There are about 21071 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Spain. 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.
Researchers in this study want to find the optimal therapeutic dose of drug BAY1817080 for patients with long-standing cough with or without clear causes (refractory and/or unexplained chronic cough, RUCC). Study drug BAY1817080 is a new drug under development for the treatment of long-standing cough. It blocks proteins that are expressed by the airway sensory nerves which are oversensitive in patients with long-standing cough. This prevents the urge to cough. Researchers also want to learn the safety of the study drug and how well it works in reducing the cough frequency, severity and urge-to-cough. Participants in this study will receive either the study drug or placebo (a placebo looks like the test drug but does not have any medicine in it) tablets twice daily for 12 weeks. Observation for each participant will last about 18 weeks in total. Participants will be asked to wear a digital device to record the cough and to complete questionnaires every day to document the symptoms. Blood samples will be collected from the participants to monitor the safety and measure the blood level of the study drug.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and its prevalence will multiply in the coming years, so it is urgent to establish preventive and therapeutic measures. AD it is characterized by cerebrovascular and parenchymal accumulation of protein deposits enriched in amyloid-beta (Aβ) as a consequence of alterations of the blood-brain barrier. More than 60% of plasma Aβ is associated with triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRL), being higher in subjects with AD. Microglia act as resident macrophages and play a crucial role in most neuropathologies, since it is activated after homeostasis impairment in the brain, and surrounds amyloid plaques in patients with AD. As a result of microglial activation, a large number of pro-inflammatory markers are released, mediated by alterations in the redox state, through the generation of ROS by the complex NADPH oxidase. In a previous study, the investigators demonstrated in BV-2 cells that artificial TRL are capable of activating microglia and trigger an inflammatory process. In addition, the investigators showed that some of lipophilic minor components of pomace olive oil simultaneously modulate oxidative stress and the inflammatory response in microglia. The investigators suggested that these results should be replicated in humans after consumption of pomace olive oil. Therefore, in the present study we formulate the hypothesis that human TRL are capable of activating microglia and that such activation can be attenuated when those particles are generated after consumption of pomace olive oil. The results of the study would lay the foundation for the start of clinical trials demonstrating the effect of pomace oil in reducing the risk of development and progression of AD.
A prospective, randomized, controlled study. The patients were divided into two groups with twenty patients per group. The control group received the standard treatment for postburn scars. The treatment group received the standard treatment and treatment of postburn scars with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 512 impulses of 0.15mJ/mm 2 in each session, twice per week for 4 weeks. The investigators assessed the appearance of scar with the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), pruritus and pain with Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before the start of the treatment and at 2 weeks and 5 months after the treatment.
This study was a multi-center, randomized, open-label, active comparator-controlled, parallel group study. The purpose of this Phase 3 study in PNH patients presenting with residual anemia despite treatment with anti-C5 antibody, was to determine whether iptacopan is efficacious and safe for the treatment of PNH through demonstration of superiority of iptacopan compared to anti-C5 antibody treatment.
The COVID-19 outbreak is having an impact on the well-being of healthcare workers. Previous reports on pandemics show that such an impact may last beyond the time of the outbreak. Mindfulness-based interventions help healthcare professionals to reduce stress and may foster resilience and recovery, although they have never been tested in a context such as the current one. This single-arm trial explores the acceptability, safety and usefulness of an on-site, brief Mindfulness-based intervention to reduce stress for front line health workers during a crisis.
Distal radius fracture is a common injury with a high percentage of surgical treatment. In the last decades, volar plate fixation has been the treatment of choice. However, complication rates range between 6% and 50% according to the different study groups. One of the main complications is due to errors in screw measurement given the particular anatomy of the distal radius. Numerous views in addition to the standard ones have been described in order to increase the specificity and sensitivity in the detection of poorly implanted screws. In the absence of a radiological projection superior to another, we believe that the use of intraoperative ultrasound can provide a non-invasive and quick revision element that avoids scope time for both: the patient and the surgical team.
Acute viral bronchiolitis (BE) is an inflammatory disease of the lower respiratory tract, with a viral etiology, where the respiratory syncytial virus is the most prevalent agent. Respiratory physiotherapy (FTR) aims to remove airway obstruction, which decreases airway resistance, improves gas exchange, and reduces respiratory load. It is widely used in the treatment of children with chronic respiratory disease, but has long been debated as a treatment for bronchiolitis. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two mucociliary clearance techniques in non-hospitalized children <12 months with a first episode of moderate BE. This is a clinical trial that aims to recruit patients from 2 to 12 months who attend the Physiobronchial physiotherapy centers in Madrid, A Coruña, and Barcelona with a first-time medical diagnosis of BQ of 48 hours of maximum evolution. Participants will be randomly assigned into 3 groups: Group A: Assisted Autogenous Drainage (DAA), Group B: Prolonged Slow Expiration (ELPr) and Control Group. The main variables are the Acute Bronchiolitis Severity Scale (ESBA), oxygen saturation (SaO2), the modified Wood-Downes scale (WD-S), the Hospital scale Sant Joan de Déu (HSJD) and the ReSVinet Scale (RSV-S), and will be measured by a blinded evaluator at the beginning of the session (T0), 20 minutes after administering short-acting β2 adrenergic agonist (SABA) (T20 ), immediately after nebulization (T40) and at the end of the physiotherapist's intervention (T60). It will be reassessed 48 hours after the session (T48h) and the protocol will be repeated completely if it has not dropped at least two points according to the scales.
The aim of this study is to test the efficacy and efficiency of varying the phobic stimuli during the augmented reality (AR) exposure therapy using multiple stimuli versus one single stimulus through projection-based AR (P-ARET) for the treatment of participants diagnosed with cockroach phobia.
This study was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of bintrafusp alfa in combination with other anti-cancer therapies in participants with locally advanced or advanced cervical cancer.
New technologies are changing the way of approach for many concepts that used to be quite established in the past. The Internet, and especially online videogames where people can create a customizable character to serve as their avatar on a virtual environment, seems to have a great impact on the way people construe their identity. People may use online gaming as a means to experience an enhanced version of their self that matches more accurately the attributes and traits they often relate to their ideal self or even other alternative selves. With this project, the researchers aim to study the role that new technologies have on the way people build their identity nowadays. More specifically, the researchers intend to study how people use videogame avatars as a means to explore different alternative identities. The rebelieve that, it is possible for people to manifest entirely different versions of themselves through their online videogame characters. Sometimes, those alternative identities may even be a projection of what the player considers to be an ideal version of themselves. Other variables may increase or hinder that capacity to project the ideal self on a customizable "virtual self"; some are inherent to the person, such as cognitive complexity, their current level of psychological distress or their main motivation for playing, while others may be more related to the specific game they play, such as the degree of immersion experienced while playing. The researchers will use the repertory grid technique to explore online videogame players' personal construct systems and how an ideal version of themselves and their perceived self-image may help to understand their need to explore alternative identities through their videogame characters. They will also administrate other instruments to measure people's experienced immersion when playing the game, the aspects of it that are more appealing to them, and their degree of subjective psychological distress in order to assess how these variables, among others extracted from the repertory grid, may affect this identity exploration.