There are about 2320 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Chile. 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.
Background: Depression is common in adolescents and it is associated with serious consequences. In Chile, primary care team has a leading role in the management of depression in adolescents. Nevertheless, the majority of primary care professionals report not feeling adequately prepared to take on this responsibility and having difficulties referring patients to specialists. This situation is particularity complex in regions far away from the central zone. Telepsychiatry is a potential solution to an equitable access to specialized clinical expertise. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether a telepsychiatry-based collaborative program is effective to improve the management of depression in adolescents between 13 and 19 years of age in 16 primary care clinics in the Araucanía Region, Chile. Study design: A cluster-randomized clinical trial will be carried out with 237 adolescents. The efficacy, adherence, and acceptability of the telepsychiatry-based collaborative program will be evaluated.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of CNTO 136 (sirukumab) in participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are unresponsive to treatment with modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or anti-TNF alpha agents.
Primary Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of different doses and regimens of dupilumab in patients with moderate to severe uncontrolled asthma Secondary Objective: To evaluate different doses and regimens of dupilumab in patients with moderate to severe uncontrolled asthma, with regard to: - Safety and tolerability - Dupilumab systemic exposure and anti-drug antibodies
The effect of a self directed video strategy will be compared to a face to face neonatal resuscitation training program. The hypothesis is that both strategies are equivalent.
- Introduction: Hearing loss is a prevalent condition in elderly population. However, the low adherence to hearing aids is a fact, with an estimation of use of 50 per cent. In 2007 there was designed a rehabilitation program called ACE, which aims to improve rehabilitation directed to hearing aids users. The study hypothesis is that a counseling program will improve adherence to hearing aids in elderly population. - Objective: To evaluate the utility of a standardized counselling program in patients with hearing loss. - Material and Methods: A before/after trial will be carried out, approved by the Hospital ethics - committee. Patients with 65 years and older with hearing loss diagnosed by pure tone audiometry will be included. To assess adherence we will use the IOI-HA scale.
This is a multi-centre, open-label long-term safety study of 100 milligram (mg) mepolizumab administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks for 12 months in addition to standard of care in subjects who have severe, refractory asthma and a history of eosinophilic inflammation. Subjects who completed either MEA115588 or MEA115575 will be offered the opportunity to consent for this study.
The rationale for this study (IPV 002ABMG) is to evaluate and compare three doses of IPV, two doses of IPV plus one bOPV, and one dose of IPV plus two doses of bOPV in order to provide evidence for better immunization policy making in regions of the world that must switch to use of IPV/bOPV schedules in the 2014-2015 time frame. The goal is to identify the best option optimizing humoral immune responses, intestinal immunity and thereby prevent community transmission as well as preventing VAPP. Specifically, the study seeks to show that both of the sequential regimens are equivalent (not-inferior) to the 3-dose IPV regimen in the seroconversion rates to both type 1 and type 3 poliovirus such that not more than 10% of subjects fall below the 95% confidence interval observed for the 3-dose IPV alone regimen and the geometric mean titers (GMTs) are no more than 2/3 logs less than those for the 3-dose IPV regimen. In addition, the study will evaluate by a novel method (poliovirus shedding index), the adequacy of IPV vaccines in inducing intestinal immunity, specifically by reducing the shedding of poliovirus type 2 after an OPV challenge. The hypotheses of the study are: - A 3-dose IPV/bOPV sequential schedule including 1 or 2 doses of bOPV is non-inferior in terms of types 1 and 3 seroconversion rates and GMTs to a 3-dose IPV schedule. - Two and possibly 1 IPV dose(s) provides significant seroconversion rates and GMTs to type 2 poliovirus and sufficient priming to induce a rapid immune response in the context of an oral challenge at 7 months of age. - Three, 2, and possibly 1 dose of IPV will induce intestinal immunity to poliovirus type 2 as measured by a combination of quantity of virus in stools and duration of shedding (shedding index). In addition to these 3 hypotheses, the study will explore the following hypothesis: • Co-administration of bOPV and rotavirus at 16 weeks of age (the second rotavirus dose) provides similar antirotavirus IgA seroconversion rates and GMCs compared to subjects receiving rotavirus vaccine together with IPV.
In this study, the investigators propose to assess if a non-hormonal agent is absorbed by a local route (vaginal) and to observe the effect on follicular development.
This study evaluates the use of oxytocin, given as a nasal spray, for treatment of high frequency episodic migraine and chronic migraine.
The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with celecoxib and pregabalin together would prove to be more effective in relief of pain than treatment with celecoxib alone in people who have chronic low back pain with a probable neuropathic component.