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.
Two methods for detecting outcomes after knee prosthetic surgery are compared: the traditional one using paper questionnaires administered in the outpatient setting (Oxford Knee Score) VS detection using digital questionnaires created on Google Forms and sent to the patient's smartphone on which the compilation takes place in the extra area outpatient.
The purpose of this study is to prospectively collect clinical data evaluating the ongoing safety and performance during routine-use standard cardiac arrhythmia mapping and/or ablation procedures while using commercial Biosense Webster Inc. (BWI) medical devices. Data generated from the study will be used to confirm safety and performance of BWI medical devices in the marketed phase and to expand the body of evidence on the use of these devices and techniques in treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
Two methods for detecting outcomes after hip prosthetic surgery are compared: the traditional one using paper questionnaires administered in the outpatient setting (WOMAC Score) VS detection using digital questionnaires created on Google Forms and sent to the patient's smartphone on which the compilation takes place in the extra area outpatient.
This is multi-institutional retrospective study in order to identify the most relevant clinical characteristics, treatment strategies, to explore the impact on principal clinical outcomes and finally, to suggest some principles for management and treatment of breast sarcomas. The study will collect data about patients affected by breast sarcoma referred to participating Institutions between January 2000 and June 2020
The aim of this study was to assess feasibility, potential benefits and safety of a prophylactic biosynthetic mesh placed at the time of colostomy.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The study aims to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of the OPPIuM technique combined with myolysis using the DWLS diode laser. In addition, to evaluate the reduction of myoma volume and the extent of uterine bleeding with myolysis to improve women's quality of life and avoid resectoscope hysteroscopy for a G2 MIOMA, which may lead to an increase in intraoperative surgical risks and long-term complications. POPULATION 35 patients aged between 18 and 48 years with clinical and/or ultrasound diagnosis of uterine fibromatosis, belonging to the Endometriosis/Pelvic Chronic Pain Centre of the Complex Operating Unit of Gynecology of the University Polyclinic of Monserrato and other centers involved in the study. To be eligible for inclusion, patients with ultrasound and hysteroscopic diagnosis of a single submucosal myoma, partially intramural (G1 or G2) ≤ 3 cm, must present symptoms such as abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain, for which surgical treatment was scheduled. INCLUSION CRITERIA - Women between 18 and 48 years old - Diagnosis of symptomatic uterine fibromatosis (abnormal uterine bleeding and/or pelvic pain) with single fibroma ≤ 3 cm G1 or G2. EXCLUSION CRITERIA Patients who cannot provide written informed consent or follow the procedures set out in the protocol. - Patients with malignant neoplasms or serious systemic diseases - Patients with multiple fibroids or single > 3 cm - Asymptomatic patients - Patients with other uterine or related diseases - Patients seeking a pregnancy. INTERVENTION STRATEGY AND INSTRUMENTS A total of 35 women will initially be included in the study, of which: Patients will undergo the following assessments: - Collection of physiological, pathological, and pharmacological anamnesis - Collection of diagnostic tests (ultrasound) and staging of the underlying disease (uterine fibromatosis) - Completion of the PBAC questionnaire - Transvaginal ultrasound - Office diagnostic hysteroscopy with OPPIuM and Myolysis - Possible resectoscope hysteroscopy or laser myomectomy in narcosis.
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, most commonly caused by gallstones, or excessive use of alcohol. It represents a management challenge and a significant healthcare burden. The incidence of AP ranges globally from 5 to 30 cases per 100.000 inhabitants/year, and there is evidence that the incidence has been rising in recent years. The overall case-fatality rate for AP is roughly 5%, and it is expectedly higher for more severe stages of the disease. In most cases (80%), the outcome of AP is rapidly favorable. However, acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) may develop in up to 20% of cases, and is associated with significant rates of early organ failure (38%), needing some type of surgical/endoscopic intervention (38%) and death (15%). In the United States, AP is a leading cause of inpatient care among gastrointestinal conditions: more than 270.000 patients are hospitalized for AP annually, at an aggregate cost of over 2.5 billion dollars per year. In Europe, the UK incidence of AP is estimated as 15-42 cases per 100.000/year and is rising by 2.7% each year. Despite existing evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of biliary AP, clinical compliance with recommendations is poor, with studies on this field identifying major discrepancies between evidence-based recommendations and daily clinical practice. Audits about biliary AP have been performed in Italy, Germany, France, and England, with quite disappointing results. Indeed, in these audits, the treatment of biliary AP differed substantially from the recommendations. For example, less than 15% of the responders stated that they strictly followed all recommendations included in the guidelines in Germany and 25.8% of patients did not receive definitive treatment for biliary AP within 1 year in the UK. These findings support the view that publication alone of nationally or internationally developed and approved guidelines is insufficient to modify the practice of non-specialists and raises the question of how best to spread guideline recommendations. In 2020, the spread of the virus Covid-19 has represented a pandemic that also had a profound impact on the surgical community. There are many ways through which the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic could have influenced daily clinical practice for patients with biliary AP also leading to a failure to adhere to the recommendations coming from the guidelines, especially those regarding the early and definitive treatment with cholecystectomy or ERCP and sphincterotomy. First of all, the recommendation to postpone all non-urgent endoscopic procedures during the peak of the pandemic. Second, the recommendation to conservatively treat inflammatory conditions such as acute cholecystitis and acute appendicitis wherever possible. Since the clinical compliance with recommendations about AP is poor and the impact of implementing guideline recommendations in biliary AP has not been well studied on a global basis, we launched the MANCTRA-1 study with the aim to demonstrate areas where there is currently a sub-optimal implementation of contemporary guidelines on biliary AP. Moreover, we argue that during the Covid-19 pandemic the tendency to disregard the guidelines recommendations has been more marked than usual and we will try to find out if AP patients' care during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a higher rate of adverse outcomes compared to non-pandemic times due to the lack in the compliance of the guidelines. The MANCTRA-1 can identify a number of areas for quality improvement that will require new implementation strategies. Our aim is to summarize the main areas of sub-optimal care to provide the basis for introducing a number of bundles in the management of AP patients to be implemented during the next years. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate which items of the current AP guidelines if disregarded, correlate with negative clinical outcomes according to the different clinical presentations of the disease. Secondary objectives are to assess the compliance of surgeons worldwide to the most up-to-date international guidelines on biliary AP, to evaluate the medical and surgical practice in the management of biliary AP during the non-pandemic (2019) and pandemic Covid-19 periods (2020), and to investigate outcomes of patients with biliary AP treatment during the two study periods.
This study is an open-label, single arm, multicenter, roll-over extension study to characterize long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of iptacopan and to provide access to iptacopan to patients with PNH who have completed Novartis-sponsored Phase 2 or 3 studies with iptacopan
PBFT02 is a gene therapy for frontotemporal dementia intended to deliver a functional copy of the GRN gene to the brain. This study will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of this treatment in patients with frontotemporal dementia and mutations in the progranulin gene (FTD-GRN).
Critical Limb Ischaemia (CLI) is a condition characterized by chronic ischemic at-rest pain, ulcers, or gangrene for more than 2 weeks in one or both legs, attributable to objectively proven arterial occlusive disease.CLI is associated with a high risk of lower amputation, diminished quality of life and mortality. Revascularization by either bypass surgery or endovascular recanalization is considered the first-choice treatment in patients with CLI. Revascularization is not always possible because patients with CLI often have severe comorbidities or because it is not technically feasible. On the basis of their well-recognized regenerative and angiogenetic properties, cell therapy with autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) has been proposed and tested in different animal models and in some human pathological conditions characterized by peripheral ischemia and wound formation.