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.
34 adult (>18 years) cancer pain outpatients with Opioid base therapy because of pain and breakthrough pain or extreme pain on movement will be included in this prospective, randomized, double-blind crossover study. Over a period of 3 weeks patients will go through 3 treatment arms, each one lasting one week: Group A receives morphine drops and Placebo spray, Group B receives ketamine/chitosan spray nasal and Placebo drops and Group C receives morphine drops and ketamine/chitosan spray nasal. Primary endpoint is time to onset of action of intranasal ketamine compared with morphine drops. Secondary endpoint is the median numeric rating scale (NRS) improvement after using the spray or morphine or the combination of ketamine spray and morphine drops.
Pelvic ring fractures in the elderly are associated with high morbidity during standard conservative treatment due to immobility. Furthermore the risk of long term dependence even after the fracture has united is high. In analogy to the treatment of hip fractures in a similar patient population, patients might benefit from surgical treatment due to a reduction in pain and early mobilization.
Morbidly obese patients exhibit impaired secretion of satiation hormones which may contribute to the development of obesity. Bariatric surgery is associated with weight loss and dramatic increase in the secretion of satiation hormones, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. The investigator's goal is therefore to examine patients before and after sleeve gastrectomy and compare findings to lean controls.
The investigators will assess the effects of manual acupuncture on experimental dental pain in 36 healthy subjects by means of subjective pain intensity ratings and pain-specific autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactions.
The purpose of this study is to assess the value of preoperative objective modalities such as endoscopic ultrasound elastography and magnet resonance imaging in predicting development of postoperative pancreatic fistula in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery for benign or malignant disease.
The purpose of this randomized, cross-over study, is to ascertain if ticagrelor, but not prasugrel or clopidogrel, is associated to an improved endothelial function as assessed with peripheral arterial tonometry and markers of endothelial function measurement in post-ACS patients.
1. To compare the efficacy and safety of pharmacokinetic (PK)-guided treatment with BAX 855 targeting FVIII trough levels of 1-3% and approximately 10% (8-12%) 2. To further characterize pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) parameters of BAX 855
Primary Objectives: - To demonstrate the superiority of alirocumab in comparison with placebo in the reduction of calculated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in participants with diabetes treated with insulin and with hypercholesterolemia at high cardiovascular risk not adequately controlled on maximally tolerated LDL-C lowering therapy. - To evaluate the safety and tolerability of alirocumab in participants with diabetes treated with insulin. Secondary Objective: To demonstrate that alirocumab was superior in comparison to placebo in its effects on other lipid parameters (i.e., measured LDL-C, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [non-HDL-C], apolipoprotein B [Apo B], total cholesterol [TC], lipoprotein a [Lp(a)], high density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], triglyceride [TG] levels, triglyceride rich lipoproteins [TGRL], apolipoprotein A-1 [Apo A-1], apolipoprotein C-III [Apo C-III], and LDL particle number and size).
Determination of fractional iron absorption from dairy product fortified with 2 labelled iron compounds
This study evaluates physical performance in cancer outpatients during a multimodal therapy. Half of the patients will receive physical exercise und nutrition program in combination with a specially formulated whey protein supplement, while the other half will receive standard care.