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.
Panobinostat (LBH589) is a highly potent pan-deacetylase inhibitor (pan-DACi), inclusive of HDAC6, which disrupts aggresome function, promotes accumulation of cytotoxic misfolded protein aggregates and triggers myeloma cell death. Combination of pan-DAC and protease inhibition by co-treatment with panobinostat (PAN) and bortezomib (BTZ) has demonstrated synergistic cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo in pre-clinical experiments. Furthermore, clinical experience in advanced multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated by oral panobinostat and i.v bortezomib ± dexamethasone showed very encouraging results for efficacy and manageable toxicity profile. Given the medical need for improved treatment strategies for patients with previously treated and relapsed MM, the purpose of this prospective, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group Phase III study is to compare the results in progression-free survival of 2 combination therapies, panobinostat with bortezomib and dexamethasone or placebo with bortezomib and dexamethasone, in patients with previously treated MM whose disease has recurred or progressed.
Colistin is a relatively old antibiotic drug which its use has been abandoned through the 1970s because it was considered nephrotoxic. Recently ( the last decade) it has been reappraised because multidrug resistant Gram negative bacteria have emerged causing life threatening infections with no other good enough treatment. Moreover, more controlled studies from the recent years show less toxic effect of the drug. The investigators' study is a prospective study comparing renal function in a group of hospitalized patients with sepsis (infection) receiving intravenous treatment with Colistin (antibiotics) with a control group which its patients receive other non nephrotoxic antibiotics. The investigators' study hypothesis is that patients receiving Colistin would have renal function decline in higher rates than those seen usually in hospitalized patients in the Internal medicine wards with sepsis. Another goal of the study is to find correlation between Colistin levels in the plasma (after Colistin reaches steady state) and nephrotoxicity seen during or after use of this drug.
In the final months of pregnancy, women need to know whether their 'water is broken' necessitating a race to the delivery room, or whether pressure of the foetus on their bladder has caused them merely to pass urine. They may also have faced the same dilemma on many occasions much earlier in the pregnancy. With this development the investigators will provide them with an immediate answer to this critical question.
The aim of the present study is to establish, using polysomnographic criteria and prospective nature, whether sleep apnea in pregnancy is more prevalent in women with high risk pregnancies including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and pre-mature contractions, and to determine the effect of sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy on fetal outcome. The investigators' hypothesis is that sleep-disordered breathing is more prevalent in women with high risk pregnancy compared to those with uncomplicated pregnancy.
The aim of the proposed study is to compare prospectively two methods of small bowel preparation prior capsule endoscopy study, the effect on the cleanliness and the quality of visualization after two protocols of preparation: a 12 hour fast only versus 24 hour of a very low residual diet (ENSURE, Abbott Laboratories, Israel) + 12 hour fast.
Objective perimetry can better monitor visual field defects in RP and Glaucoma patients than conventional subjective perimetry.The PLR ( Pupil Light Reflex ) of the short and long wave ratio should be significantly higher in areas of visual field defects in RP and Glaucoma patients.
A study to evaluate the efficacy of lenalidomide as maintenance therapy after completion of first-line combination chemotherapy in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who are not candidates for transplantation and have achieved partial response (PR) or complete response (CR). This study was prematurely terminated by the sponsor in light of new unpublished data that rendered the current design of the study no longer clinically relevant. A study design with the control arm of no active treatment was no longer appropriate. The termination of the trial was not based on any safety concerns in the study.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) gland calcium sensing receptor (CASR) regulates PTH secretion. CASR is also expressed in nephron thick ascending limb (TAL). Bartter syndrome (BS), a normotensive hypokalemic tubulopathy, may be due to mutations in different TAL channels, including the potassium channel ROMK. Mutations in CASR may also cause BS through its effects on ROMK function. However, it is unknown whether ROMK mutations exert any effects on CASR function and PTH physiology. Preliminary data from our center shows that PTH levels were specifically elevated in type II (where ROMK is mutated) and not in type IV (where another gene, Barttin is defective) BS, without a common explanation. We assume that the mutation in ROMK may cause a dysregulation of PTH secretion via possible interaction with CASR. The purpose of this study is: to investigate the PT-gland function and regulation in BS. Methods: Patients with BS type II and IV and normal controls will undergo a standard protocol of controlled ionic hypo- and hypercalcemia, during which PTH secretion, phosphate balance and calcium excretion will be followed. Calcium Vs PTH response curves will be generated and compared. Expected impact and benefit: the results of this study will help understand the mechanisms of PTH regulation beyond CASR.
In this study the Quantitative Electroencephalography and low resolution topographic analysis of chronic Post-traumatic stress disorder and normal subjects will be compared.
This is a multicenter, randomized and open-label Phase II study to compare the safety, tolerability and biological effectiveness of ALX-0081 versus the GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor ReoPro® in high risk PCI patients. Patients will receive standard treatment with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) plus clopidogrel and heparin. Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to receive open-label study treatment with either ALX-0081 or ReoPro®. Patients will be stratified according to PCI type (elective or ad-hoc) and stent type (bare metal stent or drug eluting stent).