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.
Obesity is an increasing health problem with numerous metabolic complications. Vitamin D deficiency is common in obesity, and in epidemiological studies vitamin D deficiency has been linked to metabolic complications, such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease, as well as myopathy, osteoporosis and depression. In obesity, a low grade inflammation is present in the fat tissue, thereby releasing inflammatory molecules to the blood stream. In cell line studies as well as small clinical studies vitamin D has been shown to have the ability to reduce inflammation and cell growth. In the present study the investigators wish to investigate the effect of vitamin D on fat-, muscle and bone metabolism. 30 healthy obese subjects will be treated with cholecalciferol 175 micrograms daily for 6 months and will be compared with 30 healthy obese subjects treated with placebo. The investigators hypothesize that restoring vitamin D levels in vitamin D deficient obese subject will reduce inflammation and thereby reduce obesity-related complications. The effect will be evaluated as follows: - Levels of circulating inflammatory markers will be examined in blood samples collected prior to and after treatment. - Effects on fat- and muscle metabolism will be evaluated in fat- and muscle samples taken before and after treatment. - Effects on fat distribution will be evaluated by MRI scan before and after treatment. - Effects on insulin sensitivity will be evaluated by hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp performed on a subgroup of subjects with impaired fasting glucose. - Effects on bone marrow density will be evaluated by DEXA scans before and after treatment. - Effects on quality of life and depression score will be evaluated by questionnaires used before and after treatment.
The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of LCZ696 compared to enalapril on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II - IV and EF =< 35%).
This trial is conducted in Europe. The aim of this trial is to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (exposure of drug) and pharmacodynamics (effect) of NNC126-0083 compared to Norditropin® SimpleXx® and placebo in healthy volunteers
The clinical trial is a phase III, double-blind, randomised, controlled, multi-centre, clinical trial, on the immunogenicity and safety of TdaP vaccine in comparison to Td vaccine when given as a booster vaccination to adults who were vaccinated with D, T and wP vaccine according to the Danish vaccination programme in their childhood. Healthy, adult, female or male volunteers, who completed primary vaccination with diphtheria (D), tetanus (T) and whole cell pertussis vaccine (wP), typically during their childhood, is the target population.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an important part of the pre-treatment evaluation of patients with upper gastrointestinal tract cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic and liver cancer). When planning the optimal therapy in patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancies it is essential to know the exact lymph node stage. Recently endoscopic sonoelastography(ES) has been added to conventional EUS examination and may provide complementary information to distinguish benign for malignant lymph nodes. The N-stage relates to the treatment choice and the prognosis, and it is therefore of particular interest to know the interobserver agreement in operator dependent techniques. This study evaluate the interobserver agreement of EUS and ES evaluation og lymph nodes.
Investigation of wholebody MRI and circulating biomarkers of inflammation, cartilage and bone metabolism in patients with spondyloarthritis treated with adalimumab. Furthermore to compare ultrasound examination with wholebody MRI etc.
Adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis. An investigation of changes in disease activity and course of joint destruction by use of 3 Tesla Whole-Body MRI, dedicated 3 Tesla MRI and CT of the hand, and soluble biomarkers. Furthermore to compare ultrasound examination with wholebody MRI etc.
The study will assess the pharmacokinetics (part A) safety, tolerability, and efficacy of prophylaxis treatment (2 to 3 times a week) (part B) with BAY81-8973 over a one year period (split into two six month treatment periods). The study will compare 2 different methods (assays) for measuring the amount of study drug, the chromogenic substrate assay per European Pharmacopeia (CS/EP) with the classical assay (Chromogenic Substrate Adjusted, CS/ADJ). During one six month period patients will receive the study drug where the dose has been measured using the" (CS/EP) and during the other six months period the dose will be measured based on the Chromogenic Substrate Adjusted assay CS/ADJ)
Musculoskeletal disorders are frequent among office workers especially in the neck/shoulder area. The hypothesis is, that specific strength training of the neck/shoulder muscles will alleviate the pain. The two sub-hypotheses are 1. Alleviation of pain is independent of training frequency 2. Alleviation of pain is higher following supervised training vs training with initial instruction only
Asparaginase is an important drug in the treatment of childhood leukemia including in infant (<1 year). The prognosis for infants is bad. Information about drug metabolism in neonates and infants is scarce as well as the reactions of an immature immune system to foreign proteins. The aims of this study is to describe the metabolism (pharmacokinetics) of asparaginase after administration intramuscularly and to evaluate the formation of antibodies against the drug (enzyme) during treatment in order to optimize the asparaginase treatment in infants in the future.