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.
Non-invasive treatment of Osteoid osteoma using MRI guided high-intensity focused ultrasound. This study is designed as an intention-to-treat using a totally non-invasive approach for pain reduction, quality of life improvement and long-term bone restoration. Procedure is performed in a single session using limited amount of acoustic energy to target the osteoid nidus. Treatment will be performed under anesthesia (peripheral or general according to age and lesion position).
The purpose of this study is to determine why up to 25% of the pediatric patients who have surgery for a tumor in the posterior fossa develops the Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome (CMS). Furthermore the purpose is to explore the clinical course and the best treatment of the syndrome.
This observational study is proposed to observe the effect of high-dose, post-transplantation cyclophosphamide after a T cell-replete, HLA-matched PBSC graft from an HLA-identical or mismatched donor.
The primary objective of the study is the evaluation of sustained response rate after discontinuation of treatment with TPO-RAs, Eltrombopag and Romiplostim, in persistent or chronic pITP patients who failed one or more therapy lines, splenectomy included.
The symptoms associated in advanced cancer patients and adverse events due to use of opioids have major influence on the state of health and quality of life of patients. The pain, in particular, is a symptom with severe negative impact and with a prevalence ranging between 33% and 64%, according to the stage of the disease, with values around 70-90% in advanced stages and metastatic. The use of opioids, however, is usually associated with the appearance of common adverse events as drowsiness/sedation, constipation, nausea/vomiting, and dizziness. Some effects are self-limiting in the time for the appearance of tolerance while others, as constipation persist. Several clinical studies have demonstrated that the association oxycodone-naloxone (OXN), which consists in the union between a molecule agonist and an antagonist of opioid receptors, reduced the constipation in the presence of unchanged analgesic efficacy compared to oxycodone alone.
In Multiple Sclerosis (MS) gait disorders represent one of the most disabling aspect that strongly influence patient quality of life. The improvement of walking ability is a primary goal for rehabilitation treatment. Current promising rehabilitative approaches for neurological disorders are based on the concept of the task-specific repetitive training. Hence, the interest in automated robotic devices that allow this typology of treatment for gait training. However, studies on the effectiveness of such methodologies are still poorly numerous in terms of functional improvement in MS patients. The aim of this controlled cross-over study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a Lokomat gait training in patients affected by Multiple Sclerosis in comparison to a ground conventional gait training.
This randomized, pilot study explores the activity of olanzapine with or without delayed dexamethasone for the prevention of delayed nausea and vomiting in women with gynecologic cancer receiving the combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel. Women treated with this regimen are particularly susceptible to chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Given anti-emetic prophylaxis with olanzapine may increase the control of delayed symptoms in women receiving carboplatin and paclitaxel.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in many countries: in Italy about 48.000 new breast cancers are diagnosed every year and, despite improvements in diagnosis and therapy, about 13.000 women die every year for this disease . About 6-7% of breast cancer patients are metastatic at diagnosis , while the majority of patients with stage IV has a previous history of breast cancer that has already been treated. According to various prognostic factors (tumor size, lymph nodes involvement, grading, hormone receptors status, HER-2 status), in the worst-case scenario, more than 30% of node-negative breast cancer patients and more than 70% of node-positive patients relapse2. The evolution of metastatic breast cancer has changed considerably in the last years with the approval of new drugs. In fact, already in 2003 Giordano et al showed that the prognosis of metastatic breast cancer patients was improved significantly from 1970's to 2000 with a median survival of 15 months in the early 1970's compared with 60 months in the last 1990's. This significant survival gain was obtained with introduction of new drugs as hormonal, chemotherapeutic and biological agents. The greater availability of drugs has led to an increase in number of lines of treatment receiving by metastatic breast cancer patients. However, there are few published data on actual duration of metastatic breast cancer treatments. Moreover, there is no evidence to support a real impact on survival of treatments beyond the second-third line. Recently, a retrospective analysis of about 199 metastatic breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy showed that tumor subtype is associated with the duration and number of lines of chemotherapy (for example HER positive versus "triple-negative" patients) .
The aim of this study is to compare in patients with critical limb ischemia the efficacy of angioplasty with different paclitaxel-eluting balloon devices for below-the-knee lesions in terms of restenosis.
Anastomotic leak after low rectal cancer surgery occurs between 3 and 24% of the cases and is a severe complication leading to sepsis, permanent colostomy, higher risk of local cancer recurrence and eventually death. In order to prevent this complication a protecting diverting stoma is usually fashioned with consequent morbidity due to the stoma and its closure and severe impact on patients' quality of life. This prospective, multi-center, parallel-arm, randomized controlled equivalence trial is aimed to demonstrate whether a transanal reinforcement of the suture line can prevent anastomotic leakage after low rectal cancer surgery thus avoiding the need for a covering ileostomy