There are about 9745 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Israel. 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.
This study is aimed to evaluate the performance of the Micromedic CD24 assay in identifying colorectal adenoma using Western blot and ELISA assays. These assays are designed to detect CD24 protein in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL). Elevated levels of CD24 may be indicative of colorectal adenoma (inclusive of optically detectable early adenoma to late adenoma, and cancer).
This prospective observational study is planned to validate OSND against the prospective morbidity and mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients and to examine the hypothesis that OSND risk stratification of chronic HD patients is useful in predicting outcomes and better than its component alone or in diverse combinations. The investigators specific aim is to validate OSND in chronic HD patients by comparing it with conventional measures of nutritional state, including blood tests, anthropometry, MIS, GNRI, bioelectric impedance analysis and several measures of clinical outcome including prospective mortality and hospitalization.
The purpose of this study is to determine the benefit of enzalutamide versus placebo as assessed by overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with progressive metastatic prostate cancer who have failed androgen deprivation therapy but not yet received chemotherapy.
This is a Phase 1b/2 study. In Phase 1b, subjects will know the treatment they are receiving. Subjects will receive Erlotinib + U3-1287. The Phase 1b portion will determine if adding U3-1287 to Erlotinib will be safe in subjects with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who fail prior treatment. In the Phase 2 portion, subjects will be blinded to the treatments they are receiving. Subjects will receive either Erlotinib alone or Erlotinib + U3-1287. The Phase 2 portion will determine if adding U3-1287 to Erlotinib will be safe and improve survival in subjects with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who failed the first treatment.
Treatment and control of hypertension is still insufficient. About 50% of the patients remain uncontrolled. Lack of compliance with discontinuation of drug treatment is an important reason for not achieving blood pressure. Several studies have shown that use of fixed combinations improve compliance significantly, by reducing the number of pill's intake. This study will assess the antihypertensive efficacy of Vasodip-Combo 20® [enalapril 20 mg + lercanidipine 10 mg] as a fixed combination drug in uncontrolled antihypertensive patients.
HandTutor is a computerized system designed to evaluate and rehabilitate hand function. It is composed of a glove with optic sensors detecting the movements of the wrist and the fingers with a biofeedback software designed to evaluate and then to exercise the hand movements through supplying a variety of computer graphic patterns. The HandTutor has been used and tested with a stroke population, and it seems potential to be used with hand injuried population. As a first step, it is important to investigate the characteristics of the system and how it is matching the hand injuried population. The purpose if this study is to characterize the HandTuror system and the focused objectives are: 1. To examine the test-retest reliability of the system when measuring the range of motion (ROM) of the the fingers among healthy people (control group). 2. To examine the correlation between the ROM measured by the HandTutor and the ROM measured by conventional assessment tools (goniometer). 3. To examine the ability of the system to distinguish between healthy people and hand injured people. 4. To examine the correlation between the performance in the HandTutor (in the games part), and the performance in functional activities. 5. To examine the participants feedback for using the HandTutor (degree of enjoyment).
The aim of this study is to check correlation between CYP2C19 genotype level of clopidogrel metabolite in plasma and platelet inhibition status.
In the current research the investigators would like to examine the effect of a well acquainted drug, Ketamine, which is used by anesthesiologists to induce sleep in operations. Usually the ketamine is given into the vein and not orally. The investigators want to give it orally to cancer patients that sufffer from severe pain to find out whether it can prove their quality of life, lower their pain and reduce the amount of opioids they receive.
For the patient with acute dyspnea in the ED, early differentiation between CHF and non-CHF causes is essential for proper management. The capacity to triage patients quickly and accurately has a beneficial impact upon outcome, disposition, stratification and length of stay in the ED and required length of hospital admission. The ability to assess pulmonary status rapidly by quantitative regional vibration technology offers significant potential advantage for earlier diagnosis. The VRI technique may provide a quick and accurate method of differentiating between dyspnea due to HF and dyspnea due to pulmonary causes; thereby improving management and outcomes.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex multi-factorial disease, with underlying both genetic and environmental factors. Different populations have different susceptibility. The disease is characterized by 2 main phenotypes: relapsing-remitting or progressive course. Clinical disability is due to distraction of the CNS myelin. Repair processes are mainly noted after the acute attack - and recovery of function can be spontaneous. However, in severe attacks sometimes there is need for adding STEROID TREATMENT (6 days IV) for the acute attack. For the long term prophylactics - following the increased understanding of the disease, in the last 10-15 years there are new immunotherapies available (COPAXON / TEVA; Interferon -beta). However these can attenuate the disease (reduce the number of relapses per year) but are not cure. Also, they are beneficial in only ~40 % of the Relapsing -Remitting patients. Currently there are no biomarkers available for MS (other than oligoclonal IgG in the CSF - which help confirm diagnosis but require invasive procedure and are not correlated with disease activity nor response to therapy) and - monitoring of MS and its treatment is by MRI - which is expensive. Dr Hossam Haick from the Technion developed an electronic nose based nanomaterials for diagnosis of diseases (e.g., cancer, kidney failure, etc.) via breath samples.The research hypothesis is that Biomarkers of CNS inflammation and/or neurodegeneration and/or CNS repair can be detected by "electronic nose".