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 determine whether providing high dose glutamine and antioxidants to critically ill patients will be associated with improved survival.
The aim of this study is to compare a low versus high intensity physiotherapy early rehabilitation program combined with a low versus high dose vitamin D early rehabilitation program in a randomized controlled trial among elderly patients with acute hip fracture in an acute care setting. The primary outcome to be compared between treatment arms is the rate of falls during a 12-month follow-up. Secondary outcomes are injurious falls, number of persons who fell, low-trauma fractures (at the hip, forearm, humerus, pelvis, ankle, spine, femur, tibia), disability, quality of life (Euro-Qol), mortality and health care utilization. Another secondary outcome will be admission to nursing home compared between treatment arms among subjects, who are community-dwelling prior to the index hip fracture. Admission to nursing home is the marker of loss of independence for the individual, but also triggers high cost for the society. The study will provide new early rehabilitation guidelines to allocate health care resources efficiently in the acute care setting. Eventually and most importantly, the study will help improve outcomes in patients with hip fractures.
This study is looking at the safety and tolerability of the experimental biological drug EMD 273066 when given with low dose cyclophosphamide to patients with recurring EpCAM positive ovarian, prostate, colorectal or non-small cell lung cancers. EMD 273066 is an experimental biological drug that may increase the immune response to certain cancers. Patients will be enrolled in groups of 3, with each successive group receiving a higher dose if the prior group adequately tolerates the study medication.
The primary objective of this protocol is to provide access to SU011248 treatment for patients with metastatic RCC who are ineligible for participation in ongoing SU011248 clinical studies and have the potential to derive clinical benefit from treatment with SU011248 based on the judgment of the investigator.
Cost-effective management of heart failure and pulmonary disease is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, the rapid and accurate differentiation of heart failure from other causes of dyspnea in private practice is challenging. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels are significantly higher in patients with congestive heart failure as compared to patients with dyspnea due to other causes. As a simple, non-expensive assay easily applicable in private practice is available, rapid measurement of BNP might be very helpful in establishing or excluding the diagnosis of heart failure in patients presenting with acute dyspnea in private practice. The aim is to test the hypothesis that a BNP guided diagnostic strategy would improve the evaluation and management of patients presenting with acute dyspnea to physicians in private practice and thereby reduce total cost of diagnosis and treatment. The primary endpoint is total medical cost within 3 months.
Contrast nephropathy (CN) remains a common complication of radiographic procedures and an important cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. Only hydration with saline is uniformly accepted and used in clinical practice as a cornerstone for the prevention of CN. But the optimal preventive strategy for CN is not known. Sodium bicarbonate might be even more effective than hydration with sodium chloride for prophylaxis of CN. Therefore the aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of two regimens of sodium bicarbonate compared with a prolonged infusion of sodium chloride in the prevention of CN. Primary endpoint: Decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) within 48 hours.
Heart failure is a common reason for respiratory failure in ICU patients. The rapid and accurate differentiation of heart failure from other causes of respiratory failure remains a clinical challenge. BNP levels are significantly higher in patients with congestive heart failure as compared to patients with respiratory failure due to other causes. Therefore, rapid measurement of BNP might be very helpful in establishing or excluding the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with respiratory failure in the ICU. The aim is to test the hypothesis that a BNP guided diagnostic strategy would improve the evaluation and management of patients presenting with primary (on admission) or secondary (while in the ICU) respiratory failure in the ICU and thereby reduce total treatment time and total cost of treatment. Primary endpoints are time to discharge and total cost of treatment. Secondary endpoints are ICU length of stay, ICU cost, in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, cost-effectiveness, 6 and 12 month mortality, 6 and 12 month dyspnea score.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Vatalanib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving temozolomide and radiation therapy together with vatalanib may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This randomized phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vatalanib when given together with temozolomide and radiation therapy and to see how well they work in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
This trial is conducted in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, and South America. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the treatment of Recombinant Factor VIIa (eptacog alfa (activated)) in patients with acute intracerebral bleeding. It is expected that more patients will recover without severe permanent disability after acute treatment with Recombinant Factor VIIa by reducing further intracerebral bleeding.
The purpose of the present prospective, randomized, double-blind, double dummy controlled multicenter pilot study is to investigate whether abciximab, compared with aspirin, is able to reduce the rate of recurrent ischemic strokes before and during carotid endarterectomy [CEA] (primary endpoints); and the degree of carotid stenosis, number of microembolic signal (MES) counts, number of ischemic infarcts at diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and amount of intraluminal thrombus at pathological examination (secondary endpoints) in patients with ischemic stroke due to a >50% carotid stenosis who will undergo CEA.