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.
To assess the safety and efficacy of PACK-CXL (photoactivated chromophore for infectious keratitis cross-linking) as a firstline treatment for infectious corneal infiltrates and early corneal ulcers, and compare it to the current standard of care, antimicrobial therapy.
The investigators aim to assess the respiratory effect of short half-life agents in balanced anesthesia on patients suffering from non-treated or suspected obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) We will study the impact on OSA of a regimen of remifentanil-desflurane versus a regimen of fentanyl-sevoflurane. Each patient will undergo three respiratory portable polygraphies: the night before the surgery ; the first night following the surgery ; the third night following the surgery.
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the human monoclonal antibody (mAb) VRC-HIVMAB060-00-AB (VRC01) in preventing HIV-1 infection among men and transgender (TG) persons who have sex with men, in North America, South America, and Switzerland.
This study will be targeting patients suffering from acute brain injury (ABI), including those with severe trauma brain injury (sTBI) and those with aneurysmal sub arachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This clinical study is an open-label, non-randomized, single-center, exploratory metabolic study. The primary objective is to determine changes from baseline (before enteral administration of Peptamen AF) in plasma and brain extracellular levels of MCFAs and Ketone bodies in sTBI patients upon Peptamen AF nutritional support.
BIOSOLVE-III Study is a pre-market, prospective, multi-center trial to assess the acute clinical performance of the DREAMS 2G Drug-Eluting Coronary Scaffold in de novo coronary artery lesions.
Pregnancy is associated with physiological changes affecting the cardiorespiratory system as a consequence of an increase in both cardiac output and intra-abdominal pressure. The aim of this prospective observational study is to examine the perioperative changes in ventilation inhomogeneity and respiratory function measured by the non-invasive nitrogen multiple breath washout and forced oscillation techniques.
Rice can only be fortified with ferric pyrophosphate (FePP), which is of low bioavailability in human subjects. Compounds such as citric acid/trisodium citrate (CA/TSC) or sodium ethylene-diamine tetraacetic-acid (EDTA) could serve as absorption enhancers. Recent findings from single meal studies indicate CA/TSC to have an enhancing effect on iron absorption from FePP-fortified rice. In contrast, ZnO has been suggested to have detrimental effects. Furthermore, in vitro findings suggest an increased iron solubility from iron and EDTA-co-fortified rice - but the bioavailability in humans remains to be investigated. These effects should thus be investigated in 'real-life' conditions, when fortified rice is implemented in a complete diet administered throughout several days in a target population for a rice fortification program. Objective: To assess iron absorption from the diet from different iron fortified rice formulations in iron deficient anaemic children. The investigators aim to conduct an iron absorption study in 30 Ghanaian school-age children investigating different fortification approaches in a multiple meal randomized, cross over study.
Background: Up to 64% of cancer patients experience pain, and as many as 40% of patients with pain do not receive adequate pain management. And while potential to reduce pain has been shown in several interventions that support patients' self-management, effects have been moderate. Purpose: This multicenter mixed methods study primarily aims to evaluate the efficacy of the adapted German PRO-SELF© Plus Pain Control Program (PCP) on pain intensity, to explore the intervention's effect on associated symptoms and other patient and family caregiver (FC) outcomes, and to explore patients' and FCs' experiences with cancer pain management. Methods: A nested concurrent mixed methods design will be used for this multi-center study, that is, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be combined with a qualitative substudy. Participants will be randomly assigned to a 6-week intervention or usual care group; outcomes will be evaluated at 6 weeks post-randomization. The primary outcome will be pain intensity. A total sample of 210 patients with cancer pain and approximately 105 FCs will be recruited from the oncology outpatient clinics of the University Hospitals Basel, Zurich and Bern. The intervention is designed to implement structured and tailored components (information, skill-building, nurse coaching) and aims at improving patients' pain self-management. Data analysis will follow an intent-to-treat strategy and generalized mixed models will be used. For the qualitative substudy, 60 patients and FCs of both groups will be interviewed. Data will be systematically summarized.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate local tolerability of the new Econazole/Benzydamine product, in comparison with the Econazole and Benzydamine stand-alone products and placebo. Pharmacokinetics of the study products after single and repeated applications once a day for 15 days, safety of the investigational products and comfort of use will also be evaluated as secondary objectives.
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of high-frequency non-invasive ventilation on apnea duration, carbon dioxide clearance and oxygen delivery in healthy subjets and patients with lung disease.