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NCT ID: NCT01873261 Recruiting - Clinical trials for Acute Respiratory Failure

NIV NAVA Versus NIV-PS in Pediatric Patients - Pilot Study

NINAVAPed
Start date: March 2012
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

This pilot study will be an observational no randomize study in which the NiNAVAped protocol will be applied solely to the NIV NAVA arm.

NCT ID: NCT01868256 Recruiting - Clinical trials for Myocardial Infarction

Safety of Early Discharge Following Low Risk Myocardial Infarction

EDAMI
Start date: January 2012
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

- Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of an early discharge strategy in patients with low risk ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), compared to a conventional strategy. - Methodology: Unicentric, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority and open label clinical trial. The investigators will compare an early discharge strategy (≤72 hours) with a conventional strategy (discharge according to treating physician's criterion). Inclusion criteria will be: low risk (Zwolle risk score ≤3) STEMI treated with PPCI within 24 hours from symptoms onset. Exclusion criteria will be: arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, asystole, pulseless electrical activity, advanced atrio-ventricular block), mechanical complications (cardiac tamponade, free-wall or septal rupture, acute mitral regurgitation, pericarditis), severe or moderate bleeding (according to the GUSTO criteria), complications related to vascular access of the procedure, acute kidney failure, infection, heart failure. Sample size will be 1558 subjects (n=779 per group). The investigators will study demographic, clinical, biochemical, echocardiographic and angiographic variables. The primary endpoint will be a composite of death, reinfarction, new angina, heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, stroke and severe bleeding. The secondary endpoint will include each of the items of the primary endpoint and quality of life and functional capacity questionnaire SF-36. Finally, the investigators will analyze the degree of compliance with the European Society of Cardiology guidelines on STEMI and the rate of hospitalization-related complications. Follow up will be at 30 days.

NCT ID: NCT01834157 Recruiting - Arthritis Clinical Trials

Improvement of Hand Dysfunction by Arthritis in Systemic Sclerosis

Start date: April 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an orphan, multiorgan disease affecting the connective tissue of the skin and several internal organs. Beside skin involvement, digital ulcers, tendinitis, calcinosis and flexion contractures, the presence of hand arthritis is a major contributor to impairment of hand function in systemic sclerosis. Several immunomodulatory drugs used in other rheumatic diseases (including methotrexate, leflunomide, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil and low-dose corticosteroids) can potentially improve arthritis and consequently hand function in systemic sclerosis. For the assessment of arthritis, the CDAI (clinical disease activity index) is validated in rheumatoid arthritis, and may be useful for SSc-related arthritis, too. This observational trial is part of the collaborative project "DeSScipher", one out of five observational trials to decipher the optimal management of systemic sclerosis. Aim of this observational trial is to: - investigate the efficacy and safety of different treatments on hand dysfunction in systemic sclerosis patients with hand arthritis and - to validate the CDAI for arthritis in systemic sclerosis.

NCT ID: NCT01830231 Recruiting - Clinical trials for Urothelium Transitional Cell Carcinoma

Cabazitaxel vs. Vinflunine in Metastatic or Locally Advanced Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urothelium (TCCU)

Start date: October 2012
Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

Due to limited experience with cabazitaxel in TCCU, the study will be started as a randomised phase II study. The aim of the phase II study is to evaluate if the response rates (CR + PR) are sufficiently high to further study the treatment regimens in a phase III setting.

NCT ID: NCT01826929 Recruiting - Clinical trials for Ischemic Heart Disease

Effectiveness New Health Care Organization Model in Primary Care for Chronic Cardiovascular Disease Patients Based

PROPRESE
Start date: January 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a multifactorial primary care intervention based on chronic models can improve the level of control and reduce the number of hospital admissions in patients with ischemic heart disease.

NCT ID: NCT01811888 Recruiting - Knee Osteoarthritis Clinical Trials

Painful Knee Prosthesis. Relationship Between Endogenous Analgesia and Persistent Post Surgical Pain.

Start date: January 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

This is a prospective, observational study, aimed to establish the relationship between an inefficient endogenous pain modulation before surgery (total knee arthroplasty; TKA) and the probability to develop chronic pain after surgery (persistent post surgical pain). Endogenous analgesia efficiency will be measured during the month previous to surgery using quantitative sensory testing (QST). Persistent post surgical pain will be defined as presence of pain in movement greater than 3 points in a 0-10 numerical scale in the operated knee, 6 months after surgery.

NCT ID: NCT01808378 Recruiting - Keratopathy Clinical Trials

Stem Cells Treatment for Bilateral Limbic Associated Keratopathy (HULPOFT)

HULPOFT
Start date: February 2013
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Evaluate the use of the autologous ASC for the treatment of bilateral limbic associated keratopathy

NCT ID: NCT01804153 Recruiting - Clinical trials for Urinary Incontinence

Stem Cells Tratment for the Local Feminine Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment (HULPURO)

HULPURO
Start date: September 2012
Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Evaluate the feasability and security of the autologous ASC for the femenine stress urinary incontinence

NCT ID: NCT01799915 Recruiting - Parkinson Disease Clinical Trials

Natural History Study of Synucleinopathies

Start date: June 2011
Phase:
Study type: Observational

Synucleinopathies are a group of rare diseases associated with worsening neurological deficits and the abnormal accumulation of the protein α-synuclein in the nervous system. Onset is usually in late adulthood at age 50 or older. Usually, synucleinopathies present clinically with slowness of movement, coordination difficulties or mild cognitive impairment. Development of these features indicates that abnormal alpha-synuclein deposits have destroyed key areas of the brain involved in the control of movement or cognition. Patients with synucleinopathies and signs of CNS-deficits are frequently diagnosed with Parkinson disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or multiple system atrophy (MSA). However, accumulation of alpha-synuclein and death of nerve cells can also begin outside the brain in the autonomic nerves. In such cases, syncucleinopathies present first with symptoms of autonomic impairment (unexplained constipation, urinary difficulties, and sexual dysfunction). In rare cases, hypotension on standing (a disorder known as orthostatic hypotension) may be the only clinical finding. This "pre-motor" autonomic stage suggests that the disease process may not yet have spread to the brain. After a variable period of time, but usually within 5-years, most patients with abnormally low blood pressure on standing develop cognitive or motor abnormalities. This stepwise evolution indicates that the disease spreads from the body to the brain. Another indication of this spread is that acting out dreams (i.e., REM sleep behavior disorder, RBD) a problem that occurs when the lower part of the brain is affected, may also be the first noticeable sign of Parkinson disease. The purpose of this study is to document the clinical features and biological markers of patients with synucleinopathies and better understand how these disorders evolve over time. The study will involve following patients diagnosed with a synucleinopathy (PD/DLB and MSA) and those believed to be in the "pre-motor" stage (with isolated autonomic impairment and/or RBD). Through a careful series of follow-up visits to participating Centers, we will focus on finding biological clues that predict which patients will develop motor/cognitive problems and which ones have the resilience to keep the disease at bay preventing spread to the brain. We will also define the natural history of MSA - the most aggressive of the synucleinopathies.

NCT ID: NCT01792726 Recruiting - Early Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

A Comparison of Intra-operative Radiotherapy Boost With External Beam Radiotherapy Boost in Early Breast Cancer.

TARGIT-B
Start date: June 2013
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

TARGIT-Boost is an international randomised clinical trial designed to test the hypothesis that the tumour bed boost delivered as a single dose of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-B) is superior to the conventional course of external beam radiotherapy boost (EBRT-Boost), especially in women with high risk of local recurrence. It is a pragmatic trial in which each participating centre can use the local predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria for entry into the trial. Only centres with access to the Intrabeam® (Carl Zeiss) are eligible to enter patients into the trial. Eligible patients are those with a higher risk of local recurrence after breast conserving surgery. After giving consent patients are randomised to either TARGIT Boost or EBRT Boost. All patients will receive whole breast EBRT. They may receive any other adjuvant treatments as deemed necessary. The protocol recommends that patients be followed at six monthly intervals for three years and then annually. The primary endpoint is ipsilateral breast recurrence rate. Secondary endpoints are relapse-free survival, site of recurrence, overall survival (breast-cancer specific and non-breast cancer deaths) patient satisfaction and quality of life.