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.
Nitrous oxide gas is used in several application areas : medical as an anesthetic drug ; in food industry as a foaming and a mixing agent ; industrial to speed combustion. It is also misused for its hilarant, euphoric and hallucinogenic effect. For this purpose the gas is transfered in a balloon to be inhaled. As its effects are briefs, its consumption is often perseived as safe. However, some risks exist and are majorated by the way of use and for some groups of people. Since 2016, the French observatory of drug and substances addiction (OFDT) describes an increasing misuse of nitrous oxide amoung teenagers and young adults. In november 2019, a french press release alerts on the recent increasing of neurologic side effects related to the misuse of nitrous oxide. That's why, it seems to be interesting to improve the screening of nitrous oxide abuse, in particular amoung adolescents and young adults. In our study, the investigators would like to determine the characteristics (social, medical, any drug abuse) of teenagers and young adults who misuse nitrous oxide. Through a questionnaire, the investigators plan to select teenagers and young adults who consult in an addictology center dedicated to young drug consumers in Montpellier. This questionnaire is anonymous. The data will be collected only after obtaining the patient's agreement. The final goal is to create a tool to help general practitioners in screening young people at risk of nitrous oxyde misuse.
The aim of our study is to assess the Cardiovascular risk and the quality of the arteries by comparing the Coronary Calcium Score SCC measured with a CT scann and the Pulse Wave Velocity PWV measured with pOpmeter for the prognosis at 6 months of clinical events. Is there a superiority of PWV compared to SCC:
This monocentric descriptive study addresses feasibility, safety and benefits of using a specific suspension walking device for patients with severe neurological injuries in the neuroICU of Montpellier University Hospital, France. Analyzes are retrospective on data collected prospectively during standard practice. All adult neurological patients hospitalized for > 48 hours and requiring mechanical ventilation from January 2018 to January 2019 are included, and divided into two groups: beneficiaries of suspension walking during the ICU stay, and non-beneficiaries. Characteristics of the two groups are compared and reasons for not using suspension walking recorded (feasibility). After pooling all suspension walking sessions, changes in clinical parameters during sessions and occurrence of adverse events are described (tolerance).
The primary purpose of the proof of concept study is to elucidate the efficacy of secukinumab in the treatment of adult patients with biopsy-proven lichen planus not adequately controlled by topical therapies, and to assess the safety and tolerability over 32 weeks.
The interpretation of prostate multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) is difficult and requires expertise. As a result, it suffers from substantial inter-reader variability. The so-called Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) scoring system has been launched in 2012 to try and standardise prostate mpMRI interpretation. It is a 5-level score that assesses the likelihood that suspicious focal prostatic lesions seen on mpMRI are clinically significant prostate cancers. Despite the use of semi-objective criteria for each category of the score, the inter-reader reproducibility of the first two versions (PI-RADS v1 launched in 2012 and PI-RADS v2 launched in 2015) was moderate at best, even for experienced readers. The last version (PI-RADS v2.1) has been launched in March 2019 in an effort to improve the inter-reader reproducibility. This version has not been evaluated yet. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the accuracy and inter-reader reproducibility of the PI-RADS v2.1 score on a large set of 171 prostate MRIs using 21 readers of varying experience. Twenty-one readers (14 seniors and 7 juniors) from 9 different institutions and with varying experience in prostate mpMRI accepted to participate to the study. Reader will assess the dataset independently and will be blinded to the other readers' results. They also be blinded to clinical and biochemical data.
This is an open-label, multi-center, multi-national, non-randomized rollover study designed to allow continued access to napabucasin for patients who have participated in a Boston Biomedical-sponsored study and are being treated with napabucasin (monotherapy or combination) and who are deriving continued clinical benefit in the parent study at the time of closure.
In normal-weight patients, numerous studies show an equivalence of efficacy between dinoprostone and balloon to induce labor. In obese patients, this efficacy is not known, although inductions of labor are more frequent. MODOBAT aims to describe the ability to obtain a vaginal delivery of two modality of induction of labor (vaginal dinoprostone and single balloon Foley catheter) in obese women at term.
Sickle cell disease is the most common single-gene disease in the world. Its prevalence is increasing in France, with patients' life expectancy increasing into developed countries. It mainly affects populations originating from sub-Saharan Africa. Among the chronic bone complications associated with sickle cell disease, osteoporosis has previously been highlighted but remains a poorly known complication in this very particular context. A dedicated evaluation of osteoporosis and associated risk factors in sickle cell disease patients living in France may enable better bone management of these patients in the future, as this problem, specific to their disease, is likely to become more frequent as their life expectancy increases. This is a prospective interventional and monocentric study whose objective is to describe the prevalence of osteoporosis in black patients with sickle cell disease in France
The term "outpatient" refers to all the medical, organizational and administrative care that allows the patient to leave the same day the structure where the ambulatory procedure was performed. The usual rule for patients undergoing endoscopic surgery or surgery under general anesthesia is to transport them to the endoscopy or operating room lying on a stretcher, even if they can walk independently. In recent years, the procedure of bringing the patient standing in the operating room seems to have many advantages. It is readily accepted by patients and may even lessen their anxiety. Nevertheless, reluctance and fears are sometimes expressed by patients who do not know this new procedure. Our team has introduced this procedure for patients admitted to the ambulatory hospitalization sector and to join the endoscopy sector. The aim of our work is therefore to objectify the fears expressed by patients who have to go to the endoscopy room before general anesthesia and to evaluate their progress after endoscopy
This study could help identify aggravating or protective genetic polymorphisms associated with cerebral palsy. Populations of premature babies at different risk of cerebral palsy could thus be individualized with an impact on their monitoring and on the pathophysiological understanding of the processes leading to neurological lesions.