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.
Compromised respiratory function as a result of tetraplegia leads to many tetraplegics requiring mechanical ventilation during the acute phase of injury. Mechanical ventilation is associated with additional costs to the local health care provider and reduced quality of life of the patient. Electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles has previously been used to improve the respiratory function of tetraplegic patients in the chronic stage of injury. In this study the investigators aim to evaluate whether electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles can assist the process of weaning from mechanical ventilation in acute ventilator dependent spinal cord injured patients.
The aim of the case series study is to explore if a self directed version of the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is a feasible and acceptable intervention for individuals with psychosis who are parents.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the increase in exposure of Lu AF11167 following a single oral dose of Lu AF11167 with and without administration of multiple oral doses of itraconazole (a strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitor) in healthy subjects with inferred metabolic status as CYP2C19 extensive metabolisers
The progression of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) results inevitably in a reduction in exercise capacity. The assessment of fitness and exercise capacity in CF is an important measure of the impact of the disease process, particularly if it is repeated over time. With recent advances in clinical management, CF lung disease in children can be relatively mild and exercise tolerance good. The currently available field tests e.g. 3 minute step test, are often completed too easily. These tests provide limited information relating to maximal exercise performance. By contrast, the maximal CardioPulmonary Exercise Test (CPET), a progressive, incremental, gold standard exercise test with breath by breath analysis of expired gas, has proved to be a valuable means of assessing exercise response in patients with CF. Its only limitation is the requirement for specialist laboratory facilities, equipment and staff. A new field test for evaluating exercise capacity in children is needed. This should be portable, easy to administer and simple to perform by young children, while providing a higher intensity of exercise which correlates with day to day activity patterns of children, and clinically relevant information in the short term and longitudinally. This test needs to be a good surrogate measure of exercise capacity when formal CPET is unable to be undertaken. By providing accurate and useful information the results can be used to prescribe and train individuals with CF safely and effectively and can also be used in the short and long term for guidance of the medical management of these complex patients. The aim of this study is to develop and validate the use of a new incremental step test to assess exercise tolerance/capacity in children with CF, compare this with the gold standard CPET and to provide normative healthy control comparison data The main objectives of the study are 1. To develop an incremental step test to assess exercise tolerance / capacity in children with CF. 2. To compare the incremental step test with the gold standard CPET 3. To assess the level of exercise response produced by the incremental step test 4. To assess the correlation between independent variables of lung function measurements, age, weight and height with VO2peak and other exercise test outcomes 5. To assess the repeatability and evaluate the normal variability of the new incremental step test 6. To provide healthy control normative data for comparison
This is a pilot study into the effects on heart function when pacing the right ventricle (RV). This study aims to enrol a population who are clinically indicated to receive a pacemaker. When normal conduction within the heart fails, the treatment may be to implant a permanent pacemaker. Pacing involves passing a lead via a vein to the heart and using an electrical impulse to stimulate a beat. Increasingly the available evidence suggests that long term RV pacing is associated with complications - left ventricule (LV) dysfunction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation (AF) and death in some patients. What we do not see are a large proportion of all patients who receive pacemakers suffering pacing related adverse effects. If there could be a way of identifying those patients in the group who go on to develop pacing induced cardiomyopathy at the time of initial pacing implant, this would be a very valuable clinical measure. These patients could be identified from the outset and paced with a biventricular device to avoid the pacing induced cardiomyopathy. Whilst much energy has been directed towards the LV as a focus of the clinical markers of disease, little has been published looking at RV haemodynamics. We plan to study a cohort of patients who are clinically indicated to receive a pacemaker and study their RV in detail at the time of implantation. We will use conductance catheters and echocardiography to determine measures of pumping function. We will then follow them up for a period of six month using echocardiography and blood markers of heart dysfunction. In those patients who have a reduction in heart function we will then look for common patterns within their initial measurements.
The treatment of complex coronary disease causing limiting symptoms of angina with drug-eluting stent technology will prove superior to bare metal stent technology, with respect to a combined endpoint of mortality, MI, requirement for target vessel revascularisation and severe haemorrhage, in patients aged 80 or above.
The primary objective of the study was to investigate the association between residual disease activity at Baseline as detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the occurrence of flares in participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) randomized to an adalimumab dose tapering regimen controlled by adalimumab withdrawal.
The purpose of this research study is to find out whether PICSO (Pressure Controlled Coronary Sinus Occlusion), given concomitant to (NSTEMI) or following (STEMI) primary PCI and stenting, can improve final infarct size and myocardial function. ACS patients, NSTEMI and STEMI, with a culprit lesion in the LAD will be treated according to standard treatment, PCI followed by stent placement, with or without PICSO therapy. In NSTEMI patients, PICSO therapy will be given during PCI and stenting for a minimum of 30 minutes or the duration of the PCI and stent procedure. In STEMI patients PICSO therapy will be given after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention of a left anterior descending coronary artery culprit lesion. PICSO therapy is initiated prior to stent deployment and continued during stenting. The functional efficacy measures, related to the PICSO duration and coronary sinus pressures, will be stored on the PICSO Impulse console and analysed offline. The clinical efficacy measures, cardiac enzyme release during 24 hour following PCI, cardiac function, infarct size and level of microvascular obstruction will be assessed by cMRI. Patients will be followed for a maximum of 4 months after the primary PCI procedure
This is a Phase I, open-label, 2-part study in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation positive (EGFRm+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who have progressed following prior therapy with an approved EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) agent. Part A will assess the effect of rifampicin on the pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of AZD9291 and metabolites AZ5104 and AZ7550 following multiple oral dosing of both rifampicin and AZD9291 in a fasted state. Part B will allow patients further access to AZD9291 after the PK phase (Part A) and will provide for additional safety data collection. All patients who complete Part A will be able to enter part B, and continue to receive AZD9291 80 mg once daily until: disease progression; they are no longer deriving clinical benefit; or any other reason.
This study is a 26 week, randomized, parallel group, double blind comparison of PF-02545920 5 mg, PF-02545920 20 mg, and placebo dosed BID in the treatment of motor impairment of subjects with Huntington's Disease. A total of approximately 260 subjects are planned to be randomized in the study. Primary endpoint is the change from baseline in the Total Motor Score (TMS) assessment of the Unified Huntington Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS) after 26 weeks of treatment. secondary endpoints will include change from baseline in the Total Maximum Chorea (TMC) score of the UHDRS after 13 and 26 weeks of treatment and Clinical Global Impression-Improvement score after 13 and 26 weeks of treatment.