There are about 3944 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Finland. 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.
Aim: to examine caries occurrence in children who ten years ago received a mixture of probiotics during infancy. Hypothesis: the administration of probiotics during infancy has no effect on future dental health.
Consumption of medical care and outcome of shoulder pain and disability in primary care.
This is a 1:1 randomised pilot study in 30 patients in 1 site in Helsinki, Finland. The investigators hypothesize that function, pain, type and quality of cartilage in adult patients with osteochondritis dissecans of the knee will be better in the DBX group compared to the mosaicplasty group.
The primary objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the percentage of patients with device related adverse events (infection, rejection, dislocation, fracture of the implant) in the first 24 months after implantation.
Laparoscopic adhesiolysis has been used in treatment of chronic abdominal pain. There has been only one previous controlled study, that stated laparoscopy alone had the same benefits than laparoscopic adhesiolysis. The aim of this study is to compare laparoscopic adhesiolysis with a placebo-procedure in chronic abdominal pain.
The aim of the study is to examine the tolerability and abuse potential of the diluted methadone solution (5 mg/ml → 2 mg/ml) in combination with naloxone in opioid substitution treatment. Study hypothesis: Treatment with this diluted combination product is safer than with methadone alone (5 mg/ml) and combination product does not precipitate withdrawal symptoms in opioid dependent patients.
Tramadol is an opioid analgesic, which is widely used in the treatment of acute and neuropathic pain. Treatment of neuropathic pain often requires a combination of pain medications due to the complex nature of neuropathic pain and frequent inadequate response to drug treatment. Common drugs used concomitantly with tramadol are SNRI antidepressant duloxetine and anticonvulsants such as pregabalin. Both tramadol and duloxetine have serotonergic effects and duloxetine has also a potential to inhibit metabolism of tramadol. The objective of the study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic interaction of oral tramadol with duloxetine and pregabalin in patients with chronic neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia or diabetic polyneuropathy. All subjects will receive tramadol and duloxetine or tramadol and pregabalin in a randomized double-blind order. Primary end point is O-desmethyltramadol concentration.
Endoscopic sphincterotomy and temporary stenting is a routine treatment for post cholecystectomy cystic duct leakage. The draw back is that the plastic stent need to be removed later in a second intervention. Our studies with animal models have demonstrated that biodegradable biliary stent is at least as good as conventional plastic stent to heal that kind of leakage. In this pilot study the biodegradable biliary stent is inserted endoscopically to patients with confirmed cystic duct leakage to demonstrate the efficacy in human setting.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of oral methotrexate for the treatment of active axial spondyloarthritis (early ankylosing spondylitis or spondyloarthritis with sacroiliitis). Efficacy will be measured by reduction in the signs and symptoms of active spondyloarthritis including effects on back pain and stiffness, range of motion in the spine, physical function, quality of life and incidence of arthritis, enthesitis and anterior uveitis.