There are about 2333 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Ireland. 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 study is designed to demonstrate that axitinib (AG-013736) is superior to sorafenib in delaying tumor progression in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer after failure of one first line regimen.
This study is to assess sorafenib as second treatment for patients that have previously received only sunitinib as first-line treatment for advanced renal cell cancer, and who either responded and then progressed with sunitinib or were intolerant to sunitinib. This study is to assess if combining the usual dose of sorafenib (200mg twice-daily) with low dose interferon (3 million international unit (MIU) five times a week) can treat kidney cancer more effectively than the current approved dose alone and if it is safe. In addition, for patients that respond to treatment with sorafenib alone or in combination with interferon before progressing, patients may receive sorafenib alone at an increased dose of 300mg twice-daily, provided that toxicities are acceptable and at the discretion of the investigator.
The purpose of this trial is to study the effect of adjuvant or immediate hormonal therapy, versus placebo, in subjects who have either undergone a primary therapy (principally radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy) or who were otherwise to be managed by watchful waiting.
The objective of this study is to test a clinical benefit of the addition of CP 751,871 to erlotinib therapy in patients with advanced NSCLC of non adenocarcinoma histology. The primary endpoint is Overall Survival (OS).
With over one million operations a year, cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is one of the most common major surgical procedures worldwide (1). Acute kidney injury is a common and serious postoperative complication of cardiopulmonary bypass and may affect 25% to 50% of patients (2-4). Acute kidney injury carries significant costs (4) and is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality (2,3). Even minimal increments in plasma creatinine are associated with an increase in mortality (5,6). Multiple causes of cardiopulmonary bypass-associated acute kidney injury have been proposed, including ischemia-reperfusion, generation of reactive oxygen species, hemolysis and activation of inflammatory pathways (7-10). COMT LL genotype appears to increase the risk of vasodilatory shock and AKI after cardiac surgery. To date, no simple, safe and effective intervention to prevent cardiopulmonary bypass-associated acute kidney injury in a broad patient population has been found (11-14). Urinary acidity may enhance the generation and toxicity of reactive oxygen species induced by cardiopulmonary bypass (10,15). Activation of complement during cardiac surgery (16) may also participate in kidney injury. Urinary alkalinization may protect from kidney injury induced by oxidant substances, iron-mediated free radical pathways, complement activation and tubular hemoglobin cast formation (9,17,18). Of note, increasing urinary pH - in combination with N-acetylcysteine (19,20) or without (21) - has recently been reported to attenuate acute kidney injury in patients undergoing contrast-media infusion. In a pilot double-blind, randomized controlled trial the investigators found sodium bicarbonate to be efficacious, safe, inexpensive and easy to administer. These findings now need to be confirmed or refuted by further clinical investigations in other geographic and institutional settings. Accordingly, the investigators hypothesized that urinary alkalinization might protect kidney function in patients at increased risk of acute kidney injury undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass needs to be confirmed in an international multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of intravenous sodium bicarbonate.
This study is a continuation of the placebo-controlled study CE1226_4001 (NCT00261833) to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Zemaira® i.v. administration in subjects with emphysema due to alpha1-proteinase inhibitor deficiency. The long-term verification of a disease-modifying benefit of Zemaira® on the progression of emphysema will be assessed by volume-adjusted lung density, measured yearly by computed tomography (CT).
The aim of the study is to evaluate the functional recovery in two groups of primary stroke patients presenting with moderate/severe disability over a six month period through the implementation of a randomised controlled trial. The first group or the experimental group will receive routine therapy and additional lower limb exercise therapy in the form of family assisted exercises. The second group or the control group will receive routine therapy with no additional formal input from their family members. A secondary aim of the project is to evaluate the impact of the FAME programme on the person with stroke and the individual (s) assisting in the delivery of exercises.
This extension study of was designed to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fingolimod (FTY720) in patients with multiple sclerosis. The Extension study was an extension to the 24-month Core study (CFTY720D2301/NCT00289978).
To find out more information on how treating impotence with vardenafil in comparison to placebo affects the quality of life (QoL) of men and their partners. Subjects will receive 10mg vardenafil or placebo for 4 weeks followed by an 8 week period when the dose of vardenafil may be reduced to 5mg or increased to 20mg. Subjects will then receive their 'preferred' dose for 14 weeks. During this time Quality of Life Measures will be collected via questionnaires
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a 6 month duration of clopidogrel therapy after DES implantation is not inferior to that of a 12 month therapy.