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.
Patients with cancer have a high risk of deep vein thrombosis which often develops in the veins of the lower limbs. The initial evaluation of clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis includes the estimation of the clinical probability by calculating risk scores such as the Wells score and the measurement of the D-dimer. However, the usefulness and accuracy of the clinical scores and d-dimer test are lower in patients with cancer who often undergo unnecessary (serial) ultrasonography. The aim of the current study is to analyze variables that predict the presence of thrombosis and may improve the accuracy of the Wells score. In addition, various cut-off of the d-dimer will be evaluated with the goal of improving the sensibility and specificity of the test.
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of lenalidomide in subjects with relapsed or refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL) following ibrutinib treatment. MCL subjects who require treatment after receiving ibrutinib therapy are considered a population with high unmet medical need. It is therefore of benefit to have data on the outcomes of treatment options available in this patient population. An observational study design was chosen to collect the clinical data already existing or being collected for MCL subjects being treated with lenalidomide. MCL subjects who received lenalidomide either as monotherapy or as combination treatment after having relapsed or progressed on ibrutinib treatment or were refractory or intolerant to ibrutinib treatment are eligible for the study. Lenalidomide does not need to be the next subsequent treatment after ibrutinib.
The primary requirement of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is to preserve life by terminating life-threatening arrhythmias (VT/VF). The treatment options vary in terms of techniques and medical devices, based on the patient's condition. It is extremely important in the clinical practice to identify which patients' subgroup benefits the most from the ICD therapy, which comorbidity has a major impact on the patients' prognosis, or which pre-intra-post procedural behaviors provoke less complications, and affect the patient's outcome (including prolonged or unwanted hospitalizations).
The primary objective of this study was to characterize the long-term safety and tolerability of cinacalcet in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving dialysis.
In chronic systolic heart failure patients submitted to cardiac resynchronization therapy, the study aims at assessing whether geometric variations in coronary sinus lead tip trajectory throughout the cardiac cycle acutely induced by biventricular pacing, are predictive of the volumetric and clinical response to the treatment at six-month follow-up.
The purpose of this active post-market surveillance study is to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the EDWARDS INTUITY Valve System in the study population. The objective is to evaluate cardiac performance characteristics and adverse events rates associated with the EDWARDS INTUITY Valve in patients undergoing AVR. The AVR surgical approach is either full or partial sternotomy or a right anterior thoracotomy.
The study is designed to compare the effects of BI 409306 compared to placebo in patients with cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's Disease
In patients with locally advanced tumour, neoadjuvant treatment has been proposed in various modalities as a way to decrease size and downstage the tumour leading to a re-sectable disease. The HybridTherm probe (HTP), (ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen, Germany) combines bipolar RF-ablation with cryogenic induced cooling. A bipolar radiofrequency system creates ablation with less collateral thermal damage than standard monopolar systems but with the trade-off to lose overall efficiency.
This was a phase II, multi-center, open-label, five-arm study in which the efficacy and safety of oral ceritinib treatment was assessed in patients with NSCLC metastatic to the brain and/or to leptomeninges harboring a confirmed ALK rearrangement, using the FDA approved Vysis ALK Break Apart FISH Probe Kit (Abbott Molecular Inc.) test and scoring algorithm (including positivity criteria). If documentation of ALK rearrangement as described above was not locally available, a test to confirm ALK rearrangement was performed by a Novartis designated central laboratory. Patients waited for the central laboratory result of the ALK rearrangement status before initiating treatment with ceritinib.
The main purpose of this study is to show the non-inferiority of the incidental irradiation, as compared to intentional irradiation of the axillary nodes, in terms of 5-years disease-free survival (DFS) of early stage breast cancer patients with limited affectation of sentinel node assessed by OSNA (250 to 15,000 copies/uL), treated with breast-conservative surgery without axillary lymphadenectomy.