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.
Estimates of the prevalence of acromegaly, a condition resulting from excess growth hormone secretion, are as high as 1:1000. If detected late acromegaly increases the risk of joint destruction, heart disease, sleep apnoea, high blood pressure, diabetes, and polyps in the colon. To have a greater effect on long-term outcomes this disease needs to be detected early. By screening a 'high risk' population (sleep apnoea clinic) the investigators may be able to detect these patients earlier and prevent late complications of the disease. At LTHT the referral pathway for new referrals to the sleep apnoea clinic involves initial attendance to pick up a pulse oximeter to wear overnight to measure oxygen levels. These readings show approximately 1:4 patients displays evidence of significant obstructive sleep apnoea to warrant referral to the treatment group for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), weight management, and occasionally mandibular adjustment. Patients attending the sleep apnoea clinic either as new referral or for review will be asked to participate in the proposed study. The study is cross-sectional in design incorporating two sub-populations within the sleep apnoea clinic. The first cohort comprises patients under follow-up known to have sleep apnoea, and the second cohort those patients prospectively attending the sleep apnoea clinic for assessment. If after an explanation of the study they agree to participate blood will be taken for assessment of IGF-I and they will be asked to complete a simple questionnaire. The aim will to be to screen 1000 consecutive patients. The questionnaire will incorporate five simple questions to be completed with a 'yes' or 'no' answer. Where IGF-I levels are elevated patients will be investigated further for the possibility of acromegaly. The presence of biochemically proven acromegaly will be used to determine if the simple question has sufficient sensitivity to use as a screening tool.
Low dose rate brachytherapy using iodine 125 is well established as a treatment for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer. Currently there is uncertainty as to the safety of this technique in patients who have had a previous transurethral resection of the prostate gland (TURP) for obstruction of the urine flow through the prostatic urethra. Early experience when the technique was being developed in the 1980s suggested that there was a higher incidence of urinary incontinence after brachytherapy if there had been a previous TURP. It is however clear that with increasing experience many centres offer this treatment to patients who have had previous TURP, using various parameters to select patients including time from the TURP and persence or absence of a significant cavity within the gland on MRI scanning. There has been no systematic study of I125 brachytherapy after TURP in the current era which might address and inform the practice for future patient. Hence this study is designed to formally assess the safety of I125 brachytherapy after previous TURP.
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a CBT-based internet intervention for adults with tinnitus in the United Kingdom
This study has two protocols the aims of which are: 1. To identify age-related effects of AA on incretin secretion and whether and to what extent AA exhibit a true incretin effect (gut- mediated increases in plasma insulin) in younger individuals. (Protocol 1) 2. To define the extra-pancreatic ''novel'', insulin independent effects of glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on postprandial muscle protein and glucose metabolism and microvascular blood flow. (Protocol 2)
This is a phase Ib study with the primary purpose is to estimate the MTD and/or RDE for the triple combination of PIM447, formerly LGH447, plus ruxolitinib and LEE011 as well as for the doublets, PIM447 plus ruxolitinib, and LEE011 plus ruxolitinib, in patients with myelofibrosis (MF). Each regimen will be assessed for safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamic effects, and preliminary anti-myelofibrosis activity, including changes in spleen volume, JAK2V617F allele burden, and hematologic response.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects on serum testosterone after 4 weeks of subcutaneous dose administration, with different doses and dosing frequencies of TAK-448 to overweight/obese males with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH).
To evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of GWP42006 compared with placebo, in the presence of other antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
CYP2B6 is involved in the metabolism of many drugs. So, it is important to assess in vivo the effect of ASP2151 on that enzyme to determine any possible drug interactions. The aim of this trial is to investigate the potential for interaction of ASP2151 with the CYP2B6 probe substrate bupropion.
This clinical study is part of the BIOVACSAFE project which is funded by the Innovative Medicine Initiative. In this study we will take a small muscle biopsy in order to identify any differences in the response around the actual site of injection compared with responses we measure in blood at the same time.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of PRC-4016 at steady state on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A substrates (midazolam, simvastatin), a CYP2C9 substrate (omeprazole) and a CYP2C19 substrate (flurbiprofen) in healthy male/female subjects.