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.
Insomnia is common in Breast cancer patients during adjuvant therapy with aromatase inhibitor. However it is difficult to establish whether it is due to the knowledge of the disease or the treatment administred. The investigators designed a cohort study in which questionnaires for the assessment of sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Insomnia Severity Index), anxiety (State and Trait Anxiety Inventory), depression (Beck Depression Inventory), for the quality of life in general (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy) and for the evaluation of RLS (Restless Legs Syndrome Rating Scale) will be prospectively administered to patients with early breast cancer at baseline and during adjuvant treatment with aromatase inhibitors. As secondary aims the investigators will also evaluate dietary and lifes' factors, born turn over and BMI.
Aim of this prospective observational study -in patients undergoing craniotomy for supra or infratentorial surgery as elective or emergency procedure- is to test the hypothesis that severe intraoperative hyperglycemia (BGC ≥180mg/dl) is associated with an increased incidence of infections within the first postoperative week (pneumonia, blood stream, urinary, surgical site/wound and cerebral infections)(NCT01923571).
It is commonly known that heart failure (HF) is the main cause of mortality and morbidity which affects about 15 million people in the world and is the primary chronic cause of death. In spite of the development of pharmacological therapies which have led to a good control of the pathology, almost 50% of patients with advanced HF does not survive after the first year. Heart failure consists of a deterioration of the cardiac pump, whose performance become insufficient to satisfy the organism needs. HF can be the consequence of various pathologies, such as ischemia, chronic hypertension, valvulopathies, pericarditis, etc. In conditions of chronic overload, as the one induced by the cited pathologies, the cardiomyocytes reply with hypertrophy and/or death due to necrosis or apoptosis. At the same time, there is a collagen alteration which causes the substitution of the myocardial damaged portion with fibrotic material, increasing in this way cardiac rigidity and reducing contractility. Finally, the onset of inflammation, the activation of the immune system and of the inflammatory mediators affect heart functionality. These phenomena are regulated by a complex interaction between the cellular and molecular mechanisms, which moreover guarantee the homeostasis maintenance in physiological conditions. Nevertheless, their imbalance activates a complex series of events which have recently started to be recognized and studied. In effect, a recent work has underlined the importance of the splenic monocytes in the cardiac response to acute heart ischemia, changing our vision concerning the role of the immune system in heart diseases.Historically, the term "cardiac remodeling" had been introduced to describe the anatomical change of the heart which occurs after myocardial infarction. At a later stage, it has been acknowledged that also other pathological conditions, such as chronic hypertension, can be a cause of the myocardial remodeling. Physiologically, the immune system cells have always been considered for their role of protection from infections. Recently, instead, evidence have been showing that immune system cells might have far more complex functions in the heart. The myocardial remodeling comes from modifications that may be adaptive to the initial insult, but then this structural adjustment may become the activation of structural/metabolic circles which can potentially culminate in the transition to HF. This observational study will evaluate the immunological profile in relation to cardiac geometry variations in hypertensive patients. Aim of this project is to characterize the profile of immune system activation during the process of cardiac remodeling which is typical of the cardiomyopathy of overload. The main goal will be reached through the characterization of the circulating profile of immune system cells, in order to find a correlation with the clinical phenotype.
In Parkinson's disease, gait disturbances represent one of the most disabling motor symptoms, frequently associated with an increased risk of falls, loss of independence and a negative impact on quality of life. In recent years, the interest in automated robotic devices for gait training for Parkinson's Disease patients has grown. With their consistent, symmetrical lower-limb trajectories, robotic devices provide many of the proprioceptive inputs that may increase cortical activation and improve motor function while minimizing the intervention of a therapist. So the main aim of this study will be to analyze, through a clinical and an instrumental evaluation, the effectiveness of a Lokomat gait training in subjects affected by Parkinson's disease in comparison to a ground conventional gait training.
Despite its therapeutic effectiveness in Parkinson's disease (PD) the current deep brain stimulation (DBS) strategy could achieve an even better clinical result by adapting to patient's condition. As intracerebral activity analyzed by recording local field potentials (LFPs) from DBS electrodes correlates to PD symptoms, a new stimulation approach would be an "intelligent" adaptive DBS system able to change stimulation settings automatically to the patient's needs using LFPs as control variable.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the procedural and clinical benefits of patient specific pre-procedure rehearsal for operators with various experience levels as a tool for optimizing Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) procedures.
This study was designed to evaluate the potential benefits of treatment with biventricular device in patients with normal systolic function , indication for pacing and impaired atrio-ventricular conduction , by comparing the treatment with dual-chamber device . The REAL -CRT study is designed to test the hypothesis that, in patients with atrioventricular block of I degree and standard pacing indications , biventricular pacing is superior to single stimulation of the right ventricle (RV) with optimized algorithms for minimization of pacing , as assessed by echocardiography an endpoint defined in terms of maintenance over time of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ) and left ventricular end-systolic volume ( LVESV ) .
Cow's milk protein allergy is defined as an immunological reaction to one or more milk proteins. A variety of symptoms can be suggestive for cow's milk protein allergy . Cow's milk protein allergy is suspected clinically in 5-15% of infants, while most estimates of prevalence of cow's milk protein allergy vary from only 2 to 5 %. Confusion regarding cow's milk protein allergy prevalence is often due to differences in study populations, study design and a lack of defined diagnostic criteria. The importance of defined diagnostic criteria needs to be emphasised. It precludes infants from an unnecessary diet and avoids delay in diagnosis, which can lead to malnutrition. There are two clinical types of cow's milk protein allergy: the immediate and the delayed type. The immediate type usually presents within minutes after the ingestion of cow's milk protein with urticaria, angio-oedema, vomiting or an acute flare of atopic dermatitis and is present in slightly more than half of the patients with cow's milk protein allergy. Delayed reactions such as atopic dermatitis or gastrointestinal symptoms like proctocolitis or enteropathy usually present after hours or days. Immunologically, cow's milk protein allergy can be IgE or non-IgE mediated. IgE mediated reactions are often of the immediate type. Non-IgE mediated reactions are often cell mediated or mixed cell and IgE mediated and are more difficult to prove by specific testing. The immunological reaction differentiates cow's milk protein allergy from other milk induced pathology such as lactose intolerance. A variety of symptoms can be suggestive for cow's milk protein allergy although none of them is diagnostic. A good medical history remains the cornerstone for the diagnosis. The treatment of cow's milk protein allergy is the dietary elimination of cow's milk proteins. In non-breastfed infants and children less than 2 years of age, a substitute formula is mandatory as prescribed by several international scientific societies. Extensively hydrolyzed formulas are used as therapeutic formulas. An extensively hydrolysed formula is often a whey or casein based formula in which the protein has been chopped up in smaller pieces that are less allergenic. Because of high cross-reactivity (up to 80%) and nutritional inadequacy, the use of any other animal milk or soy-based formula is precluded.The infant should be maintained on an elimination diet until the child is between 9-12 months of age or at least for 6 months, whichever occurs first. In most cases, symptoms will improve substantially within 2-4 weeks if diagnosis is correct. According to consensus in literature, a therapeutic formula is a formula tolerated by at least 90% (with 95% confidence) of cow's milk protein allergy infants. The aim of the investigators study is to show the efficacy, tolerance and nutritional adequacy of a newly developed thickened extensively hydrolyzed formula in infants with a proven cow's milk protein allergy. In all included patients, cow's milk protein allergy will have been diagnosed based on a double blind placebo controlled food challenge, considered as golden standard in cow's milk protein allergy diagnosis. To evaluate efficacy of the formula, the formula has to be tolerated by at least 90% (with 95% confidence) of cow's milk protein allergy infants following literature consensus. A symptom diary will be filled out for this purpose by the patients' parents or legal guardians and the patient will be followed clinically by his doctor several times during the study period. Nutritional adequacy of the formula will be evaluated clinically by following growth and weight several times during the study period and by comparing it to the standard WHO growth curves, based on breastfed infants.
AIMS Phase 1. Verify whether the intake of LibramedR is able to induce a better endocrine and metabolic profile. Phase 2. Verify whether treatment with LibramedR for 60 days produces a better glycaemic profile after oral glucose load. SUBJECTS Will be recruited 80 obese children for phase 1 and 40 obese children for phase 2. Subjects will be randomly assigned to treatment with placebo or LibramedR with a double blind clinical trial. METHODS Experimental protocol phase 1 Each child will arrive at the UOC at 8 a.m., in fasting. A blood sample will be taken. Then patients will be given two LibramedR tablets or placebo. After 20 minutes they will be given a mixed meal (equal to 15 kcal per kg of lean body mass). Blood samples will then be taken at 30-minute intervals for the first two hours and 60 minutes for the following two hours, for the determination of metabolites and hormones for a total of 4 hours. The level of satiety will be quantified through a visual analog scale. Experimental protocol phase 2 Based on the results of the OGTT performed in recruitment phase, children will be divided into two groups: group A, children with blood glucose 2 hours after oral load higher than the median and group B, children with blood glucose 2 hours after oral load below the median. The children of group A will be randomly assigned to LibramedR treatment or placebo for 60 days, after which they will repeat Anthropometric measurements, bioelectrical impedance, OGTT and blood chemistry. They will also repeat dietary and sport anamnesis . During the 60 days, the children of both groups will receive the same dietary treatment consisting of a low-calorie and balanced diet, and recommendations to practice more sport. Every 15 days a research assistant will contact the families to reinforce treatment adherence. EXPECTED RESULTS Phase 1 LibramedR intake should cause a lower increase in postprandial blood glucose, insulin, triglycerides and a greater decrease in ghrelin levels compared to placebo treatment; Phase 2 The treatment with LibramedR should be associated with a decrease in blood glucose and insulin secretion after OGTT compared to placebo treatment.
The aim of the present 3 armed placebo control parallel group randomized control trial is to explore the extent to which osteopathic manipulative treatment is effective in reducing pain in a population of complicated newborns.