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.
The aim of the investigators' study is to elucidate the relationship between a functional liver test (e.g., ICG) and the PREOPERATIVE value of portal hypertension in the patients with impaired liver function from alcoholic and non-alcoholic aetiologies. Alcoholic and viral cirrhosis present important differences in terms of cellular mechanisms responsible for the disease progression with a distinct and unique gene expression pattern that regulates the type of inflammatory response. These differences probably influence the hepatic functional reserve and the onset of portal hypertension at a comparable clinical and biological level of derangement and the investigators may expect significant differences in the recovery from hepatectomy. The investigators' hypothesis is that at a comparable ICGR-15 rate non-viral cirrhotic liver presents higher portal pressure values and the investigators also argue that alcoholic cirrhotic patients would tolerate a larger hepatic resection than would viral cirrhotic do.
The purpose of this study is to characterize three year descriptive growth and development (ie, height, weight, body mass index, Tanner Stage) and efficacy of cholesterol reduction in pediatric subjects with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia receiving atorvastatin treatment.
This study will assess - whether coffee consumption protects against fructose-induced hepatic steatosis in healthy humans - whether the protective effect of coffee is dependent on it's antioxidant composition
In this study the investigators want to investigate the effect of a short intravenous infusion of Erythromycine on gastric emptying on patients considered "full stomac" and scheduled for Emergency operation. A gastroscopy will be done after intubation to controll the effect of the perfusion.
The study objective is to investigate in a placebo-controlled, double-blind manner the effect of inhaled corticosteroid (ciclesonide) on airway hyperresponsiveness measured as having PD15 mannitol. Treatment medication will be administered as follows: 320 microgram ciclesonide or placebo will be inhaled once daily. The study duration consists of a treatment period of 4 weeks. The study will provide further data on safety of ciclesonide.
Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (hereafter called ESBLs) have emerged as an important cause of bloodstream infection in hospitalized patients and urinary tract infections in the community. As is the case with other multidrug-resistant organisms chronic colonization is frequent, in the case of ESBLs mostly intestinal and urinary carriage. To the investigators knowledge no randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial has been performed to study the efficacy of a systematic ESBL eradication strategy. Eradication of ESBL carriage would cause benefits for the individual patient - by reducing the risk of infection - and for the community - by reducing transmission. Even if eradication turns out to be impossible, transient suppression of ESBL might reduce the likelihood of transmission and thus still be beneficial from an ecologic perspective. The purpose of the proposed study is to test the hypothesis that the administration of a 10 day course of oral antibiotics active against ESBLs can lead to decolonization of ESBL carriage in hospitalized patients.
The study is a feasibility and validation study of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure in all stages of colon cancer. If the SLN can be reliably identified, it could be submitted to a more accurate histopathological examination (multiple sections, special staining). The detection of micrometastases in the SLN (occult stage III, upstaging) is possible. Patients with micrometastases should be considered at higher risk. Additionally, a search for occult metastatic tumor cells in the bone marrow is performed.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether tanezumab is effective in the treatment of pain associated with chronic prostatitis.
The major objective of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of a topical treatment simultaneously inhibiting Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV and Aminopeptidase N (IMTM #IP10.C8) in patients with mild to moderate psoriasis of the skin
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of different doses of PA21 to lower serum phosphate levels, in patients with chronic kidney disease on maintenance hemodialysis.