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.
This research project is supported by a multicentric network of collaborators whose goal is to assess the efficacy of transplanting allogenic pancreas islets to restore insulin secretion in patients with type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with kidney transplantation and to improve their metabolic control.
Intrarenal calcifications (nephrocalcinosis) is present in Dent's disease and likely contribute to progression toward renal failure. In order to prevent this complication it is usually proposed to treat affected patients during childhood with high doses of thiazides.
Transient elastography is a new non-invasive rapid and reproducible method, allowing evaluating liver fibrosis by measurement of liver stiffness. The aim of our study is to evaluate if the liver stiffness can predict the recurrence of upper variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients hospitalized for variceal rupture.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of two dosing regimens of a compound known as TRU-015 in combination with methotrexate (MTX) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.
The purpose of the present trial is to assess if induction concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by consolidation chemotherapy will improve survival in comparison with the same chemotherapy given as induction followed by consolidation concurrent chemoradiotherapy.
Twenty per cent of the intensive care patients mechanically ventilated suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These patients stay longer in Intensive Care which is more costly and they are more prone to nosocomial infection.In addition, they are longer bedridden and they develop muscular weakness.Prolonged inactivity results in respiratory and skeletal muscle weakness which curtails simple daily activity.The principal purpose of this study is to compare two types of muscular rehabilitation (electrical stimulation of the thigh and/or cycloergometer training) to classic passive mobilization of the leg.The second purpose is to analyse the effects of each type of rehabilitation on muscular fiber (structural and functional analysis) by muscular biopsies.Two hundred forty COPD patients admitted in the intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure will be randomized in 4: 1 fashion to receive passive mobilization of the legs(group 1, n=60), electrical stimulation of the thigh (group 2, n=60), cycloergometer training (group 3, n=60) or electrical stimulation of the thigh and cycloergometer training(group 4, n=60).The rehabilitation program will last 4 weeks with 5 sessions per week.In each group of patients, muscular biopsies will be done under local anaesthesia at the beginning and end of the rehabilitation programme and when they are discharged from the service.
DYNAMIT is a prospective, randomized, multicenter, open strategy trial run in 45 French hospitals. Diabetic patients with no evidence of coronary artery disease and at least 2 additional cardiovascular risk factors are randomized to screening for silent ischemia using a bicycle exercise test or Dipyridamole Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (N=316), or follow-up without screening (N=315). All have access to cardiovascular prevention according current guidelines. The main end point is time to death from all causes, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or heart failure requiring hospitalization or emergency service intervention.
Enthuse M0 is a large phase III clinical trial studying the efficacy of ZD4054 (Zibotentan) in hormone resistant prostate cancer (HRPC). This clinical trial will test if the Endothelin A Receptor Antagonist ZD4054 (Zibotentan) can improve progression-free survival and overall survival against a background of existing prostate cancer treatments. ZD4054 (Zibotentan) is a new type of agent, which is thought to slow tumour growth and spread by blocking Endothelin receptor activity. This trial will look at the effects of ZD4054 (Zibotentan) in hormone resistant prostate cancer (HRPC) patients who have had rising PSA after surgical or medical castration but have no evidence of metastases. All patients participating in this clinical trial will receive existing prostate cancer treatments in addition to trial therapy. Half the patients will receive ZD4054 (Zibotentan) , and half the patients will receive placebo in addition to standard prostate cancer therapy. By participating in this trial there is a 50% chance that patients will receive an agent that may slow the progression of the tumour. No patients will be deprived of standard prostate cancer therapy.
The trial will determine the value of adding bevacizumab to chemotherapy plus trastuzumab in patients with resected node-positive or high risk node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer.
This study was intended to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of atacicept compared to placebo and to explore the neuroprotective effect of atacicept as assessed by OCT in subjects with ON as CIS. The study was randomized. Study medication was administered via subcutaneous (under the skin) injections.