There are about 36633 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in France. 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.
We aim to determine the accuracy or blood transcriptomic signatures to predict the occurrence of flares in patients with SLE that are clinically quiescent at inclusion Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic auto-immune disease evolving by flares, with possible organ damage, and periods of remission. Current biological markers of disease activity are not sufficient to predict the occurrence of flares, monitor response to treatment or adapt therapeutic strategies. A previous study on genome-wide whole blood transcriptomic signatures in SLE (Chiche et al, Arthritis Rheumatology 2014) has identified gene panels associated with SLE disease activity
There is no specific treatment for core symptoms of PWS. Regarding behavioral and psychiatric symptoms (hyperphagia, imulsivity and self-mutilations), one of the only drug options consists in antipsychotics, that are not efficient and might be responsible for a worsening of the weight gain (major issue in PWS). An alternative therapeutic approach for behavioral disturbances has been suggested by some authors with topiramate (Epitomax®), an antiepileptic drug that can be used as a mood stabilizer and anti-impulsive. In addition, topiramate is used as a treatment for eating disorders because it induces loss of weight and appetite. This last effect might be useful in the case of SPW. Except for some clinical case reports, the investigators only found one open study for topiramate in SPW 8 patientssuggesting promising effects. There si however no placebo controlled study.. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of topiramate (200 mg / d) on Eating disorders (E), self Mutilations (M), irritability and Impulsivity (I), metabolic status, and tolerance among of PWS patients. Methodology: This is a multicenter (out-patients in Toulouse, Reims, Nantes and Paris and in-patients in Hendaye) 8 weeks double-blind placebo controlled study . Subjects (n = 125 for 112 analyzable) all having PWS, aged 12 years-old and more should have any of the following symptoms: E, M and U (see above). All subjects will be randomly allocated into two groups one taking a placebo, the other taking topiramate (50mg / day initially, increasing up to 50mg per week 200mg / day). The population of analyzable patients in and out patient will be of equal size (n = 56). The inclusion period is two years.. Are excluded subjects with antipsychotic or mood stabilizer medication or topiramate. The primary endpoint will be the rate of responders, with response defined by obtaining a score of 1 or 2 on the CGI improvement after 8 weeks of treatment Other assessments, secondary endpoints : - Clinic: Weight / Size / Self-injury behavior (french Echelle des Conduites Auto et Hétéro Aggressives, ECAHA)) - Psychometric: C-SHARP and A-SHARP / Conners (Impulsivity) / Dickens (Eating behavior for PWS) - Organic: NFS, serum electrolytes, creatinine, ammonia plasma, serum bicarbonate, AST / ALT / GGT, ghrelin, fasting glucose, lipid profile and insulin, leptin, TG and HbA1c. - Side effects of topiramate: SAPS / SANS and BPRS (hallucinations), anxiety scales and laboratory tests.
This is a Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 2 doses of GED-0507-34-Levo in subjects with active, mild-to-moderate UC.
This is a prospective, multicentric, randomized, open label Phase II trial investigating whether the oral angiogenesis inhibitor nintedanib, as compared to the intravenous cytotoxic compound ifosfamide, given for patients with advanced, inoperable and/or metastatic STS after failure of first line chemotherapy prolongs progression-free survival. The primary objective of the trial is to evaluate whether nintedanib given as second-line therapy for advanced, inoperable and/or metastatic STS prolongs progression-free survival when compared with ifosfamide. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of nintedanib as compared to ifosfamide in terms of progression-free survival rate at 12 weeks, overall survival, objective response rate, patient benefit rate, response duration, total duration of treatment with nintedanib safety, Health related Quality of Life and Health Economics. Exploratory objectives include an analysis of putative predictive biomarkers for the anti-tumor effects of the investigational agent nintedanib.treatment.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Succinate of Solifenacin reduces the OverActive Bladder syndrome occurring during prostate irradiation.
The great majority of cardiac surgery patients develop a degree of post-operatory respiratory failure. This is due to several factors. The predominant element in the onset of this respiratory impairment is the constitution of foci of pulmonary atelectasis, caused by peroperative hypoventilation (in the presence or absence of ECC). The incidence has been evaluated at between 54% and 92%, depending on the study. The use of NIV (non-invasive ventilation) might (through the application of continuous positive expiratory pressure) help to counter the development of these atelectasic foci.
Brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease may precede symptoms of Alzheimer's Dementia by over 20 years. The Investigators hope to be able to identify Alzheimer's disease at its very earliest stages when in theory treatments are most likely to be successful in preventing further spread of the disease in the brain and causing dementia. The aim of EPAD programme is to develop new treatments more quickly to prevent Alzheimer's dementia. A major component of the EPAD programme is the EPAD Longitudinal Cohort Study which can provide subjects for the EPAD trial as well as data to improve understanding of disease before dementia develops. The Investigators will approach a broad range of people over the age of 50 who have previously taken part in various research studies and consented to being recontacted for further research. Participants will be asked questions to assess their memory and other cognitive function. The participants will also undertake a brain scan, provide a sample of spinal fluid, blood, urine and saliva to look at markers in these bodily fluids that may change in Alzheimer's disease. The Investigators will then follow these participants until December 2019 repeating these tests annually. This will be called the EPAD Longitudinal Cohort Study (EPAD LCS). The main reasons for EPAD developing a cohort are to help the Investigators understand more about what happens to people before dementia develops, and to help recruit people more quickly into the EPAD trials of new medications or other interventions expected to prevent dementia. People in the EPAD LCS may be invited to take part in the EPAD Proof of Concept prevention studies to see if interventions can modify the probability of developing dementia or cognitive problems (this will be subject to separate ethics approval and consent). Together EPAD LCS and EPAD PoC make up the full EPAD Programme.
An excess suicide-related morbidity is observed among young people in the Picardie region, as reflected by the > 100% occupation rate of the Amiens University Hospital Adolescent Medicine Unit
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is the stage III of the FIGO ovarian cancer staging. It corresponds to an advanced stage with a relative 5 year survival rate of 52%. The multimodal treatment approach combines neoadjuvant chemotherapy, cytoreductive surgery of macroscopic lesions, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). It has significantly improved survival rate in patients with ovarian PC and decreased recurrence and mortality rate by 21%. The efficacy of HIPEC is based on chemotherapy potentiated by the hyperthermia (43°). However, the cellular mechanisms involved are not fully understood, but they include cell death pathways and heat shock proteins (Hsp70 and Hsp90). RICCI et al. showed, based on pre-clinical models, that the efficacy of HIPEC was partly due to the overexpression and exposure of HSP90 on the cell surface leaded to an anti-cancer immune response. The aims of this study are to validate these findings in tissue samples of patients with ovarian PC. We will constitute a bank of isolated tumor samples before and after HIPEC and measure postoperative HSP90 serum levels in order to establish if they are predictive of a response. HSPs expression on the cancer cell surface will be determined by flow cytometry. Forty-four patients will be included. Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of HIPEC will broaden therapeutic possibilities including the use of new immunotherapy. The multimodal approach could improve the efficacy of HIPEC with a minimal systemic toxicity.
Prospective, non-randomized, open-label, pilot study conducted in a single group of 30 evaluable patients, i.e. patients completing an approximate 3 month follow-up.