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NCT ID: NCT01502046 Completed - Clinical trials for Huntington's Disease

Neuroprotection by Cannabinoids in Huntington's Disease

Start date: September 2011
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, related to an abnormal expansion of CAG triplets in the huntingtin gene, characterized by motor, cognitive and behavioral abnormalities, without known effective symptomatic treatment and without known disease slowing strategy. The most severe neuropathological lesions observed in HD take place in the striatum, one brain area important in motor control and rich in cannabinoid receptors (CBR). CBR are subdivided in two classes: CB1R are located in neurons and play a role in neuronal function; CB2R in brain are located mostly in microglia and modulate neuroinflammation. CBR disappear early in the course of HD, before there is a massive drop out of cells in the striatum. Cannabinoid transmission is also an early event in brains of animal models of HD. In R6/2 mice, which carry large CAG expansions and develop an early and severe HD phenotype the suppression of the CB1R gene further accelerate the development of a severe clinical syndrome and the characteristic brain inclusions and abnormalities of synaptic density. R6/2 treated mice treated with cannabinoids improve their clinical phenotype, their brain lesions, the synaptic density and the levels of BNDF, a neurotrophic factor which enhances survival and resistance of striatal neurons. Preliminary studies of cannabinoids in patients with HD have shown that these compounds are safe in these patients. Those studies, however, did not show efficacy because 1) they were underpowered from the statistical point of view, 2) were performed with isolated pure cannabinoids, instead of the more physiological stimulation with a mixture of compounds, and 3) they did use insensitive clinical parameters instead of sensitive end points, such as pathogenically important biomarkers. The investigators propose a phase II trial with combination of cannabinoids with evaluation of safety, by the profile of adverse events, and efficacy, according to changes of important biomarkers

NCT ID: NCT01501565 Completed - Postoperative Pain Clinical Trials

Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound-guided Transverse-abdominal Plain Blockade in Urological Surgery

Start date: December 2011
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to compare pain level (according to numerical score)at 4, 8, 12 and 24 postoperative hours between patients under transverse abdominal plain blockade (TAP) and patients under conventional analgesia. Also the opioid consumption is assessed.

NCT ID: NCT01501552 Completed - Alcoholism Clinical Trials

Trial Testing the Effect of Strategies on Performance of Brief Intervention Programmes for Harmful Alcohol Consumption

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

The overall objective is to study if training and support, financial reimbursement and referral to an internet based brief intervention programme, singly or in combination, may increase implementation of evidence based methods of identification and brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption in routine primary health care.

NCT ID: NCT01501448 Completed - Infertility Clinical Trials

Oral Estradiol Valerate Versus Oral Contraceptive Pill in Invitro Fertilization Patients

Start date: January 2012
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

The recent controversy regarding the use of pill for cycle planning in GnRH antagonists IVF cycle has driven the search for new ways to plan IVF cycles in order to avoid weekends or to equally distribute the workload. Recently, mid-late luteal phase oral estrogens seem to be as good as the pill. The investigators will compare OCP vs oral estrogens to plan the initiation of IVF cycles.

NCT ID: NCT01501188 Completed - Clinical trials for Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Efficacy Study of Kinesio Taping to Treat Muscular and Joint Problems in Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Start date: September 2008
Phase: Phase 1
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of Kinesio Taping on gastrocnemius muscle activation during gait and on Range of ankle motion in postmenopausal females with Chronic Venous Insufficiency in initial stages in comparison to a placebo control group.

NCT ID: NCT01500915 Completed - Clinical trials for Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration

FUSION Regimen: Combined Pro re Nata and Fixed Regimen Ranibizumab in Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration

FUSION
Start date: November 2010
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of a combined fixed-interval and a pro re nata (PRN) regimens of ranibizumab (FUSION regimen) for the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in patients with good visual acuity (VA) at baseline. To establish whether similar efficacy to monthly regimens can be achieved with fewer injections, even in patients with good VA.

NCT ID: NCT01500863 Completed - Clinical trials for Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome

Endometrial Receptivity After GnRH Agonist Triggering

ERAMAD
Start date: November 2011
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

Conventional luteal phase support after human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) triggering in women undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) provides adequate pregnancy rates and live birth rates, but Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) still occurs in 1-3% of the patients. If gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) are used instead of hCG, OHSS does not occur, but clinical results are somehow diminished. By testing different luteal support protocols on women undergoing GnRHa triggering, the investigators aim to find out which protocol resembles the most the gene expression profile observed after hCG triggering and conventional luteal phase support, in order to choose it as the most adequate in terms of endometrium receptivity and safety (OHSS incidence).

NCT ID: NCT01500720 Completed - Clinical trials for Small Cell Lung Cancer

Cabazitaxel Compared to Topotecan for the Treatment of Small Cell Lung Cancer

Start date: March 2012
Phase: Phase 2
Study type: Interventional

Primary Objective: To demonstrate progression free survival (PFS) improvement for cabazitaxel compared to topotecan in participants with sensitive or resistant/refractory small cell lung cancer following a first line platinum based chemotherapy. Secondary Objectives: - To assess disease progression free rate at 12 weeks - To assess Response Rate (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor [RECIST] 1.1) and duration of response - To assess Overall Survival (OS) - To assess the Safety (National Cancer Institute - Common Toxicity Criteria [NCI-CTC] version 4.03) - To assess the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)

NCT ID: NCT01500694 Completed - Clinical trials for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Access to Extended Release Guanfacine HCl for Subjects Who Participated in Studies SPD503-315 or SPD503-316 in Europe

Start date: March 20, 2012
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

For subjects in Europe that have already participated in either Study SPD503-315 or SPD503-316. This is an extension study that will allow participants access to Extended-release Guanfacine Hydrochloride (HCl) for up to 2 years. This study will help the sponsor evaluate long-term safety and tolerability of Extended-release Guanfacine HCl (SPD503).

NCT ID: NCT01500278 Completed - Clinical trials for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study to Assess the Short- and Long-term Efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol Plus Methotrexate Compared to Adalimumab Plus Methotrexate in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Inadequately Responding to Methotrexate

Start date: December 2011
Phase: Phase 4
Study type: Interventional

This study is conducted to evaluate the short (12 Weeks) and long term (104 Weeks) efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol compared with Adalimumab both in combination with Methotrexate (MTX) in the treatment of moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) that is not responding adequately to MTX.