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.
Asparaginase is a cornerstone in the treatment of ALL. In most contemporary protocols like in NOPHO ALL2008 prolonged asparaginase treatment has been implemented. Publish data from NOPHO ALL2008 show sufficient treatment of the majority of patients (analysing trough levels of asparaginase after 2 weeks) but 13% of the patients experience an allergic reaction to this foreign protein (85% of them after the 2nd or 3rd dose) and they have no enzyme activity even before the reaction, meaning that they don't benefit from the treatment at all. In addition 4-5% of the patients have no enzyme activity through the whole treatment without hypersensitivity symptoms. So in reality approximately 20% of the patients don't receive any asparaginase treatment. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) of asparaginase has been established in Aarhus, Denmark, under the leadership of Birgitte Klug Albertsen (BKA). From February 2017 the centers have been invited to send samples (extended sampling) in order to gain more knowledge about the pharmacokinetics, to identify patients without activity and to establish the logistics for TDM of asparaginase, which will be mandatory in the next protocol ALLTogether, presumably opening in 2018. From February 2016 an extended sampling for enzyme activity measurements was started and will continue until NOPHO ALL2008 closes. These samples will make it possible to do more in depth pharmacokinetic studies as well as identify the optimal sampling time points for identifying no-activity patients in the future. A database is being developed for TDM in ALLTogether, but it will also include all the asparaginase measurements in ALL2008.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignant disease in childhood. Survival rates exceed 90% in children and 75% in adults (aged 18-45 years). During the induction period Asparaginase is an indispensable part of the multiagent treatment, but is often associated with hypersensitivity, either with clinical allergy or silent inactivation. In both cases, Asparaginase is inactivated. It is well known that truncation of Asparaginase treatment due to inactivation reduces survival. To approach understanding Asparaginase dynamics and hypersensitivity in ALL patients it is important to examine the pharmacokinetics of Asparaginase. The aim of this study is to identify serological parameters for prediction of hypersensitivity reaction after the first doses of PEG-Asparaginase given intravenously on the ALLTogether protocol.
The present study is a pilot study that aims to evaluate the feasibility, validity, and preliminary efficacy of three psychological treatment components for pain after breast cancer, which will be evaluated in a larger trial following completion of the present pilot study.
Worldwide there is an increase in antibiotic resistance which may have potential fatal long-term consequences. This is due to extensive use and sometimes misuse of antibiotics in the treatment of harmless infections. The aim of this study is to investigate if treatment with flucloxacillin increases drug metabolism in healthy volunteers through induction of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, CYP1A4, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4. The hypothesis is based on an in vitro study showing that flucloxacillin activates a receptor (PXR) responsible for transcription of CYP enzymes. Trial subjects will ingest flucloxacillin for 31 days and at day 10 and 28 ingest a cocktail of 6 drugs to determine if the CYP enzymes have been induced. Plasma and urine will be drawn over 72 hours to determine the concentration of the 6 drugs and their metabolites. Change in flucloxacillin concentration will also be measured at day 9 and 27 to establish if flucloxacillin induces its own metabolism.
This study aim to explore the optimal swap insertion length for mid-turbinate and nasopharyngeal samples. Our clinical trial took place at a Covid-19 test center in Copenhagen. Participants consisted of voluntary citizens who were at the test center for a nasopharyngeal antigen quicktest. An endoscopic examination was performed simultaneous with the swap to measure the length from the vestibulum nasi to the posterior wall of the nasopharynx and the mid-turbinate.
The objective is to investigate the feasibility of a newly developed manualised group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programme for anxiety in 15 teenagers (aged 13-17 years) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Our aim is to focus primarily on acceptability and compliance with the program with some investigation of treatment effects on anxiety diagnosis and anxiety symptoms.
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of 12-months supplementation with calcium-enriched permeate, taken alone or in conjunction with inulin, on changes in markers of bone formation and resorption and in bone mass density (BMD) in apparently healthy postmenopausal women compared with calcium-carbonate or maltodextrin supplementation.
This is an investigator-initiated, proof-of-concept, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-centre phase II study aiming to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of self-administered subcutaneous 120 µg dasiglucagon with an investigational trial device (i.e. a multi-dose reusable pen) for the treatment of postprandial hypoglycaemia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery. The study is divided into an in-patient and out-patient part. The primary aim of the study is to compare the effects of self-administered 120 µg dasiglucagon versus placebo on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-assessed time spent in hypoglycaemia in RYGB-operated individuals in an out-patient setting.
Health anxiety by proxy is defined as parents' obsessive worries about their child's health. It is a newly described phenomenon, where the parent has persistent and distressing fears that his or her child may suffer from a serious disease that is being overlooked. These intrusive thoughts may lead to excessive attention directed towards their child's body and a tendency to interpret natural bodily sensations as unnatural and abnormal. As a consequence, parents with health anxiety by proxy may repetitively perform bodily inspections of their child. Besides the stress related to worrying about your child's health, the condition can also cause frequent and unnecessary medical examinations of the child. As a possible consequence of this parental behavior, the child may be at risk of developing similar maladaptive illness behaviors, illness perceptions and illness worries. Currently, the phenomenon is widely overlooked and no treatment for health anxiety by proxy exists. The aim of the study is to test the feasibility and possible effect of an internet-based treatment program for health anxiety by proxy (iACT-by-proxy) using a single-case experimental design. Design The iACT-by-proxy is being tested in a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines. In a multiple baseline design the participants have different baseline lengths but the same intervention and follow-up period. The rationale behind the different baseline lengths is that it will be evident if target outcome measures change at intervention entry, but not during baseline. Thus the participants' baseline-period functions as their own control. Hypotheses - Patients will report a significant decrease in selected self-report measures of health anxiety by proxy answered every other day when comparing the baseline period to the interven-tion period. - Patient self-report measures of health anxiety by proxy, emotional distress, and illness perception and catastrophizing when the child has symptoms will have decreased after intervention. Participants Parents assessed with health anxiety by proxy with children under 18years. Recruitment Participants are assessed with health anxiety by proxy using the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS).Participants self-refer to the project through the webpage www.helbredsangst.dk. After diagnostic video-interview they are included in the project.
This study will be investigating the effect of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment on glucose tolerance and low-grade inflammation. Almost a century ago, researchers proposed that diabetes (DM) was associated with increased risk of Tuberculosis infection (TB). A more recent systematic review concluded that DM increases the relative risk for TB 3.1 times. Reversely, TB may affect the glycaemic control; TB is in many cases a chronic infection characterised by long term low-grade inflammation and weight loss, and persons with TB are known to be at risk of hyperglycaemia and DM at time of diagnosis. A latent infection with the m.tuberculosis bacteria is "silent" without symptoms. 1,7 billion have LTBI on a global scale. Event though the infected person does not experience symptoms, increased background inflammation has been shown in LTBI patients in previous studies. We also know that an increase in inflammatory markers precedes clinical development of DM, and that subclinical inflammation contributes to insulin resistance. We hypothesise that LTBI contributes to dysregulated glucose metabolism due to increased low-grade inflammation, and that treatment will reduce low-grade inflammation and improve glucose tolerance.