There are about 1933 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Colombia. 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.
This study will evaluate the safety of the Leish-111f + MPL-SE vaccine in adult subjects with a previous exposure to the Leishmania parasite (but without current or past history of leishmaniasis).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether quetiapine is effective and safe in the acute treatment of bipolar depression and whether the effect is maintained when treatment is continued.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of an investigational drug for the treatment of manic episodes of bipolar disorder. The investigational drug will be given as additional treatment with either lithium or valproate, which are already FDA (Food and Drug Administration)-approved treatments for mania.
Narrative medicine addresses the therapeutic benefits that derive from patients forming and telling their personal stories. It offers an innovative model for improving health outcomes. When a patient with cancer and marked suffering writes a narrative of what he or she is going through, this process may reduce pain and improve quality of life. Therefore, we seek to evaluate the effectiveness of writing a narrative on pain intensity and health related quality of life. We propose a randomized single blind (evaluator) controlled trial. Patients with cancer pain of intensity at least 5/10 with a minimum Karnofsky score of 50% will be randomized into three groups: 1. Narrative group. Patients will write a story about their illness for at least 20 minutes once a week for 3 weeks; 2. Writing-control group. Patients will fill a pain diary once a week for three weeks; 3. Control group. Subjects will not write/fill anything. Pain will be evaluated using the numerical scale before randomization and then weekly for 8 weeks. We will also evaluate how pain interferes with general activity, mood, work, relation with others, sleep, and enjoyment of life using the Brief Pain Inventory. As secondary outcomes, we will evaluate health related quality of life, with the treatment outcomes of pain survey, which is a modification of the SF 36 (short form health survey), and a global measure of well-being before randomization, and then at 4 and 8 weeks. We will also evaluate the emotional disclosure of the narratives. We will use an intention to treat analysis. To analyze the effect of the treatment on pain intensity, quality of life, and well-being, we will employ an analysis of repeated measures using generalized estimating equations. We will include in the regression models the treatment group, the emotional disclosure score, the time, and the interaction between treatment group and time.
Static magnetic therapy is increasingly used to alleviate pain; however, its efficacy has not been determined yet. The aims of this proposal are to evaluate the effect of magnetic therapy on pain intensity levels, opioid requirements, and opioid side effects.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether low dose continuous infusion of unfractioned heparin (500 units/hour), in addition to the standard treatment, is efficacious as complementary therapy for sepsis patients.
This study is a test of the safety and effectiveness of two drugs, one for diabetes and one for hypertension, in keeping patients with high lab values of glucose from progressing to frank diabetes and developing cardiovascular complications. People in this study cannot have frank diabetes but are considered "borderline" based on blood tests. People in the study take none, one or both of the drugs and do not know which one(s) they are taking.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of tight control of serum glucose levels with an intensive insulin treatment in patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit with medical and surgical patients.
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if the investigational drug is able to reduce/shrink advanced breast cancer tumors in patients who no longer benefit from anthracyclines, taxanes and capecitabine.
To determine if linezolid is superior to vancomycin in the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections due to MRSA in adult subjects