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.
Patients who are intubated and mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are at some point eligible for weaning. The common way to wean them from mechanical ventilation is to screen criteria for feasibility and, if present, to test feasibility by performing spontaneous breathing trial. This latter can be done either by setting a low pressure support level (expected to compensate the airflow resistance due to endotracheal tube) or by allowing the patient to breathe spontaneously through the tube without any support from the ventilator. Combination of low pressure assistance strategy (7 cm H2O) and positive expiratory pressure (PEP) of 4 cm H2O is the strategy used in our unit. Such a low pressure support level should actually result in a real assistance and, hence this is not the real spontaneous breathing capacity that is tested. Some ICU ventilators offer the option of compensating for the airflow resistance due to endotracheal tube, automatic tube compensation (ATC). Therefore, investigators aimed at comparing in patients ready to wean the usual procedure in our ICU and the ATC mode. In the ATC arm, the patients are breathing spontaneously through the endotracheal tube and are connected to the ventilator set at inspiratory pressure support of 0 cm H2O, PEP 4 cm H2O and ATC on. Two parallel arms depending on the order of allocation of each mode: pressure support 7 cm H2O + PEP 4 cm H2O then ATC or the opposite. The primary endpoint is the power of the work of breathing. The hypothesis is that the power of the work of breathing is greater in ATC than in the usual procedure, and hence this latter is a real ventilator support.
Animal models have demonstrated the role of aldosterone in left ventricular remodeling involving fibrosis, apoptosis and hypertrophy. Myocardial fibrosis is a risk factor for serious arrhythmia and sudden death in ischemic and idiopathic hypertrophic heart disease. It is accepted that patients with primary aldosteronism have a higher prevalence of LV hypertrophy , arterial involvement and increased cardiovascular risk. In humans, a link has been demonstrated between aldosterone and heart failure as well as the benefit of the administration of an anti -aldosterone drug to lower mortality in this population , regardless of blood pressure level . The administration of spironolactone ( aldosterone ) in hypertensive rats has prevented the occurrence of aortic fibrosis . Plasma aldosteronism in humans has been associated with inflammation, fibrosis and aortic stiffness . However, primary aldosteronism is generally associated with so-called secondary hypertension . Chronic hypertension alone is a recognized etiological factor of myocardial hypertrophy ( myocardial fibrosis very advanced ) . The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of MRI hyperaldosteronism on the heart.
This study evaluates the effect of adaptative Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer on acute genito-urinary (GU), and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities. Every patients will be treated according to the adaptative IMRT strategy.
The relative effectiveness of current treatments and their different mechanisms of action yield to consider more and more that the multiple sclerosis (MS) therapeutic approach must use multiple molecules, both combined and sequential. In this sense, one can assume that the combination of two molecules with different but complementary mechanisms of action, can delay progression of the disease. Mitoxantrone has a powerful action, immediate and total, whereas interferon a selective action, immunomodulatory and delayed.
Suicidal behaviors (SB) are a major health problem in France:10,000 suicides and 220,000 suicide attempts every year. SB management is therefore a major public health issue. Recently, investigators have demonstrated the interest of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as an add-on treatment to reduce intensity and severity of suicidal ideation in depressed patients having a history of suicide attempt within previous year (i.e actual SB disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5)). Based on structural and functional findings, it is admitted orbitofrontal and ventral prefrontal cortices play a role in suicidal vulnerability. Interestingly, previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies have also reported the modulation of these regions by ACT in subjects suffering from chronic pain. fMRI could thus be an interesting tool to identify biomarkers of SB and its improvement by ACT. The aim of study is to investigate neural biomarkers of ACT efficiency in patients with SB disorder. Patients having a history of SB within previous year were randomized in an ACT program (21 patients) or relaxation program (21 patients) during 7 weeks. Before and after the completion of the group, they performed 3 tasks during fMRI: implicit emotional visualization, Cyberball game, motivational task Investigators will compare cerebral activations between groups, between pre and post intervention as well as measure baseline cerebral activations associated with improvement of suicidal ideation during follow up.
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of tirasemtiv in patients with ALS who had completed the double-blind placebo-controlled study of tirasemtiv in ALS (CY 4031).
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of two dose regimens of BIIB074 on neuropathic pain in participants with pain from lumbosacral radiculopathy (PLSR). Secondary objectives are to evaluate the efficacy of 2 dose regimens of BIIB074 on additional neuropathic pain measures and assessments of low back pain, disability, and quality of life; To investigate the safety and tolerability of 2 dose regimens of BIIB074 and To characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) of BIIB074 in this population.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) indications are progressing rapidly as an alternative to conventional surgery for aortic stenosis cure. Despite a high rate of procedural success, some patients do not benefit from the procedure. The investigators hypothesis is that aortic stiffness may be of major prognostic significance after stenosis relief. The aim of this study is to test the prognostic impact of aortic stiffness estimated by the volume of calcifications of the thoracic aorta on the CT-scan performed systematically before the procedure. This prognostic value will be assessed in 4 independent cohorts issued from 4 french cities (Lyon, Rouen, Paris, Clermont-Ferrand).
AME is a non-interventional, prospective, longitudinal and multicenter study. This study aims to measure the relationship between antimüllerian hormone serum level (AMH), as measured by a fully automated assay and the initial dose of Menopur® HP-hMG 600 IU/mL prescribed for infertile women undergoing their first IVF/ICSI cycle in the current practice.
ASPIRE-SSI is a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study among adult surgical patients, which aims to determine the incidence of healthcare-associated S. aureus infections, particularly S. aureus surgical site infections (SSIs), across Europe and to assess the most important risk factors for this type of infection.