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.
The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and tolerability of low-dose statin therapy vs. the association between a low-dose statin and a nutraceutical-based protocol in high-dose statin-intolerant patients with coronary artery disease deemed to be at high-risk.
The SAS registry will include any patient with previous coronary stenting undergoing any type of surgery or operative endoscopic/endovascular procedure at the participating Centers. The relevant clinical, procedural and outcome data (within index surgical admission and at 30 days) will be entered in a specifically designed electronic case record form (eCRF).
The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a graded rehabilitation approach including Implicit and explicit motor imagery training and mirror therapy is more effective than other treatments commonly provided in a neuro-rehabilitation department.
A failed operative vaginal delivery is associated with increased risk of maternal and perinatal complications. It is very important the determination of the fetal head position prior to instrumental delivery. Generally,diagnosis of the fetal head position is made on transvaginal digital examination by delineating the suture lines of the fetal skull and the fontanelles. There is a paucity of studies on the accuracy of digital examination but the general consensus is that reproducibility is low and diagnostic uncertainty remains high even for operators with much experience. As the traditional clinical evaluation has many limitations, a new tool capable of increasing diagnostic objectivity and accuracy would be of great interest. The aim of our study was to evaluate, in a prospective study, if the complementary use of ultrasound scan, to diagnose the fetal head position prior to instrumental delivery, may play a role in labor outcome.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate feasibility and efficacy of rituximab-bendamustine (R-B)combination in elderly patients affected by diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and defined as frail according to CGA.
To demonstrate the use of WavSTAT4 system during colonoscopy in identifying diminutive colorectal lesions (e.g. hyperplastic polyps) that can be resected and discarded (or even left in-situ) without adverse clinical impact.
Celiac disease (CD) is the most common autoimmune enteropathy in Western Countries. Gluten free diet is the only available therapy but few is known about its nutrient content and mycotoxin exposure.
Title: Vaccination with autologous dendritic cells loaded with autologous tumor lysate or homogenate combined with immunomodulating radiotherapy and/or preleukapheresis IFN-alfa in patients with metastatic melanoma: a randomized "proof-of-principle" phase II study. Study Design: Randomized selection design, proof of principle study Study Duration: 36 months Number of Subjects: 24 evaluable patients Diagnosis and Main Inclusion Criteria: Patients with non resectable stage III or stage IV malignant melanoma carrying at least 2 measurable lesions, any line after 1st line Vemurafenib in patients carrying BRAF mutation-positive melanoma and/or ≥ 2nd line Ipilimumab. Study Product, Dose, Route, Regimen and duration of administration: Intradermal Autologous Dendritic Cell vaccine loaded with autologous tumor lysate or homogenate on weeks 1, 4 6 and 8 during induction phase, and every 4 weeks during maintenance phase up to a maximum of 14 vaccine doses (each dose followed by IL-2 3 MU day 2-6) COMBINED OR NOT WITH - IFN-alfa 3 MU daily for 7 days before leukapheresis AND/OR - Three daily doses of 8 Gy up to 12 Gy delivered to one metastatic field between vaccine doses 1 and 2 (optional to one additional field between doses 7 and 8) utilizing IMRT-IMAT techniques.
Residual thrombosis of stent struts may occur after the end of primary angioplasty and determine distal embolization and further myocardial damage. Bivalirudin is considered the most appropriate antithrombotic drug in the setting of primary PCI, but an initial increase in stent thrombosis has been reported. In order to overcome this potential adverse event, a prolonged infusion of bivalirudin after the end of PCI has been proposed. This aim of this study is to test whether the use of long-term bivalirudin infusion, as compared to the intra-procedural only administration, reduces residual thrombosis of stent struts evaluated by optical coherence tomography (OCT) at the end of primary PCI and at 3-5 days follow-up. A subgroup of patients enrolled in the MATRIX (Minimizing Adverse haemmhorragic events by TRansradial access site and AngioX study) study will be selected showing the following inclusion criteria: - patients affected by STEMI undergoing primary PCI with stent implantation and randomised to bivalirudin treatment, - patients who, in addition to the infarct related lesion, show at least one critical stenosis of other coronary vessels suitable for staged-PCI, - patients whose anatomy is suitable for OCT evaluation.
To determine in patients with symptomatic femoropopliteal lesions whether percutaneous revascularization with paclitaxel-eluting balloon angioplasty (PEB) and provisional nitinol stent is superior with respect to the 12-month incidence of restenosis compared to treatment with systematic paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) angioplasty