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 purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of CNTO 1275 (ustekinumab) in patients with psoriatic arthritis.
The primary objective is to assess the efficacy and safety of the fixed dose combination of telmisartan 80 mg + hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg (T80/H25) alone or in addition to other antihypertensive therapies during open-label, long-term treatment.
Protocol Title: Immunopharmacological effects of Rituximab in atopic dermatitis Study Phase: Investigator driven study Study Design: Open-label, single center. Primary Study Objective: To determine the efficacy, safety and immunopharmacological effects of Rituximab (anti-CD20) administered as a 1000mg intravenous infusion on days 1 and 15 to patients with atopic dermatitis. Secondary Study Objective: To investigate key immunological parameters involved in the pathology of this common skin disease to interpret the clinical findings. Number of Patients: 6 Study Population: Male and female patients, at least 18 years of age with atopic dermatitis, active inflammation, a severity score of 6-9 according to Langeland and Rajika. Treatment Group: Rituximab will be administered as 1000 mg infusion intravenously at day 1 and 15, followed by a 24-week follow-up period. Visit Schedule: Screening Visit (within 28 days prior to Visit 1) Treatment visits (Visits days 1, 3, 8, 15, 17) Follow-up Visits (Visits weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24) Visit 11/Early Termination Visit (if applicable) Visit 11 will serve as the Early Termination Visit for any patient who withdraws from the study between Visit 1 and 10. Efficacy Parameters: Clinical parameters: EASI Patient Assessment of Pruritus / Pruritus score Physician Global Assessment (PGA) Photography Laboratory analysis: Differential blood count Total IgE, specific IgE (aeroallergen panel) Immunophenotyping of PBMC Lymphocyte proliferation following pan-T stimulation with PHA Cytokine release from blood T cells following pan-T stimulation with PHA Skin tests Histopathology of skin biopsies Safety Parameters: Physical examinations; vital signs; selected blood chemistry, including liver function tests, creatinine; white blood cell count (WBC; including total lymphocyte count); platelets, lymphocyte subset analysis; complement, immunoglobulins (IgA, IgM, IgG, IgE), monitoring for infections; monitoring for concomitant therapies; monitoring for adverse events.
The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of everolimus initiation together with reduction or discontinuation of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) on renal function in maintenance liver transplant recipients with CNI-related renal impairment, while maintaining efficacy.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether propofol or barbiturates should be preferred in the treatment of status epilepticus (continuous seizure activity) refractory to 2 standard antiepileptic agents.
N-cadherin, a protein involved in blood vessel cell binding, is increased as cancer progresses, and is on the surface of many tumor cells. ADH-1 blocks N-cadherin. This study will test the safety and effects of ADH-1 in subjects with incurable, solid tumors with a protein biomarker called N-cadherin. This study will identify the amount of ADH-1 that subjects can tolerate.
To determine the long-term safety and tolerability of SR121463B in patients with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic secretion (SIADH). To assess the long-term efficacy of SR121463B in maintaining normal levels of serum sodium in patients with SIADH. Long term safety is evaluated further in an open label extension study with flexible doses of satavaptan.
Omalizumab will be given as add-on treatment to optimized asthma therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma, who demonstrate inadequate asthma symptom control. Response to omalizumab over time will be assessed by physicians and patients evaluating the overall improvement in control of their asthma. THIS STUDY IS NOT ENROLLING PATIENTS IN THE US.
Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) have been shown to be at least as efficient and safe as unfractioned heparin (UFH) in prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolic events and in therapy of acute cardiovascular diseases. LMWH are widely used as safe replacement of oral anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKA). Due to their pharmacokinetic characteristics, LMWH tend to accumulate in patients with impaired renal function. Official guidelines recommend therefore to use LMWH controlled by Anti-Xa levels or to use UFH instead of LMWH to provide full therapeutic anticoagulation therapy in patients with severe renal insufficiency. Although dosage recommendations have been proposed for enoxaparin in patients with renal impairment based on several studies, these data cannot be applied to other LMWH directly due to different pharmacokinetic properties of each drug. The present study aims to clarify the pharmacokinetics of dalteparin in patients with renal insufficiency, especially addressing the question of accumulation after multiple doses and including patients with severe renal insufficiency and derive a safe and suitable concept for using dalteparin in patients with impaired renal function.
There is growing evidence that antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) through metabolic side effects, such as dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type II diabetes. Prevalence of risk factors for CHD in HIV-infected individuals receiving ART in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) is high. This cluster randomised controlled trial is nested into the SHCS and will investigate whether physicians randomised to the routine provision of risk profiles from their patients receiving ART will improve the management of risk factors in HIV-infected patients compared to control physicians not routinely receiving such information. Risk profiles will be generated by the SHCS data center and provided to clinicians in all study centers.