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.
Hypothermia after delivery is a world-wide problem associated with morbidity and mortality. The conventional approach of drying the baby with a pre-warmed towel and radiant warmers is unsuccessful in a large proportion of very preterm infants. Polyethylene occlusive skin wrapping covering the infant's body up to the neck will reduce postnatal heat loss in very preterm babies and represents the standard of care recommended by the International Guidelines for Neonatal Resuscitation. The use of a polyethylene head cap will also reduce heat loss 9 and its efficacy is comparable to that obtained with the wrap. However, the proportions of hypothermic infants at NICU admission (temperature <34°C) in the wrapped group (62%) as well as in the infants covered with a polyethylene cap (43%) remain high. The combination of body and head protection with a polyethylene wrap needs to be evaluated further. The investigators conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled trial in very preterm infants to evaluate whether a polyethylene total body wrapping (body plus head) prevents heat loss after delivery better than polyethylene occlusive wrapping.
The DROP study is a prospective, multi center, randomized, open-label trial to test the efficacy and safety of extended catheter pericardial drainage in patients with non-malignant pericardial effusions.
Gastric cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. There is difference between different countries in the world in the incidence and outcome. Also Italy on its inside shows a variability between regions and Lombardy hold the most incidence and mortality Italian rate, with the province of Cremona as one of the leading area with its gastric cancer mortality rate. (http://www.aslcremona.it/html/atlante/introduzione.htm). Tumor specialized registry can be viewed as one of the main strategies for studying and monitoring the impact of an important cancer diagnosis. In addition the information obtained from it can be translated into preventive measures and health surveillance that might lead to a better control of this tumor in a province with a so high mortality rate. Project purpose is to define the incidence of gastric cancer in the province of Cremona and the correlation with environmental, familiar, genetic and social factors; to adopt prevention strategies to reduce the impact of the disease and to create a gastric cancer bio-bank, including blood and tissue samples, for collaborative research projects regarding molecular and cellular aspects of gastric cancer.
Because the potential benefit of standard intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) - obtained from unselected donor pools including a varying proportion of donors previously exposed to CMV - has not yet been explored in pregnant women, the investigators performed a longitudinal prospective study on the possible efficacy of IVIG for prevention or therapy of fetal CMV infection.
RATIONAL: Preliminary results fron the Study MESOT-TREM-2012 indicate a promising activity of tremelimumab in malignant mesothelioma (MM) patients. PURPOSE: The proposed study MESOT-TREM-2012 aims to explore the efficacy of a more intensive schedule of treatment with tremelimumab in 29 MM patients. Subjects will receive investigational product every 4 weeks (wks) for 6 doses, followed by doses every 12 wks until confirmed disease progression.
- INTERACT study: to evaluate the pathological response rate in cT3 rectal cancer - LEADER study: to evaluate the impact on local control of local excision
The purpose of this study is to describe the diagnostic and treatment procedures employed for patients with rectal cancer in each participating center. Outcomes to treatment, costs of treatment will be described. Exploratory analyses will be done to identify factor that influence patient prognosis, as well as factors that predict patient response to treatment.
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic endurance training to those of an usual physical therapy intervention on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The purpose of this study is to verify any existing relationship between urinary parameters (such as excretion of sodium, chlorine, urinary partial CO2 pressure [PuCO2]) and general volemic indicators (such as PiCCO, ScvO2, O2 delivery) during liver transplant.
The purpose of this study is to verify any existing relationship between mixed oxygen saturation (from central venous catheter) and urinary sodium, potassium, chloride in determining the volemic state and renal perfusion of patients undergoing major surgical interventions.