There are about 11304 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Denmark. 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 is a randomized phase II trial including 40 patients with castration resistant metastatic cancer prostate (CRMPC). Patients will be randomized between treatment with a dendritic cell vaccine plus docetaxel and docetaxel alone. The primary objective is to evaluate the vaccine specific immune response and patients will be evlauated with blood tests and DTH reactions during the treatment course. Secondary objectives are to evaluate clinical response by objective response (RECIST-criteria, 18F-NaF-PET/CT scan), PSA response, pain response and finally we determine time to progression and overall survival.
The purpose of this study is (1) to provide quantitative information of the motor manifestations of Parkinson's disease and (2) to quantify the effect of high intensive antigravity locomotor exercise or Deep Brain Stimulation implantations in Parkinson's disease.
Bipolar disorder is associated with a high risk of relapse and hospitalisation and many patients do not recover to previous psychosocial function. Major reasons for poor outcome are delayed intervention for prodromal depressive and manic episodes as well as decreased adherence with treatment. Recently, electronic self monitoring of affective symptoms using cell phones to prompt patients to respond to weekly text messages has been suggested as an easy and cheap way to identify early signs of affective episodes. Nevertheless, so far the electronic devises has been rather simple not including a bi-directional feed back loop between patients and providers and without electronic data on "objective" measures of the affective psychopathology. As part of an ongoing EU research program a software program for online electronic self-monitoring using a cell phone is being developed including an interactive feed back loop between patients, relatives and clinicians. Electronic self-monitoring includes subjective items such as mood, irritability, sleep duration, activity, alcohol consumption, medication intake and objective items of speech duration (on the cell phone), social activity (numbers of calls and SMS'es at the cell phone) and physical activity (acceleration of the cell phone). The present PhD. study will in a randomized controlled single blind trial including 60 patients with bipolar disorder allocated to using the active cell phone program (intervention group) or to using a cell phone to usual communication (control group) during a 6 months study period. If the cell phone self-monitoring system is proved effective in preventing mood symptoms and improving psychosocial functioning,quality of life etc. in the present study there might be basis for extending the use of the system to treatment of patients with bipolar disorder in clinical practice in general.
The objective of this study is to characterize the hormonal and inflammatory responses to hemodialysis, and to determine the effect of a meal versus fast on the metabolic changes in the post-dialytic phase.
The purpose of this study is to investigate potential metabolic effects of resveratrol in obese healthy men with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The investigators hypothesize that resveratrol will: - decrease hepatic very-low-density-lipoprotein-triglyceride (VLDL-TG) secretion - decrease liver fat content - increase insulin sensitivity The investigators will look at changes in: - lipid turnover (VLDL-TG kinetics, palmitate kinetics, indirect calorimetry) - liver fat content (MR liver spectroscopy) - insulin sensitivity (glucose kinetics during hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp) - body composition (DXA and MRI) - lipase activity and fat cell size (fat biopsy from abdominal and femoral adipose tissue)
The most useful method to manage pain after major ankle surgery is infusion of local analgesics with a catheter close to the sciatic nerve. Sensation from the ankle are carried by three nerves: The tibial and peroneal nerve (unified in the sciatic nerve) and the saphenous nerve. Study purpose is to test whether continuous infusion of local analgesics by saphenous nerve catheter provide a better treatment of pain in comparison with a single injection nerve block. In addition cost-effectiveness of the two methods are compared. The 50 patients of the trial are randomized in clusters of ten. We intend to do a preliminary analysis of the data from the first 40 patients. However, it is not an interim analysis. Fifty patients will be included independent of the result of the preliminary analysis. The random allocation of the last 10 patients will also be double-blinded.
The objective of this in-clinic study is to test our closed-loop glucose control system in patients with type 1 diabetes.
When facing life threatening illness such as advanced cancer palliative care is needed to improve quality of life of patients and their families through the prevention and relief of suffering. Palliative care at an early stage prevents the development of problems and symptoms, but time, resources and experience are needed in the primary care sector in Denmark to deal with the problems families experiencing life with advanced cancer are facing. The aims of this study are to test, evaluate and further develop interventions that can help identify and assess problems, resources and opportunities of families experiencing life with advanced cancer, and on this background to help the families cope with their situation in cooperation with healthcare professionals to an extent where the family's quality of life increases, their physical and psychosocial problems are relieved, their symptoms of anxiety and depression are reduced, family satisfaction with health professionals are increased and acute readmissions to hospital are prevented.
The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the use of the x-pander device.
In the present placebo-controlled cross-over study the researchers intend to investigate analgesic and sensory effects of a lidocaine patch in patients with severe persistent inguinal post-herniorrhaphy pain.