare aggressive malignancies, usually treated in two steps: an induction phase (where a combination of chemotherapy is given) followed by a consolidation phase (where patients usually receive one of the following: whole-brain irradiation, chemotherapy supported by autologous stem-cell transplantation, other type of chemotherapy, or are just observed). The feasibility of this overall strategy, for several reasons, is limited in elderly patients . This study involves patients aged ≥70 years. The more fit patients will receive the standard chemotherapy combination (high-dose methotrexate, procarbazine and rituximab) as induction. Responding patients will receive either procarbazine or lenalidomide as maintenance therapy; the aim is to evaluate the efficacy of these two drugs. The more fragile patients will receive a less aggressive therapy consisting of concomitant whole-brain radiotherapy, temozolomide and rituximab as induction therapy, followed by temozolomide as maintenance treatment; the aim is to evaluate the efficacy of this combination of treatment.
The objective of this study is to examine the influence of body position and additional axial load on spinal stiffness in young healthy adults.
The primary aim of this pilot study is to prospectively quantify epileptiform activity in a cohort of preeclamptic patients before and after intravenous magnesium administration. Secondary aims will be the exploration of a potential association between epileptiform activity and the sFlt-1:PIGF ratio, as well as a correlation to clinical signs of preeclampsia. A positive finding may aid obstetricians to detect an increased convulsive risk by performing a simplified EEG early in the diagnostic path of preeclampsia. If confirmed in a larger trial positive correlations of an increased sFlt-1:PIGF ratio with epileptiform activity might be a risk marker for early severe preeclampsia, guiding obstetricians into clinical decision-making in regard to an increased maternal risk of eclampsia.