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.
This is a multi-center, prospective, controlled study. MS patients (1° group: 30 patients in relapse; 2° group: 30 patients in remission) and age/sex-matched healthy controls (3° group: 30 subjects) will be enrolled in the study. Patients' disability level will be evaluated by EDSS and MSFC. Patients and controls will be tested for either coagulation/complement (C3, C4, C4a, C9, fibrinogen, factor VIII and X, D-dimer, protein C, protein S, antithrombin, factor II, aPTT, von-Willebrand factor), soluble markers of endothelial damage (thrombomodulin, Endothelial Protein C Receptor), antiphospholipid antibodies, lupus anticoagulant, complete blood count, viral serological assays or microRNA microarray. Patients will undergo dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MRI using a 3.0-T scanner to evaluate CBF, CBV, MTT, lesion number and volume.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological condition, which affects the brain. PD gets worse over time, but how quickly it progresses varies a lot from person to person. Some symptoms of PD are tremors, stiffness, and slowness of movement. The purpose of this study is to continue testing whether ABBV-951 is safe, effective, and tolerable in participants with Parkinson's disease after completion of the parent study M15-741. ABBV-951 is an investigational (unapproved) drug containing levodopa phosphate/carbidopa phosphate (LDP/CDP) given as infusion under the skin for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease. Participants who have successfully completed M15-741 study will immediately enter this study's treatment period to continue receiving ABBV-951. Adult participants with advanced PD will be enrolled. Approximately 130 adult participants will be enrolled in the study at approximately 65 sites worldwide. Participants will receive continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSCI) of ABBV-951 for 24 hours daily during the Primary Treatment Period and during the optional Extended Treatment Period. There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular clinic visits and have remote assessments completed via phone calls during the course of the study. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects, and completing questionnaires.
A phase 3 double blind, placebo controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of AL001 in participants at risk for or with frontotemporal dementia due to heterozygous mutations in the progranulin gene.
C3731003 is a pivotal Phase 3 study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of a single IV infusion of PF-07055480 / giroctocogene fitelparvovec (Recombinant AAV2/6 Human Factor VIII Gene Therapy) in adult male participants with moderately severe or severe hemophilia A (FVIII:C≤1%) for the study duration of 5 years. The study will enroll eligible participants who have been followed on routine prophylaxis with FVIII products in the Lead-In study C0371004.
In light of its high morbidity and mortality, COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic spread is considered an unprecedented global health challenge. Given the very limited therapeutic options available against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - CoronaVirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic at this time, the evaluation of new resources, designed in the first instance for other pathologies but potentially active against COVID-19, represents a priority in clinical research. This is an observational, retrospective, non-profit study on the adjuvant use of bacteriotherapy in the early control of disease progression in patients affected by COVID-19 and treated with the current standard of care on the basis of the interim guidelines of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of bacteriotherapy in reducing the clinical impact of acute diarrhea, containing the progression of COVID-19 and preventing the need for hospitalization in intensive care units.
The primary goal of the study is to conduct the first systematic cardiac autopsy study in 60 patients dying from COVID-19 to understand the pathology and pathogenesis of cardiac injury in patients with COVID-19, with/without cardiovascular comorbidities. Such data is essential for understanding rate of involvement, type of involvement and degree of injury in patients contracting the disease.
Pilot study on patients with invasive ductal breast cancer triple negative or receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2 (HER2) overexpressed, any axillary lymphnodes status (any cN), candidates to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The principal endpoint of the study will be the accuracy of the result of the histological examination of the Vacuum- Assisted Breast Biopsy (VABB) performed pre-surgery in comparison to the result of the histological examination of the definitive surgical intervention in patients with radiological complete response at Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) done after the end of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
The introduction of maintenance immunotherapy with the anti PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab opened a new therapeutic window for stage III NSCLC patients who achieve at least stable disease after chemo-radiation, as shown by the randomized phase 3 PACIFIC study. However, still half of the patients do progress at 12 months (up to 70% at 18 months). In this study, the investigators aim to test a non-invasive image-based approach, namely a "radiomics" platform, as a tool to define a higher or lower likelihood of response to chemo-radiation and durvalumab. For this purpose, we will retrospectively and prospectively collect and analyze a cohort of at least 70 stage III NSCLC patients treated with CT-RT followed by maintenance durvalumab.
This is a Italian, superiority, open label cluster-randomised, interventional clinical trial aimed at assessing whether the treatment with Hydroxychloroquine can reduce the percentage of symptomatic subjects compared to observation only in household members/contacts of COVID-19 patients (Group 1) and if the treatment with Hydroxychloroquine could be introduced in early phase COVID-19 population (Group 2). The participants will be randomised to receive either: Arm A) hydroxychloroquine vs Arm B) Observation (2:1 randomisation).
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn whether the study medicine (called lorlatinib) is safe and effective for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer that is caused by an abnormal anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene. This study is seeking participants whose lung cancer has progressed after receiving either alectinib or ceritinib as their first treatment. Participants will take part in this study for up to approximately 4 years, depending on when the study is completed and how their cancer responds to the study treatment. They will take lorlatinib orally (by mouth) once daily. Participants will visit the study site about every six weeks to meet with the study team. During these visits, the study team will monitor the safety and effects of lorlatinib.