There are about 25435 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in United Kingdom. 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.
The purpose of this trial is to investigate the prevention of actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinomas by local application of MD-3511356 in comparison to standard sun protection measures in immunosuppressed solid organ transplant recipients.
The purpose of this study is to provide preliminary assessment of the safety and performance of a novel barrier formulation (CASTLE) in a small population of subjects with irritated peristomal skin.
The purpose of this study is to provide evidence of efficacy and safety to support the development of IGIV, 10% as a treatment option for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer´s Disease.
Hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) results from allergy to grass and tree pollen. The majority of affected individuals manage well with medication from the Pharmacy or from their general practitioner (GP), but for some severely affected people it severely impacts on quality of life. Less than 40% of those affected in UK general practice feel that these medications achieve good symptomatic control. Specific immunotherapy or desensitisation is the practice of administering small amounts of allergen to allergic patients in increasing doses. This treatment is highly effective in these patients and furthermore is truly disease-modifying, with benefits persisting long-term, even when the treatment has been completed. Desensitisation is a routine treatment in the UK, Europe and North America. The exact immune mechanisms that underlie this symptomatic improvement are not entirely clear. Dr Tarzi, Professor Frew and Professor Kern have recently developed new methods for the investigation of immune responses to allergens. These methods require relatively small blood samples and may provide useful information about how immunotherapy exerts its effects. In addition to improving the investigators basic understanding of this treatment, such knowledge may drive improvements in the treatment and could be useful for monitoring patients for response. The investigators study proposes to investigate changes in the immune responses to pollen allergens during immunotherapy. Blood will be taken just prior to the first immunotherapy injection and again just prior to the final injection. In this way the investigators will be able to compare the immune responses to pollen allergen before and after treatment.
Bone metastases and associated pain are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Most approved therapies have shown some ability to reduce soft tissue lesions but none meaningfully impacts bone metastases (as demonstrated by lack of resolution of lesions on bone scan with these agents) or the pain associated with these metastases. This study will evaluate the effect of cabozantinib versus mitoxantrone plus prednisone on pain response and bone scan response in men with CRPC.
There is growing but limited information on the long term clinical status of aHUS patients who have previously received or are continuing to receive treatment with eculizumab. This study is designed to collect clinical data that will provide insight into the long-term outcomes of patients with aHUS.
This is a phase 4 study to evaluate with Polysomnography (PSG) and subjective measures the effect of Rotigotine on sleep efficiency, maintenance, insomnia, nocturnal akinesia and night-time movement in bed, in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.
There are many ways of performing arthrodesis in the foot and ankle. Dowel fusion is one of them. The in situ technique was first described by Ottolenghi et al. (1970) and was taken up by Baciu and Filibiu (1979). In the technique, they did take the dowel out before turning it. The healing process takes place between surfaces of spongious bone. They showed excellent results with early weight bearing and healing within 12.5 weeks. Stranks et al. (1994) combined the dowel technique with screw fixation and claimed 95 % healing rate within 12.5 weeks. Others have not found this technique satisfactory in rheumatoid arthritis patients (Belt et al. 2001). The results were not compatible to common fusion techniques. The reason may be the circular bone gap of at least 1 mm left by the saw blade. A new instrumentation and a new staple with a central wedge (ASTUS) avoid this gap and allow the dowel to be turned in situ without leaving in position. The staple is introduced into the joint line and will compress the dowel surfaces against the surrounding bone. Instruments are available to ensure the correct position and length of the dowel, and to rotate it in situ before the special wedge staple is introduced. Dr Kofoed, the surgeon designer of the ASTUS Staple, has communicated on his first series with 83 arthrodesis. The purpose of this study is now to collect and publish data from several centers, several users. The objective of this study is to obtain the percentage of healing 3 months after an implantation of the staple ASTUS.
It is well established that bariatric (weightloss) surgery affords considerable improvement in glycaemic control (control of blood sugar), and in many cases may lead to a complete resolution of type 2 diabetes. However, the mechanisms underlying these changes are yet to be elucidated and no research project to date has attempted to characterise changes in glycaemic control sooner than 3 days post surgery. The primary objective of this study is to characterise changes in glycaemic control in individuals immediately following such surgery for a period of five days. Participants will be fitted with a continuous blood glucose measurement system (CGMS) prior to leaving theatre, which electronically records their blood glucose concentration every minute for up to five days. Upon returning the device each participant will undergo a standard meal test and have a small blood sample taken at 30 minute intervals (0-120 minutes) for the quantification of incretins (gut hormones involved in medium term control of blood sugar) insulin, glucose and appetite hormones. These measurements will be compared to those collected at the baseline session, three weeks prior to the patient's surgery. Additional baseline visit measurements include: fasting lipid profile, insulin concentration, blood glucose concentration, HBA1C (long term blood glucose measurement), blood pressure, height, weight, waist circumference, and an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and medical and family history. All patients will be followed up twelve weeks post surgery, during which, all baseline measurements will be repeated.
The purpose of this study is to establish whether patients with malignancy harboring a discoidin domain receptor 2 mutation or an inactivating B-RAF mutation will respond to dasatinib.