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.
Major heart attacks are caused by a number of factors, the two major of which are furring up of a coronary artery with atheroma and then sudden clot formation on this area leading to a blockage and interruption of blood flow. The clots that lead to heart attacks are largely made of clotting blood cells (platelets) that in health repair blood vessels and inhibit spontaneous bleeding. One of the main treatment strategies for heart attacks is to make these cells less "sticky". Aspirin is a main stay of anti-platelet treatment in the United Kingdom (UK) and in addition one of three other oral antiplatelet agents acting on the same platelet activation pathway (P2Y12 receptor) is licensed for use. When a patient is admitted with a major heart attack, they are treated with emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) a technique where a wire and balloon are used to reopen the coronary artery and then usually a stent (a slotted metal tube) is placed to keep the artery open. Aspirin and one of the P2Y12 inhibitor agents are given to prevent further clots and all have been shown to reduce negative events following heart attacks and angioplasty with stent insertion. There are increasing data, including from our own institution, showing that in the setting of heart attacks, the oral P2Y12 inhibitors are poorly absorbed and have little effect at the time of most need, i.e. soon after dosing while the primary PCI is being performed. All three current P2Y12 inhibitor agents are taken in tablet form immediately before the emergency PPCI procedure. It appears that in healthy stable patients these agents take at least 30 min to 2 hours to have an adequate effect. In heart attack patients the angioplasty procedure is usually performed well within this timescale. Furthermore, patients who are having a heart attack do not have normal drug absorption with blood being diverted away from the stomach and gut activity being suppressed by other drugs such as morphine. In this current study, patients with major heart attacks will be given our standard oral agent, Ticagrelor, or the newer intravenous agent Cangrelor prior to PPCI.
The study aims to recruit 156 (54 Acute Kidney Injury (AKI);102 non-AKI) patients undergoing Cardio pulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery, including those with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and multiple co-morbidities. Urine and blood samples collected pre-operatively and then 0, 3, 6 and 18 hours post-CPB will be stored at -80oC until batch analysed for NGAL using the Abbott and BioPorto assays. AKI - defined as a ≥50% rise in serum creatinine (SCr) over baseline, or the requirement for renal replacement therapy (RRT). SCr will be measured pre-operatively (baseline), then 12 hourly for the first 48 hrs post-CPB and thereafter 24 hourly for 5 days. Clinical data collected will include patient demographics, co-morbidities, drug history, pre-operative renal function, surgery details (type, length, CPB time etc.), length of Intensive treatment unit and hospital stay and post-operative complications. Data will then be analysed comparing the two NGAL tests to find out which is superior, whether it is better to use blood or urine and to define optimal NGAL cut-offs and sample timing for predicting AKI. Both the Abbott and BioPorto assays will subject to a laboratory method evaluation prior to the analysis of any patient specimens in order to verify that their performance is acceptable and meets the manufacturer's claims. This will involve measuring the standard parameters used to assess laboratory assay performance e.g. imprecision (reproducibility), linearity, recovery and method comparison etc.
This study is designed to determine the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), and the safety, and efficacy of durvalumab as monotherapy and when given in combination with lenalidomide and rituximab; ibrutinib; or bendamustine and rituximab at the RP2D in adults with lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
This is a proof of mechanism trial to explore the effect of BI 1026706 on the central retinal thickness and to evaluate safety and tolerability of BI 1026706 administered orally for 12 weeks in patients with mild vision impairment due to center-involved DME
In this proposed human trial, the investigators aim to establish whether consumption of one portion of phenolic acid-rich oats leads to acute improvements (i.e. 1-24h post-intake) in markers of cardiovascular disease risk relative to an energy matched control intervention in healthy men with high-normal to mildly elevated blood pressure.
The primary objective of the study is to assess the clinical effects of natalizumab versus placebo in acute ischemic stroke on clinical measures of functional independence and activities of daily living. The secondary objective of the study is to explore dose and exposure response and the clinical treatment effects of natalizumab versus placebo in acute ischemic stroke on the following: measures of independence, activities of daily living, neurologic function, quality of life, cognition, and safety and tolerability
This will be an open label study in two parts. In the first part, F901318 (dose 2 mg/kg IV over 4 hours, Day 1) will be followed by F901318 (2 mg/kg IV over 4 hours) given on Day 8, after dosing with fluconazole 800 mg daily for 1 day (Day 4) and 400 mg daily orally for 4 days (Days 5 to 8). Up to twenty subjects will be included in two cohorts which will undergo the same dosing schedules of fluconazole and F901318 and undergo the same procedures. The first cohort will consist of 12 subjects studied in two groups of six subjects each. If there is clearly a difference in F901318 kinetics detectable before and after dosing with fluconazole in this first cohort, the second cohort will not be studied. If there is no clear difference, the second cohort will also be studied to give a final result. In this cohort, based on the pharmacokinetic findings in cohort 1, the dose of F901318 may be increased to up to 4 mg/kg to establish a dose suitable for phase 2 evaluation. PK sampling for plasma F901318 will continue from before the first dose up to and including 72 hours after dosing. PK sampling for fluconazole will continue from before the first dose and up to 72 hours after the fifth dose. A follow up visit will be conducted 7 +/- 2 days after discharge from the clinical unit following completion of blood sampling following the second dose of F901318 and the fifth dose of fluconazole. The second part of the study will take place if no appreciable change in the pharmacokinetics of either F901318 or fluconazole has been observed in either the first or the second cohorts in the first part of the study. This second part will enrol 12 subjects. These subjects will receive fluconazole 800 mg daily for one day (Day 1) and 400 mg daily orally for 4 days (Days 2 to 5) in combination with F901318 which will be given in a dose of up to 4 mg/kg IV bid for one day (Day 1) followed by 7 doses of intravenous F901318 up to 2.5 mg/kg bid (Days 2 to 5). Pharmacokinetic profiles of F901318 and fluconazole will be obtained during dosing and over a 72-hour period following the final dose of both compounds.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BGS649 in male obese subjects with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. All subjects will be treated for a maximum of 24 weeks. Some subjects who complete 24 weeks of treatment will be invited to participate in a 6-month blinded safety extension study (Protocol MBGS206). The study is planned to enroll 268 subjects.
The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the effect of an online facilitated discussion group on engagement with a stress management intervention delivered to employees in the UK via the Internet. The investigators primary hypothesis is that the intervention group with access to an online facilitated discussion group (delivered via a message board) will show greater engagement than the intervention group that does not have access to the discussion group. The investigators also hypothesise that participants in the intervention groups will improve significantly on psychological distress and subjective wellbeing measures compared to the waiting list control group, and that the group with access to the online facilitated discussion group will show the greatest improvement.
Microperimetry is a relatively new and extremely sensitive method of assessing visual function. It projects light stimuli onto a defined area of the retina to map retinal perceptual thresholds. Participants look at a focal point and press a button to indicate when they have seen a light stimulus. The stimuli vary in intensity to find the participant's visual sensitivity. Microperimetry is carried out in low light conditions. Before testing, participants must adapt to the low light conditions in a process called 'dark adaptation.' Currently there is no consensus on the optimal time needed for dark adaptation. Investigators know that visual sensitivity differs in differing light conditions. Failing to sufficiently dark-adapt may therefore adversely affect test results. The aim of this study is to establish the optimal length of dark adaptation for microperimetry performance in healthy volunteers. On day 1, participants will undergo training field tests to reduce a learning effect affecting the results. Tests will then be performed following 5 mins adaptation, 10 mins adaptation and 30mins adaptation, On day 2, participants will perform testing following no adaptation time, 15 mins adaptation, and 20 mins adaptation. Statistics will be used to determine the effect of adaptation time on average threshold measures.