There are about 1183 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Indonesia. 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.
Our earlier research has highlighted a high prevalence of anaemia, micronutrient deficiencies, and impaired infant growth among lactating women and infants in Sumedang district, West Java, Indonesia that were associated with large deficits in their micronutrient intakes. In response to these disturbing findings we have developed the micronutrient- enriched crackers (MEC) based on powdered eggshells and chicken liver, a readily available and affordable, local animal-source food. We will supply these MEC or a placebo, manufactured locally, weekly to a group of women in Sumedang district from 8-14 weeks gestation to 5 months post-partum in an effort to enrich the micronutrient content of the daily diets of the treatment group so they no longer have any dietary shortfalls in micronutrients. Our overall aim is to determine if MEC consumed daily by mothers for 6 months during pregnancy improves the birth length of their infants, and if daily consumption of MEC is continued daily to 5 months post-partum enhances infant linear growth compared to the placebo. This study is funded by the UK Wellcome Trust, the grant reference number is 216447/Z/19/Z.
Coronary artery disease has the highest mortality rate worldwide and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most common cardiac surgery performed in patients with coronary artery disease to revascularize the heart. Despite of improvement in operation techniques, cardioplegia, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), myocardial injury related to on-pump CABG is still prominent. In patient with low ejection fraction undergone on-pump CABG, myocardial injury is related to worse outcome and prognosis during peri-operative and post-operative period. On-pump CABG patients with low ejection fraction has increased (up to four times higher) post-operative in hospital mortality rate compared to patient with normal ejection fraction. Administration of intravenous glutamine had been documented in reducing myocardial damage during cardiac surgery and previous studies indicated that glutamine can protect against myocardial injury by various mechanism during ischemia and reperfusion. The purpose of this study to determine whether intravenous glutamine could prevent the decline of plasma glutamine level, reduce myocardial damage, improve hemodynamic profile, and reduce morbidity of on-pump CABG in patients with low ejection fraction.
This experimental study was conducted with pre-test/post-test control groups and double-blind randomization from March to December 2019 at Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital and others in Medan. Subjects were pregnant mothers in second or third trimester and with their newborns who met the inclusion criteria. Subjects were divided into two groups and administered either zinc supplementation 20 mg/day or placebo, respectively, for 12 weeks. The parameters assessed were maternal serum zinc levels cord blood osteocalcin and birth length measurements.
In this study, a prospective evaluation of novel malaria diagnostic tools under development will be performed in malaria-endemic countries to assess their clinical performance for detection of malaria at point-of-care (POC). This study aims to support product development efforts and aims to provide early stage (TLR~5) technology developers with valuable information on performance and basic feasibility data that can help to accelerate development.
This study aims to analyze the effectiveness and safety of Avigan® (favipiravir) compared to Oseltamivir as an adjuvant therapy among adult COVID-19 patients. This study will be conducted in a hospital setting, recruiting adult COVID-19 patients with mild, moderate, and severe symptoms. Subjects will be randomly given Favipiravir or Oseltamivir as an adjuvant therapy to standard COVID-19 treatment. Patients will be followed up for 21 days after the first dose of intervention given. The primary outcomes of this study are the improvement of radiology results and RT PCR negative conversion during follow up. The secondary outcomes are adverse events, hospital length of stay (LOS), and Case fatality rate (CFR)
Electronic-nose had been used to diagnose other infectious lung diseases, such as tuberculosis. Universitas Gadjah Mada has developed an electronic-nose device which is easy-to-use, portable, and can be manufactured at a low price. Here the investigators test the electronic-nose to diagnose COVID-19 in Indonesia.
Introduction : Prolotherapy is regenerative tissue therapy which is considered to be efficacious in reducing symptoms and morbidity of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA), but only a few studies demonstrate the effect of prolotherapy at the biomolecular level, particularly the level of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP), and Urinary C-Terminal Telopeptides of Type II Collagen (uCTX-II) as the biomarkers of cartilage repair. Objective: To determine the effect of prolotherapy on COMP and uCTX-II levels, and functional outcomes in KOA patients. Method: a double-blind randomized controlled trial study involving 36 participants who had been diagnosed with KOA. History taking, functional outcome assessment, COMP, and uCTX-II were measured. The prolotherapy via intraarticular and extraarticular was performed at Day-1, Day-29, and Day-57 followed by the evaluation of functional outcome, COMP, and uCTX-II at day 78 Alternative Hypothesis : Prolotherapy provides improvement of cartilage based on COMP and UCTX-II levels and functional outcome among KOA patients
This study has been designed as a randomized, double blinded, multi-centric, placebo controlled, and phase II dose-ranging study. The herbal drug contains bioactive ingredients from Labisia pumila plant and it is an aqueous ethanolic standardized extract (SKF7™).
The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and sebum level in adult female acne. A cross sectional study was conducted with 50 samples, in June to October 2017.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders affecting movement and postural development that are caused by non-progressive disruptions of the brain, usually occurring during fetal period or infancy. It is commonly accompanied with sensory disorders and learning disability. In 2016, more than 17 million people are affected by CP with a prevalence of 1.5 to 2.5 per 1,000 live births. CP remains to be the most common cause of severe physical disability in children. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated an economic cost of US$4.1 million per CP patient that comprises of medical services, special education and productivity loss. Current management of spasticity involves physical manipulation such as passive stretching and splinting, sometimes combined with oral pharmacologic treatment, intrathecal baclofen therapy and botulinum toxin injection. At times, surgical procedures such as Surgical Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) can also be considered. Botulinum toxin injection has been shown to reduce spasticity for up to 6 months, however, the cost of the procedure remains to be an issue in developing countries like Indonesia. Therefore, other modality such as a non-invasive therapy should be considered as an alternative treatment for spasticity. Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (rESWT) is a non-invasive treatment that has been shown to effectively improve spasticity in patients with spastic motor type CP, despite unclear underlying mechanism. According to International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST), there has yet to be a recommended guideline for the treatment of spasticity in children using rESWT. One crucial physical parameter needed to be determined is the number of pulse required to efficiently reduce spasticity. The number of pulse directly affects the duration of ESWT per session (the higher the number of pulse given, the longer the therapy session). This may be a concern for spastic motor type CP due to accompanying sensory and learning disability. Therefore, the objective of this study was to understand whether the reduction in hamstring stiffness in children with spastic CP could be influenced by the number of pulse in a single ESWT session.