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.
We examine patients with different autonomic neuropathies and Ehlers Danlos syndromes compared to healthy controls at three different points over time (baseline, after 3 months and after 1.5 years) to gain knowledge about the course of this disease and understand its pathophysiology, with a focus on Small Fiber neuropathy. Moreover we will validate the german version of the Malmö POTS Score and establish an easy diagnostic scheme for patients in outpatient care.
This is a phase 2 study, designed as a European multicentre 6-month double blind random-ized controlled trial (RCT) of AZD0530 versus matched placebo, followed by a 12 month trial comparing open-label extended AZD0530 treatment with historical control data. Study population: Male and female adult patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of FOP who meet the inclusion (active disease) and exclusion criteria will be eligible for participation in this study. The total number of enrolled patients will be 20. Intervention: Patients will be randomized to receive either AZD0530 100mg once daily or matched placebo, taken orally for the first 6 months, immediately followed by an open-label extension in which all patients will receive AZD0530 100mg once daily oral dose for a further 12 months. Endpoints: Endpoints include objective change in heterotopic bone volume measured by low-dose whole-body computer tomography (CT) , [18F] NaF Positron Emission Tomography (PET) activity and patient reported outcome measures.
Single-center, single-arm, prospective, post-market study of LAmbre™ LAA Closure System. To evaluate immediate and long term procedural success of Lifetech LAmbre™ occluders in patients.
The FURTHER study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of MR-HIFU (alone or in combination with EBRT) compared to EBRT alone, the standard-of-care, as a palliative treatment option to relieve CIBP. The FURTHER study consists of a multicenter, three-armed randomized controlled trial (FURTHER RCT) and a patient registry arm (FURTHER Registry), which will be performed in six hospitals in four European countries.
ALLTogether collects the experience of previously successful treatment of infants, children and young adults, with ALL from a number of well-renowned study groups into a new master protocol, which is both a comprehensive system for stratification and treatment of ALL in this age-group as well as the basis for several randomised and interventional trials included in the study-design.
BACKGROUND: For patients with esophageal cancer, radical esophagectomy with 2-field lymphadenectomy is the cornerstone of the multimodality treatment with curative intent. Both, conventional minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and robot assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) were shown to be superior compared to open transthoracic esophagectomy considering postoperative complications. However, no randomized comparison was made until now to compare MIE to RAMIE OBJECTIVES: The objective is to evaluate the extent of lymph node dissection, efficacy, risks, quality of life and cost-effectiveness of RAMIE as an alternative to MIE as treatment for esophageal adenocarcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction.. METHODS: This is an investigator-initiated and investigator-driven multicenter randomized controlled parallel-group, superiority trial. All adult patients (age ≥18 and ≤ 90 years) with histologically proven, surgically resectable (cT1-4a, N0-3, M0) adenocarcinoma of the intrathoracic esophagus or adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction with European Clinical Oncology Group performance status 0, 1 or 2 will be assessed for eligibility and included after obtaining informed consent. Patients (n=218) are randomized at the outpatient department to either RAMIE (n=109) or MIE (n=109). The primary outcome of this study is the total number of resected lymph nodes according to the TIGER classification for esophageal cancer lymphadenectomy. CONCLUSION: This is the first randomized controlled trial designed to compare RAMIE to MIE as surgical treatment for resectable adenocarcinoma of the intrathoracic esophagus or adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction in the Western World. If our hypothesis is proven correct, RAMIE will result in a better lymph node dissection compared to conventional MIE. The study started in September 2019. Follow up will be 5 years. Short term results will be analyzed and published after discharge of the last randomized patient.
To determine the specific population of critically ill septic patients who benefit most from cytokine adsorption therapy with the HA-380 cartridge. Benefit of the treatment will be assessed on the basis of: - The scope of the effect of cytokine adsorption therapy in this specific population of critically ill patients expressed by cytokine variability within the patients - The scope of cytokine changes in passing the adsorption cartridge my measuring cytokine levels in the patient's blood directly before passing through the cartridge and directly after having passed through the cartridge. - The scope of changes in organ dysfunction expressed by SOFA scores that are repeatedly calculated during the treatment with cytokine adsorption and then daily until day 7 of the ICU treatment. - The scope of changes on cellular function on immune cells in serum samples taken before and after cytokine adsorption therapy. - The scope of removal of anti-infective drugs from the blood in passing through the cytokine adsorption cartridge by measuring antibiotic drug levels in the patients blood during the cytokine adsorption therapy - 30 day and 90 day mortality and location status in survivors
This study investigates if an adjusted brodalumab dosage regimen will give improved efficacy in psoriasis in patients with a body weight of over 120 kg. The increased dosage regimen will be compared to the standard brodalumab treatment plus placebo.
The objective of the CARDIATEAM clinical study is to assess the uniqueness of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) relative to other forms of cardiomyopathy using unsupervised clustering approaches based on deep phenotyping (clinical, imaging and biological) information.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and obesity are major contributors to impaired health worldwide. Statins are among the most prescribed medications with well-established safety and efficacy. Statins are recommended in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, which has been linked to both MDD and obesity. Moreover, statins are promising candidates to treat MDD because a meta-analysis of pilot randomized controlled trials has found antidepressive effects of statins as adjunct therapy to antidepressants. However, no study so far has tested the antidepressive potential of statins in patients with MDD and comorbid obesity. Therefore, we hypothesize that Simvastatin add-on to standard antidepressant Escitalopram will improve depression to a greater extent than add-on placebo in patients with comorbid obesity and major depression. We will randomize 160 obese MDD patients at 8 recruiting centers to either Simvastatin or placebo as add-on to Escitalopram for 12 weeks. If successful, our trial would have immediate impact on clinical practice given the fact that Simvastatin and Escitalopram are available as inexpensive generic drugs with established safety.