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.
This study is open to adults with a lung disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). People can join the study if they are 40 years or older. If they already take nintedanib or pirfenidone for their IPF, they can continue treatment throughout the study. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 1015550 helps people with IPF. Participants are put into 3 groups randomly, which means by chance. Participants in 2 groups take different doses of BI 1015550 as tablets twice a day. Participants in the placebo group take placebo tablets twice a day. Placebo tablets look like BI 1015550 tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants are in the study for up to two and a half years. During the first year, they visit the study site 10 times. Afterwards, they visit the study site every 3 months. The doctors regularly test participants' lung function. The results of the lung function tests are compared between the groups. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.
Rehabilitation is crucial in the treatment of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) as it can ameliorate motor and non-motor impairments, improving their clinical profile and quality of life. Considering the complex biological processes occurring in PD brain, the identification of accessible and measurable biomarkers to monitor the events induced by intensive rehabilitation would help in i)testing rehabilitation effectiveness, ii)improving the design of clinical trials and iii)personalizing the rehabilitation strategies by the prediction of patients' responsiveness. The objective of this project is the validation of Raman analysis of saliva and salivary extracellular vesicles (EV) for the differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical Parkinsonism. The proposed diagnostic method can be integrated in the preliminary assessment and monitoring of the patient by providing a quickly and repeatable measurable biomarker. In the end, this will bring tothe personalization of the rehabilitation path and provide an indication on the outcome of the rehabilitation treatment.
In electrophysiology, interventional procedures are often assisted by fluoroscopic guidance, exposing both patients and healthcare professionals to a considerable dose of radiation. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation has frequently involved the use of fluoroscopy: in fact, it incorporates greater complexity due to the need to perform the transseptal puncture. A visible introducer in the 3D electro-anatomical mapping system (which does not involve the use of X-rays), has become an important tool for performing transseptal puncture: in particular, it is positioned at level of the oval fossa of the right atrium (puncture site); subsequently, the needle is introduced inside it; the intervention is guided both by electroanatomical mapping and by the use of intracardiac echocardiography for the identification of important anatomical landmarks. The "zero rays" technique represents a valid alternative to fluoroscopic guidance, widely used and validated over the years. In fact, X-ray exposure in an atrial fibrillation ablation procedure can reach up to 60 mSv: the radiological risk makes it necessary to study safe and effective alternative techniques. In this retrospective, observational and monocentric study, 50 catheter ablation procedures of atrial fibrillation will be examined, divided into two groups: 1. 25 patients who performed this procedure according to the classic approach, ie under fluoroscopic guidance; 2. 25 patients who performed this procedure using an ablative approach that involved the use of the introducer in combination with the 3D EAM system and intracardiac echocardiography. Clinical efficacy will be assessed through a cardiological checkup and 24-hour electrocardiographic recording (ECG Holter) at 6 months.
This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, randomized, open-label umbrella platform study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational agents with or without pembrolizumab and/or chemotherapy, for the treatment of participants with second line (2L) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) who have previously been exposed to PD-1/PD-L1 based treatment.
This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation study that will determine the MTD and RP2D of L-Annamycin in combination with cytarabine for the treatment of subjects with AML.
- To investigate the performance of currently available THVs in terms of safety and efficacy - To evaluate potential predictors of THV embolization or migration (TVEM) - To assess the impact of TVEM on prognosis
Background and study aims: The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Group Protocol with Children (EMDR-GP/C) was first developed by Korkmazlar following the Marmara earthquake in Turkey in 1999 and can be adapted for different populations. The aim of this study is to assess if a EMDR-GP program may help primary school students in improving narrative complexity and specificity of autobiographical memories, as well as their subjective unit of distress (SUD) and validity of cognition (VoC). Who can participate? Students attending the fourth or fifth year of primary school What does the study involve? Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental group will undergo a 3-week EMDR-GP with weekly 60-minute group sessions (3 sessions), while the control group will follow routine daily school activities. Questionnaires will be used to assess narrative complexity, specificity of autobiographical memories, SUD and VoC before and after the intervention. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? Benefits of participating in the study may include an improvement of narrative complexity, specificity of autobiographical memories, and their SUD and VoC.
According to actual scientific evidence, the interventions on the general population aiming at regular physical activity are one of the most efficient strategies for health improvement. Regardless of this evidence, there is a large part of the elderly population does not adhere to the recommendations of the international guidelines on daily physical activity. This is even more evident in patients with chronic respiratory and cardiological disease because exercise exacerbates existing symptoms of breathlessness. This study aims to evaluate the impact of an in-hospital motivational program dedicated to increasing physical activity. With the data of an electronic wristwatch that keeps records of movement, the health professionals incentive an increase in physical activity leading to long term behavioural changes (evaluated by the number of steps per day) in hospitalized patients with COPD and HF, which already perform a standard rehabilitation program (14 sessions).
Although several studies have demonstrated the overall benefits of a laparoscopic approach for pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy, complications remain a challenging scenario. Vascular injury occurs in 0.3% to 1.0% of laparoscopic procedures, with potentially lethal consequences. Vascular injuries are usually managed using coagulation, clamps or vascular sutures, but if these measures fail, laparotomy is inevitable. To date, few reports evaluated the use of minimally invasive surgery for lymph node debulking in gynecological cancer patients with metastatic bulky lymph nodes, with encouraging results, despite the small sample sizes. Nevertheless, new minimally invasive surgery techniques that may minimize intraoperative complications are necessary. Considering these elements, this multicenter retrospective analysis is aimed to evaluate intra- and post-operative surgical outcomes, after laparoscopic ultraradical lymph nodal debulking using Yasargil clamps in gynecological cancer patients with bulky lymph node metastases.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether elranatamab monotherapy can provide clinical benefit compared to lenalidomide monotherapy (control) in participants with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma after undergoing autologous stem cell transplant. In Part 1 and Part 2 of the study, participants in the study will either receive elranatamab (arm A and C) as an injection under the skin at the study clinic or lenalidomide orally once daily at home (arm B). Participation in the study will be approximately five years