There are about 21062 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Italy. 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.
Phase II randomized study for the comparison of trabectedin versus doxorubicin plus dacarbazine in patients with advanced solitary fibrous tumor
Idiopathic Membranous nephropathy (IMN) is an auto-immune glomerular disease. Recent studies suggest that circulating auto-antibodies against the podocyte surface antigens phospholipase A2 receptor1 (PLA2R1) and thrombospondin type 1 domain-containing 7A (THSD7A) cause the disease in the majority of the patients. Additional autoantibodies, directed to podocyte neo-expressed cytoplasm proteins have been described, including aldose reductase (AR), Mn-superoxide dismutase (SOD2) and alpha-enolase (alpha-ENO). The commonest presentation of IMN is nephrotic syndrome. Data from placebo arms of interventional studies show that 30-40% of the untreated patients with persistent nephrotic syndrome (NS) progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The best-validated treatment regimen of IMN is combination therapy with steroids and cyclophosphamide, capable to induce remission of protenuria in two-third of the patients. Despite this evidence of efficacy, there are concerns about the use of cyclophosphamide, since it may be associated with adverse events, including bone marrow suppression, gonadal toxicity, infections and oncogenic effects. Thus, the availability of alternative therapies highly effective but with a greater safety profile is desirable. Given the key role of IgG antibodies in IMN, B cell depletion may favourably impact the glomerular disease. The anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody Rituximab is a selective B cell depleting agent. There is evidence that Rituximab is effective in the treatment of other diseases in which B cells play a key role, such as ANCA-related vasculitis. Observational studies in IMN provided encouraging data; in addition, the drug seems well tolerated. Head-to-head comparisons between Rituximab and steroid plus ciclophosphamide in randomized clinical trials are missing. The investigators propose this study in order to test, in a randomized controlled trial, the hypothesis that Rituximab is more effective than cyclical steroid/alkylating-agent therapy in inducing remission in patients with IMN and NS undergoing the initial treatment. In addition, the levels of the above-mentioned pathogenetic autoantibodies will be measured at baseline and during treatment. Finally, the study will compare the safety profile of steroid plus cyclophosphamide and Rituximab by evaluating the rate and severity of adverse events
THIS STUDY IS CURRENTLY RECRUITING PATIENTS WITH ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA ONLY AND IS NO LONGER RECRUITING PATIENTS WITH SYNOVIAL SARCOMA OR LEIOMYOSARCOMA. This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of AL3818 (anlotinib) hydrochloride in the treatment of metastatic or advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), leiomyosarcoma (LMS), and synovial sarcoma (SS). All participants with ASPS will receive open-label AL3818. In participants with LMS or SS, AL3818 will be compared to IV dacarbazine. Two-thirds of the participants will receive AL3818, one-third of the participants will receive IV dacarbazine.
This study evaluates the longitudinal health and social outcomes of adolescent mental health service users who are at the transition boundary of their child and adolescent mental health service, and whether the implementation of a model of managed transition at the service boundary benefits them, as compared to usual care.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of different surgical resections (R0, R1, R2) on circulating NET transcripts (PCR score or NETest). A drop in circulating NET levels will be correlated with surgical excision. Secondly, variation of circulating NET transcripts will be correlated to NET recurrence to test whether this analysis may constitute an early predictive marker of disease relapse.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemigatinib (INCB054828) in subjects with myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 1 rearrangement.
Despite the development of the control of DM and the great interest for the complications of the disease, even today the diabetic foot represents a challenge for the orthopaedic surgeon. Being frequently correlated to alteration of the plantar pressures, the surgery treatment is recommended and the Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) candidates itself to solve this pathologic case. The purpose of this longitudinal cross-sectional study was to evaluate radiographic and surgical outcomes and the subjective grade of satisfaction of the patients with a diagnosis of chronic plantar diabetic foot ulcers that have been treated at Padua's Orthopaedic Clinic through MIS.
This study is designed to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of Upadacitinib in participants with ulcerative colitis (UC) who have not responded at the end of the induction period in Study M14-234 Substudy 1, who have had loss of response during the maintenance period of Study M14-234 Substudy 3, or who have successfully completed Study M14-234 Substudy 3.
Primary objective: The primary objective of this study is to assess the effect of Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract (IDN 5933) in comparison to placebo in human subjects treated at therapeutic doses for 6 months on the level of DNA damage and genomic instability, measured with the Comet Assay and the Micronucleus assay, respectively . Secondary objective: The secondary objective of this study is to provide a preliminary assessment of the safety of Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract (IDN 5933) in human subjects treated at therapeutic doses in term of adverse drug reaction, hepatotoxicity, genotoxicity.
The aim of this research is to study the effects of a pomegranate juice on calprotectin levels in patients suffering of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in clinical remission. Fecal calprotectin levels, surrogate marker of mucosal inflammation, will be measured from baseline to 12 weeks later (end of intervention). Systemic and mucosal changes of biochemical and molecular inflammatory response markers will be also assessed.