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.
In this study the suitability of two -sequential and single step- commercially available culture media from the same brand was compared. The aim of such study is to verify whether is possible to improve the efficiency of infertility treatments in those couples who usually have a high cycle cancellation rate, such as poor responder patients and severe male infertility. The study population is composed of couples attending the fertility clinic: to this purpose all those couples approaching IVF treatments with a diagnosis of OAT, cryptozoospermia, advanced maternal age and women with a "poor responder" diagnosis were recruited. IVF treatments were randomly set to be cultured either with two-step sequential media or with one-step media to acquire data concerning the ongoing embryo culture development and clinical outcomes.
CPC REGISTRY is a multi-center, international, prospective, open-label, observational study on the use of injectable calcium phosphate cements for the treatment of bone defects in adults. All patients will be treated with any of the two injectable calcium phosphate bone substitutes (GRAFTYS®HBS/GRAFTYS®Quickset or their private labels) according to standard clinical practice and according to the information provided by GRAFTYS manufacturer in respective device Instructions For Use (IFU).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the splenic activation in hypertensive patients, as compared to normotensives, using FDG-PET/CT imaging. Moreover, the investigators will investigate whether the splenic metabolic activity relates to the expression of circulating inflammatory proteins (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [hsCRP]), interleukin-1b (IL-1b), tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) or to immune profiles of activated T cells.
The general aim of the present study is to test a cell therapy with third-party ex-vivo expanded bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) as a strategy to induce tolerance in kidney transplant recipients with a deceased donor. MSCs will be prepared accordingly to established protocols, starting from the remnants in the bag and filter at the end of the bone marrow infusions. From these samples, MSCs will be expanded in good manufacturing practice (GMP) approved facilities and used for the present study in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. The proposed study will be developed in two phases: i) a pilot explorative safety/biologic-mechanistic phase (Phase A), ii) a pilot efficacy phase (Phase B).
A multicenter, multinational, prospective study to clarify, whether the addition of cryobiopsy can avoid surgical lung biopsy in a clinically relevant proportion of patients with suspected Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
To describe the natural history of peripheral neuroblastic tumour presenting with SCI and evaluate the combined effects of different risk factors on the eventual neurologic and orthopaedic outcomes
The main aim of this study is to compare markers of cardiac injury (Troponin I), inflammatory response and platelets function during minimally invasive mitral valve repair or replacement (MIMV) via right mini-thoracotomy in two standard anaesthetic regimes (sevo \propofol)
This is a prospective, multicenter observational study under the umbrella of the ISG (Italian Sarcoma Group) evaluating local progression-free survival at 3 years of patients affected by extra-abdominal primary fibromatosis managed with front-line conservative approach and treated only in case of demonstrated progressive disease. All patients included will be placed on wait and see approach and then shifted to treatment in case of documented radiological progressive disease. For patient primarily evaluated for suspected desmoid tumor, a core-needle biopsy (eventually under CT/ultrasound guide) will be obtained for histological diagnosis and mutational analysis of CTNNB1 exon 3 (gene encoding Beta-catenin). If incisional biopsy or surgical procedure has done elsewhere, samples will be requested for histological confirmation and mutational analysis (centralization at the investigators Institution). In case of progression at 3 months, defined as tumor growth documented radiologically (by contrast enhanced MRI) by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), administered treatments will be proposed and then registered in the clinical database.The choice of the treatment and eventually the possibility of continuation of " surveillance only" will be at the discretion of Institution's Multidisciplinary Sarcoma Committee or as part of clinical trials with the consent of patient.
This is a Long-term Access Programme (LAP) which aims to support provision of mepolizumab, until it is commercially available, to eligible subjects with severe asthma who participated in a GSK-sponsored mepolizumab clinical study 200862 and 200363. Eligible subjects will initiate mepolizumab within a 6-month period following the individual subject's last scheduled visit in their preceding clinical study. For each subject benefit versus risk will be assessed throughout the study to support continued treatment with mepolizumab.
Several types of spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) have been proposed to evaluate when a patient is ready to be weaned from the ventilator based on breathing pattern measurements. The T-piece technique allows clinicians to calculate breathing patterns accurately but many prefer to use minimal levels of assistance, which unfortunately modifies breathing pattern. The interest of Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) is that tidal volume (Vt) supposedly represents what the patient really wants: without disconnecting the patient from the ventilator, it may be possible to determine what is the real need and whether the patient is able to maintain Vt without support. The aims of the study are as follows: to test whether the changes in Vt after the removal of a standardized level of NAVA assistance (ΔVt) can predict weaning outcome; to compare the proposed titration of effort in NAVA (occlusion) with Patient-Ventilator Breath Contribution (PVBC) and titration using the Pmusc/Eadi index (PEI) relating the pressure generated by the respiratory muscles (muscular pressure; Pmusc) to the electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi); to assess the effect of PEEP on the change in Vt; and to evaluate EAdi after extubation. Patients ventilated for at least 24 hours who are ready to undergo an SBT will be included. Patients younger than 18 years of age and/or who have a contraindication to NAVA catheter insertion and/or surgical patients expected to be extubated within 12 hours will be excluded. After a baseline inclusion period with the pre-enrollment mode of ventilation, the standardized NAVA level will be applied for 20 minutes, during which both Patient-Ventilator Breath Contribution (PVBC) and PEI will be calculated. After the NAVA trial, a period of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) 5 (2-3 minutes) followed by a period of CPAP 0 (2-3 minutes) (both with NAVA gain 0) will be performed in order to record the difference with Vt during standardized NAVA (ΔVt). At the end of this period, the patient will be switched back to the baseline settings for 30 minutes-3 hours. After this period, the patient will perform an SBT with CPAP 0 or CPAP 5 for 1 hour. At the end of the SBT, the attending physician will decide whether or not to extubate the patient according to standard criteria and blinded to the ΔVt results. Ultimately, patients will be classified as "success" or "failure" and the ΔVt will be compared between these two groups.