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.
Bariatric operations such as the gastric bypass procedure provide a unique in vivo model of improvement of pathological beta cell function. The presented double-centre study aims to comprehensively investigate different aspects of beta cell function in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with a wide range of disease duration after gastric bypass. In parallel, our project will address the aspects of changes in enteroinsular and adipoinsular axes as well as the early and late changes of other defined parameters after gastric bypass surgery.
The purpose of this study is to determinate the effect of a pre-treatment with carvedilol, a alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptor blocker, on the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy"). The investigators hypothesize that carvedilol will attenuate the cardiovascular and subjective response to MDMA.
The purpose of this study is to investigate safety and tolerability of an immediate conversion from Tacrolimus to everolimus in stable renal allograft recipients. Interest in developing CNI-free regimens using other agents such as the proliferation signal inhibitor everolimus.
Critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) are at high risk of bleeding on account of coagulopathy, platelet dysfunction, frequent liver dysfunction and invasive procedures.In patients at high risk of bleeding, anticoagulation restricted to the circuit (regional anticoagulation) has been advocated as the method of choice.However, citrate anticoagulation may have many metabolic consequences, such as metabolic alkalosis due to citrate metabolism into bicarbonate, and in patients with liver disease, metabolic acidosis and hypocalcemia may occur.Implementation of citrate-based regional anticoagulation with frequent monitoring of acid-base and electolytes is also more challenging for the nurses and does not eliminate the need of a low-dose systemic anticoagulation for thromboses prophylaxis in most of the patients. Citrate-based regional anticoagulation is therefore mainly advocated only for patients at high-risk of bleeding. The investigators plan to implement an open-label randomized control trial assessing the effectiveness of citrate-based regional anticoagulation in critically ill patients with AKI and with a special emphasis on the safety profile of this treatment in patients with severe liver failure.
The purpose of this study is to determine if autologous plasma (ACP) is beneficial for better and faster healing following an arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff.
The study is a global Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of omalizumab administered subcutaneously as an add-on therapy for the treatment of adolescent and adult patients aged 12-75 who have been diagnosed with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) who remain symptomatic despite standard-dosed H1 antihistamine treatment (including doses up to 4 times above the approved dose level), H2 blockers, and/or leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA).
Although the essential role of iron during pregnancy is well established, concerns have been raised that current iron supplements given routinely during pregnancy may also have harmful consequences, such as increased oxidative stress and enhanced risks of infection, pre-eclampsia and impaired glucose regulation. A potential mechanism for the production of adverse effects is the appearance of non-transferrin-bound iron after oral administration of iron supplements. Non-transferrin-bound iron is more readily available to pathogens and could promote injurious free radical reactions that might add to the oxidative stress of pregnancy. The present study will determine if oral administration of 60 mg of iron as ferrous sulfate during the second trimester of pregnancy is followed by the appearance of non-transferrin-bound iron two hours later. The investigators will examine the influence of a variety of factors, including iron status and previous use of iron supplements. Detection of non-transferrin-bound iron after administration of an iron supplement to pregnant women would be an important new observation that could lead to re-evaluation of current methods of iron supplementation.
This clinical trial is designed to investigate the performance of SENSIMED Triggerfish® during 24-hour continuous IOP fluctuation monitoring, defined as the number of valid recording intervals over the 24-hour period. The investigation will recruit male and female patients older than 18 years and diagnosed with glaucoma and treated with tafluprost in both eyes. 20 subjects will be enrolled in the study. Patients will be considered enrolled in the study upon signature of informed consent. A screening visit and one 24-hour IOP fluctuation monitoring session during a 36-hour hospitalisation, are planned for each patient.
MP4OX is a novel oxygen therapeutic agent being developed as an ischemic rescue therapy to enhance perfusion and oxygenation of tissues at risk during hemorrhagic shock. MP4OX is a pegylated hemoglobin-based colloid. Due to its molecular size and unique oxygen dissociation characteristics, MP4OX targets delivery of oxygen to ischemic tissues. This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of MP4OX treatment in trauma patients suffering from lactic acidosis due to severe hemorrhagic shock. The study hypothesis is that MP4OX will reverse the lactic acidosis by enhancing perfusion and oxygenation of ischemic tissues and thereby prevent and reduce the duration of organ failure and improve outcome in these patients.
To evaluate the procedural safety and to identify and characterize therapeutic and functional endpoint assessments in subjects with documented critical limb ischemia who received treatment with the Cotavance Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon vs. those who received POBA only.