There are about 25560 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Germany. 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.
Today metastatic breast cancer is regarded as cureless. The treatment is palliative in intent and the goals of treatment include improvement of quality of life and if possible prolongation of life. Treatment in metastatic cancer will usually involve hormone therapy and/or chemotherapy. Weekly application of chemotherapeutical drugs may lead to less drug concentrations in healthy tissue and therefore toxicities maý be reduced.
Primary objective: Efficacy of pioglitazone (45 mg/day) as add-on therapy to standard therapy with riluzole in patients with ALS compared to placebo in terms of survival (mortality defined exclusively as death). This is a prospective, multicentre, randomised, stratified, parallel-group, double-blind trial comparing placebo with 45 mg pioglitazone as add-on therapy to 100 mg riluzole in ALS in 220 enrolled patients. For entry, the El Escorial Criteria for diagnosis will be used. The duration of treatment will be 18 months. The primary endpoint will be subjected to a confirmatory analyses. Secondary variables will be incidence of tracheotomy or non-invasive ventilation, ALS Functional Rating Scale, Quality of life and safety variables.
This study intends to analyze the expression of specific sets of markers in tumor samples and in serum from patients with Non-Small Cell lung Cancer (NSCLC) or Stage III or IV melanoma. The data obtained in this study will be used to guide future development of immunotherapies for melanoma or NSCLC patients. Moreover, the analyses will contribute to definition of markers potentially predictive of clinical response to specific anticancer therapies.
The EchoCRT trial evaluates the effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) on mortality and morbidity of subjects with heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction, already receiving optimized HF medication, with a narrow QRS width (< 130 ms) and echocardiographic evidence of ventricular dyssynchrony.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen is effective in the treatment of a dry mouth that occured after radiotherapy for head and neck tumours.
The primary objective of this open-label, flexible dose study is to assess the safety and efficacy of pramipexole over a 24-week period in children and adolescents (age 6-17 years inclusive) diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) criteria and who have completed either Study 248.641 (NCT 00681863) or 248.644 (NCT 00558467).
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of quetiapine in female patients with postpartum depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms
The purpose of the study is to investigate the well-being of schizophrenic patients treated with quetiapine XR combined with participation in the integrated care program compared to a treatment with quetiapine XR alone over a period of 18 month
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of 2 years of treatment with galantamine as compared with placebo of patients who have mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease (AD).
This study will compare olmesartan medoxomil to candesartan cilexetil in reducing BNP, a prognostic biomarker of heart failure, at week 24