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.
Liver surgery should be considered an echo-guided procedure to guarantee conservative but radical resections. The investigators describe a further application of intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) for studying the biliary tree during liver surgery with no need for formal cholangiography.
This study assessed the safety and efficacy of LDK378 in adult patients with genetic abnormalities in anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of sifalimumab compared to placebo in subjects with moderately to severely active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
The primary objective will be to assess the overall response rate and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of idelalisib (IDELA; GS-1101) in participants with previously treated indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (iNHL) that is refractory both to rituximab and to alkylating-agent-containing chemotherapy. Eligible participants will initiate oral therapy with idelalisib at a starting dose of 150 mg taken twice per day. Treatment with idelalisib can continue in compliant participants as long as the study is still ongoing and the participants appear to be benefiting from treatment with acceptable safety.
This trial is conducted in Europe. The aim of this trial is to evaluate the change in disease activity following 12 weekly s.c. (under the skin) doses of NNC109-0012 compared to placebo in subjects with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
INTRODUCTION Marrow stimulation techniques as subchondral drilling or microfractures represent ones of the most frequently used methods for chondral and osteochodral defects repair and considered as standard techniques. MaioRegen® (Fin-Ceramica Faenza S.p.A., Italy) is a bioceramic, multi-layered scaffold, in a single gradient structure, consisting of deantigenated Type I equine collagen and Magnesium enriched-Hydroxyapatite, able to mime the entire osteocartilaginous section. MaioRegen® is able to promote the tissue regeneration in case of severe and large chondral/osteochondral lesions, otherwise difficult to treat, as previously demonstrated in vitro, in vivo and in a clinical study. OBJECTIVES The present study proposes to compare MaioRegen® performances with respect to reference standard surgical techniques (microfractures and subchondral drilling) for the treatment of chondral/osteochondral lesions, in order to consolidate MaioRegen®, as innovative surgical approach. STUDY DESIGN The clinical trial is multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled, two-arm, single-blind and involves eleven European centres and 150 patients. Eligible subjects will be randomly allocated to one of the two treatment groups: control group, treated with marrow stimulation techniques, and treatment group, treated with MaioRegen® implant. Patient defect will be evaluated pre-operatively and each patient enrolled must meet all the entry criteria for the trial. Before enrolment, each subject should declare his voluntary participation to the study by informed consent signature. Arthroscopic control will be carried out immediately before the randomization and thus surgical treatment, to confirm the characteristics of the lesion to be treated and finalizing the recruitment. For each patient 6, 12 and 24 months post-operative follow-up visits will be carried out and during each follow-up visit the Case Report Form (CRF) will be filled in the specific section. Within the CRF, at each follow-up section, commonly used and specific scores will be assigned for the established end-points (IKDC, KOOS, Tegner Score, VAS, MRI Mocart Scoring System). Patients selected will be randomized to undergo one of two study groups, as prescribed by the randomization list.
The aim of this study is to assess whether prophylactic treatment with metoprolol or losartan is able to reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients undergoing thoracic surgery for lung cancer, showing elevated plasma levels in NT probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), measured in the perioperative period.
This is a post-market, open observational long-term effectiveness follow-up study of participants with drug-resistant epilepsy with partial-onset seizures previously enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (PuLsE) comparing Best Medical Practice with or without adjunctive Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy.
To compare rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) with manual thrombus aspiration (MTA) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary PCI. Occlusive thrombosis triggered by a disrupted or eroded atherosclerotic plaque is the anatomic substrate of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Due to this substrate, macro- and microembolization during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in AMI is frequent and may result in obstruction of the microvessel network, and decreased efficacy of reperfusion and myocardial salvage. Direct stenting without predilation or postdilation is the most simplistic approach to the problem of embolization, and may decrease embolization and the incidence of the no-reflow phenomenon. Other approaches to the problem of microvessel embolization include thrombectomy before stent implantation, and the use of antiembolic devices (filters and occlusive devices with retrieval of thromboembolic material after stent implantation). Most concluded studies on removing of thrombus before stenting used manual aspiration catheters and meta-analyses derived from these studies support the use of manual thrombus aspiration (MTA) catheters in the setting of primary PCI. MTA is currently recommended in the setting of primary PCI as a Class II b recommendation; level of evidence B. Rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) using multiple jets of saline solution and aspiration based on the Bernoulli effect has been proven to be effective in decreasing major adverse events during PCI in saphenous vein grafts or native coronary arteries with angiographic evidence of thrombus, and 2 out of 3 concluded studies have shown a better reperfusion and clinical outcome in patients randomized to RT as compared to control.
This study wants demonstrate that the use of 0.4% nitroglycerin ointment can reduce the postoperative pain related to anorectal spasm (anismus) while performing a stapled haemorrhoidopexy.