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 next four decades will see a marked expansion of the elderly population in Ireland, in particular people aged over 80 yrs. Persons aged over 80 are the highest consumers of prescription medicines in Ireland and have the highest prevalence rates of major polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is intimately linked with serious adverse drug events (ADEs) and consequent major morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological data from the United States indicate that ADEs is the fifth most common cause of death nationally. Experts suggest that effective evidence based interventions can be applied to this major public health problem. Recent research data indicate a cause-and-effect relationship between inappropriate prescription medicines and serious ADEs in older people in hospital. To date, Beers' criteria have been the dominant set of criteria for defining potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) in late life. Research data collected by this group show that the recently validated STOPP/START criteria (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) identify ADEs that are causal or contributory to acute hospital admission in older people 2.7 times more frequently than Beers' criteria. Based on these findings, our hypothesis is that STOPP/START criteria have the potential to be used as a regular intervention for the purpose of ADE prevention in older people. A recent single centre randomised control trial (RCT) undertaken at Cork University Hospital showed that prospective application of STOPP/START criteria led to a highly significant improvement in medication appropriateness in older hospitalised patients compared with standard inpatient pharmaceutical care. Significantly, the improvement in medication appropriateness was maintained to the end of the study follow-up i.e. 6 months post-discharge. However, the ability of STOPP/START criteria to significantly reduce ADEs in a prospective RCT has yet to be demonstrated.
This is a randomised, open-label, phase IIb trial of afatinib to compare to gefitinib in first-line treatment setting with patients who are having epidermal growth factor receptor mutation positive advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and local tolerability of multiple dose administration of inhaled OligoG in CF subjects. Particular emphasis will be put on local, clinical tolerance, pulmonary function and pulmonary adverse events. The secondary purpose is to monitor the effect of multiple dose administration of inhaled OligoG on various efficacy variables, such as mucolytic activity, lung function, respiratory symptoms, Quality-of-Life and microbiological outcome measures.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety of Recombinant Coagulation Factor VIII Fc Fusion Protein (rFVIIIFc) in previously treated pediatric subjects with hemophilia A. Secondary objectives of this study in this study population are as follows: to evaluate the efficacy of rFVIIIFc for prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes; to evaluate and assess the pharmacokinetics (PK) of rFVIIIFc; and to evaluate rFVIIIFc consumption for prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes.
This randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of onartuzumab (MetMAb) in combination with Tarceva (erlotinib) in participants with incurable non-small cell lung cancer identified to be Met diagnostic-positive. Participants will be randomized to receive either onartuzumab (MetMAb) or placebo in combination with erlotinib. Anticipated time on study treatment is until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.
The purpose of this study is to prolong the time to reinfection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa after successfully treated acute or intermittent infection.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the long-term safety of recombinant human Factor VIII Fc fusion protein (rFVIIIFc) in participants with hemophilia A. The secondary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of rFVIIIFc in the prevention and treatment of bleeding episodes in participants with hemophilia A.
The purpose of this study is: - To compare blood sugar control on LY2605541 with insulin glargine after 52 weeks of treatment. - To compare the rate of nocturnal low blood sugar episodes on LY2605541 with insulin glargine during 52 weeks of treatment. - To compare the number of participants on LY2605541 reaching blood sugar targets without low blood sugar episodes at night to those taking insulin glargine after 52 weeks of treatment. - To compare the rate of low blood sugar episodes on LY2605541 with insulin glargine during 52 weeks of treatment
This is an open-label non-randomised, prospective, post market study to evaluate the performance of Inductigraft (osteoinductive synthetic bone graft) in patients receiving posterolateral lumbar spine fusion through assessment of successful fusion at 12 months post operation using x-rays and CT scans. Quality of life questionnaires also used to assess clinical outcome measures such as pain and quality of life. Patients followed up for 24 months after surgery.
This was a randomized, double blind,fixed dose, placebo controlled, parallel-group pilot study to obtain data on size and variance of treatment effects in subjects with mild to moderate Psoriasis.