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.
Video assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus (VAAPS) is a new endoscopic minimally invasive treatment. In an attempt to validate the effectiveness of the VAAPS, the investigators have designed a comparative study between the conventional and the minimally invasive treatment. Two surgical procedures were evaluated: VAAPS (Experimental group) and conventional excision with a Bascom out-midline closure (Control group).
Part A (Phase IIa): Primary objectives: The study part A is designed to investigate whether the use of regorafenib eye drops can help patients with neovascular (wet) Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) to see better after 4 weeks and 12 weeks after inclusion into this study. Secondary objectives: The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of the regorafenib eye drops. Part B (Phase IIb): Primary objectives: The study part B is designed to investigate: - how often the regorafenib eye drops need to be given per day - whether the use of regorafenib eye drops can help patients with neovascular (wet) Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) to see better after 4 weeks and 12 weeks after inclusion into this study. Secondary objectives: The study will also evaluate how the different dosings of regorafenib eye drops affect patients vision, the safety and the tolerability.
The purpose of this trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of Xyrem in pediatrics subjects with narcolepsy that includes cataplexy.
Children admitted in a ward often require a peripheral intravenous catheter to provide access for administration of medications, nutrients, fluids, blood products. Vascular access in children is a frequent and stressful procedure that should be performed as infrequently as possible in order to reduce the child's pain experience and the child's and family's level of distress. The maintenance of patency of indwelling catheters is therefore relevant to minimize need for replacement and children discomfort. Recent studies investigated the most effective and safe method of maintaining peripheral intravenous lock (peripheral IVL) in children. Most of these studies focused primary on the use of heparin versus saline flushes, showing similar efficacy of the two approaches. To the best of the investigators knowledge no study addressed the issue of the optimal flushing frequency of normal saline . The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of normal saline flushes, at 12 and 24 hours intervals.
This open-label, multicenter, global study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, preliminary efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous atezolizumab (MPDL3280A) and obinutuzumab in participants with refractory or relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) or atezolizumab and obinutuzumab or tazemetostat administered in participants with refractory or relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The anticipated duration of this study is approximately 4.5 years.
Preliminary studies on safety profile of Triticum Monococcum (Tm, a variety of Ancient Wheat) have provided conflicting results with some in vitro and ex vivo studies consistent with non toxicity and other suggestive of toxicity. We recently reported results of a single administration of 2.5 grams of Tm in 12 Celiacs in remission on Gluten Free Diet (GFD), while assessing symptoms and changes of intestinal permeability. Although results of intestinal permeability were inconclusive Tm, but not other type of gluten, was clinically well tolerated. The aim of the present study was to assess safety of 60 days of administration of Tm (100 grams of water biscuits per day accounting for about 6 grams of gluten from Tm) as judged on clinical, serological and histological parameters in Celiac Disease patients on remission after 1 year of GFD.
The primary objective is to determine whether prolonged-release fampridine (10 mg twice daily) has a clinically meaningful effect on patient-reported walking ability over a 24-week study period. The secondary objectives are: To determine whether prolonged-release fampridine 10 mg taken twice daily (BID) has a clinically meaningful effect on dynamic and static balance, physical impact of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and upper extremity function over a 24-week study period; To evaluate criteria for early assessment of response to fampridine that can predict clinically meaningful benefits in walking ability and balance; To assess the safety and tolerability of prolonged-release fampridine 10 mg twice daily over a 24-week treatment period.
Recent findings suggest that recurrent pericarditis (RP) may be a previously unrecognized autoinflammatory disease. The pivotal pathogenic role of interleukin (IL)-1 in RP has been shown by the achievement of complete responses after treatment with the recombinant IL-1-receptor antagonist, anakinra. Anakinra is the recombinant form of IL-1Ra. The proposed study is designed to demonstarate the efficacy of anakinra in RP.
Given the protective effect of nitric oxide (NO) on the endothelium and the results obtained so far in short-term, continuous treatment with phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors on parameters of endothelial function, we hypothesise that chronic treatment with vardenafil can prevent or delay the deterioration of systemic endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The favourable effect of PDE5 inhibitors on sexual function in these patients has been convincingly demonstrated in the past. Here we hypothesise that vardenafil treatment can have beneficial effects on the vascular physiology in other body districts, possibly preventing the development of microangiopathy and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in these patients. The main goal of this study is therefore to monitor the endothelial dysfunction during continuous treatment with vardenafil for 6 months; object of the study will be endothelin 1 and other known parameters of endothelial damage in newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment with ABT-450 co-formulated with ritonavir and ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267) and ABT-333; 3-DAA regimen, with or without ribavirin (RBV) in adults with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 (HCV GT1) infection.