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.
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing worldwide over the last two decades; in these patients the rate of all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality is several folds higher than in the general population, configuring a major public health problem. The clinical phenotype is the main determinant of such high mortality risk; however, a relevant role is played by the disease duration, with a significant interaction with metabolic control. However, for T2D the diagnosis does not correspond to the true onset of the disease, and a high lethality rate also in patients with recent onset of the disease cannot be excluded. Robust evidence supports this hypothesis, showing as in subjects with new-onset T2D, the mortality risk is superimposable, and even higher, than that observed in people with overt and long-term T2D. In this complex scenario, it would be desirable an early identification of high-risk patients, in which an accurate estimation of risk of complications, coupled with appropriate and timely interventions, might help in reducing the risk of encountering premature mortality. The present study was design to address this specific issue.
From the beginning of March 2020, lockdown regimens prevented patients with obesity from receiving bariatric surgery. Surgical emergencies and oncological procedures were the only operations allowed in public hospitals. Consequently, patients with morbid obesity were put in a stand-by situation. With the aim at exploring physical and psychological conditions of the investigators future bariatric surgery patients, the investigators built a Questionnaire concerning obesity and COVID-19.
Study Design This is a prospective, multicenter, non-randomized clinical study in patients presenting thoracic aortic pathologies. Following a baseline assessment, the implantation procedure will be performed according to the Instructions for Use and local routine practice. A follow-up visit will be performed 30 days, 6, 12,24 and 36 months after the implantation procedure. The investigator will perform assessments of the implantation procedure and device system and document adverse events (AE) and device deficiencies. Resources utilization and unit costs will be collected at index procedure and during follow-up. HRQoL is going to be investigated in this prospective study using the generic questionnaire EQ5D 5 levels, comparing pre- and postoperative scores. Study Objective The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety, performance and resource utilization associated with the use of GORE® TAG® Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft with ACTIVE CONTROL systems in humans having thoracic aortic pathologies. Safety will be evaluated considering mortality and morbidity variables (mainly focused on device related complications). Efficacy will be evaluated according to the variables related to the technical and clinical successes. In addition, resource utilization and associated costs will be collected prospectively with the objective to analyze differences in resource utilization between outcome groups, landing zone groups, disease severity groups, adverse event groups and case-mix groups. We will calculate the average marginal costs increase for complications when they occurred during TEVAR or surgical revascularization (e.g., paralysis, stroke, nerve injury, lymph damages, myocardial infarction, major bleeding event, respiratory complication). Resource utilization analysis is not going to be limited to the index procedure but will continue during follow-up. Subject Population: Elective and Urgent Thoracic aorta pathologies such as aneurysms, pseudoaneurysms, dissections, blunt thoracic aorta injury, penetrating ulcers and intramural hematoma. Planned number of patients: A total of 200 patients. Approx. 20 study centers in 2 European countries (15 in Italy and 5 in Spain) . A subgroup of 8centers will be selected for the micro-costing analysis (7 in Italy and one in Barcelona) Expected Time to Complete Enrollment: end of 2021 (18 months).
Smokers with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have high rates of morbidity and mortality from smoking-related diseases compared with the general population and current options for smoking cessation in this vulnerable group are unsatisfactory. Considering that most people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders continue smoking, it is urgent to consider alternative and more efficient interventions to reduce or prevent their morbidity and mortality. Switching to combustion-free technologies for nicotine delivery (I.e. e-cigarettes) could be a pragmatic and much less harmful alternative to tobacco smoking with the possibility of significant health gains. Emerging research is suggesting that ECs may be useful for smoking cessation and relapse prevention in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In particular, a study conducted with JUUL e-cigarette with 5% nicotine strength showed that this product had sufficient nicotine delivery and product appeal to determine high success rates in heavy smokers with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In consideration of these preliminary findings, we hypothesized that switching smokers with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder diagnosis to JUUL e-cigarette with 5% nicotine strength could result in higher success rates compared to JUUL e-cigarette with 1.7% nicotine strength. Recent work indicates that nicotine PK of the JUUL e-cigarette with 5% nicotine strength (a device that utilizes a nicotine salt formulation) approximates the nicotine delivery of combustible cigarettes and that the 5% nicotine strength product is far more efficient in delivering nicotine compared to the sister product with 1.7% nicotine strength. Both products are identical in their appearance, making them suitable for a double-blind study design.
This is a European observational cohort study (data research) involving multiple centres to look at the potential impact of COVID infection on patients with rare skin diseases examining factors such as comorbidity, protection factors, and clinical and/or therapeutic factors. The data collected may provide additional information on the situation of patients and, on a wider basis, provide useful data applicable to the general population.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an immune-mediated disease associated with inflammation of multiple organ systems. This study will evaluate how well elsubrutinib and upadacitinib given alone or as the ABBV-599 combination (elsubrutinib/upadacitinib) works within the body, in participants who completed study M19-130. This study will assess the change in disease symptoms. ABBV-599 is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). This study is "double-blinded", which means that neither the trial participants nor the study doctors will know who will be given which study drug. Study doctors put the participants into 1 of 4 groups called treatment arms. Each group receives a different treatment. Adult participants with a diagnosis of SLE will be enrolled. Around 260 participants will be enrolled in the study in approximately 100 sites worldwide. Participants will receive the following for up to 56 weeks: Participants will receive oral elsubrutinib capsules and/or oral upadacitinib tablets once daily for up to 56 weeks. Participants who were receiving elsubrutinib and/or upadacitnib in M19-130 will continue to receive the same treatment in this study. Participants who were receiving placebo in M19-130 will be re-randomized to one of the 2 combination treatment arms in this study. Arm 1: Elsubrutinib Dose A and Upadacitinib Dose A Arm 2: Elsubrutinib Dose A and Upadacitinib Dose B There may be higher burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend monthly visits during the course of the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.
The study cohort will be enrolled among all Humanitas group employees (including ICH, Humanitas University and Gavazzeni), and two validation cohorts. Participants will be asked consent for the research use of blood, pharyngeal swab, and for those hospitalized for COVID-19, also for the bronchoalveolar lavage and fecal samples. Biological samples will be used to perform cellular, microbial and molecular analyses aimed at better understanding the disease pathogenesis and the individual differences in susceptibility to the disease.
Pediatric obesity is a risk factor for the onset of obesity in adulthood and is a risk factor for various chronic non-communicable diseases. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is the name for a group of risk factors that increase cardiovascular risk and other health problems characterized by the presence of abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycaemia and high blood pressure. Numerous preclinical and clinical data suggest a potential role of the intestinal microbiota in these diseaes. Unfortunately, comparative studies of the gut microbiota are still scarce in pediatric subjects suffering from obesity than obesity complicated by MS. The aim is to study the metagenomics and metabolomics characteristics of the intestinal microbiota in obese children/adolescents with or without MS, that could provide useful data for innovative intervention strategies for these conditions.
NLRP3 plays a key role in endothelial function and may be a link for the known interaction of periodontitis and diabetes. The investigators compared the impact of gingival health, periodontitis (CP), diabetes or of both diseases (CP +diabetes) on saliva and serum NLRP3levels.
Since the post-acute phase, patients have occupational needs related to social reintegration, that improve the autonomy, social roles in family, at work and in the community. Unmet needs could lead to a lower level of social reintegration. Healthcare professionals should be able to recognize the level of social reintegration of complex patients discharged from the Physical Medicine Rehabilitation (PRM) unit with the aim to identify those who need intervention aimed at improving social reintegration. The preliminary Italian version of the RNL index (RNLI) will describe the social reintegration level of the target population, once its psychometric properties will be tested.