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.
The aim of the present investigation is to test of the modulation obtained with denosumab as "priming" therapy before the start of chemotherapy and as concurrent therapy in a population of first line NPC recurrent/metastatic patients
High rates of HCV infections occur in individuals with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), particularly in subjects with Alcohol Use Disorder and in People Who Inject Drugs (PWID), but also in subjects taking psychiatric medications. In our geographic area, HCV prevalence data are available for PWID only, with >25% of them infected with HCV. The best strategy to achieve micro-elimination is targeted active screening. In Italy, SERDs assess and manage SUD individuals, but are not allowed to treat patients. Moreover, they have limited resources to perform HCV screening and to ensure linkage to care for SUD individuals living in peripheral areas. Fifteen SERDs are present in Northern Puglia and Molise, a geographical area of about 7500 Km2 usually served by our Hepatology Unit. This geographic area is not very well served by public transport leading to a logistical barrier to access needed services delivered by our unit. This issue can negatively affect engagement with clinical services for viral hepatitis even in the era of DAA. Moreover, during treatment, it is not infrequent for patients to discontinue therapy due to a chaotic lifestyle, poor income conditions and the limited access to public transportation which is needed to adhere to on-treatment monitoring. Primary objective to plan and deliver a program of dedicated transportations and cure for patients with SUD and hepatitis C who live in peripheral areas of our region. It will translate in higher rates of screening, successful linkage to care, commencement and completion of DAA treatments leading to HCV microelimination. We plan to expand our collaborative work involving up to 15 SERDs form Northen of Puglia. The program consists of -peer to peer meetings with SERDs physicians and teams, educational campaigns for patients and screening of SUD individuals and their partners using oral Quick HCV test at each SERD, - dedicated transportation services, - complete virological and liver disease evaluation at our Hospital. This organization will guarantee direct connections between Hospital and patients included in the program. This program will ensure screening of patients with suspected infection at SERD, linkage to care of newly diagnosed subjects and completion of treatment for subjects who need to start DAA therapy. The rate of screening and successful linkage to care for each SUD subgroup will be characterized as well as the cascade to care.
This is a non-interventional medical chart review study aiming to examine the treatment patterns, effectiveness, and safety of ceftazidime-avibactam in approximately 12 countries (including but not limited to Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Russia, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico), with possible expansion to other countries as ceftazidime-avibactam is launched. Eligible patients are adults who have been treated with ceftazidime-avibactam in routine practice at participating sites since 01 January, 2018 onwards or since the date of launch in the country if it is posterior to 01 January, 2018. As this is an observational study, patients will be treated based on the standard of care at the discretion of their physician. No drugs will be supplied for this study and patients will receive treatment through standard local practice.
The Six Minute Walking Test (6MWT) efficiently represents the exercise capacity in subjects with chronic respiratory disease, as asthma. The variation of the walking distance is a parameter used to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacologic ando non-pharmacologic interventions, as Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR). However, statistically significant changes in the walking distance do not always represent clinically significant variations.The aim of this prospective study is to determine the Minimal Important Difference (MID) for the 6MWT in subjects affected by asthma, regardless of the severity of the disease.
This study compares insulin 287 (a possible new medicine) to insulin glargine (a medicine doctors can already prescribe) in people with type 2 diabetes. Different ways of switching from the insulin which the participants are already on to insulin 287 are also compared. This is done to find the best way to switch to insulin 287. The participants will either get insulin 287 that they will have to inject once a week or insulin glargine that they will have to inject once a day. Which treatment any participant gets is decided by chance. The study will last for about 5 months (23 weeks). The participants will have 14 clinic visits and 6 phone calls with the study doctor. At 3 of the clinic visits participants will be asked not to eat or drink anything (except for water) in the last 8 hours before the visit. During the study, the doctor will ask the participants to: 1) measure their blood sugar every day with a blood sugar meter using a finger prick; 2) write down different information in a diary daily and return this to their study doctor. 3) wear a medical device (sensor) that measures the participants blood sugar all the time for 18 weeks (about 4 months) during the study.
The hypothesis of this study is that neural regulations of the atherosclerotic plaque, identified in the murine model of atherosclerosis, could also exist in human pathology. The dysregulation status of the autonomic nervous system is typical of several cardiovascular diseases, but the role it exerts in the modulation of important mechanisms at the basis of the atherosclerotic process progression has not been investigated yet. The main aim of this study will be to investigate, in the atherosclerotic plaque, the alterations of inflammatory and immune processes, the neural modulations and the presence of dysregulations of the autophagic process. The investigators will also associate the potential presence of neural modulations of the plaque to its stability/instability, from a clinical-translational point of view. Finally, the investigators aim at providing a solid basis for the development of novel therapeutic strategies, which could reduce the elevated health and welfare costs for the clinical management of cardiovascular pathologies such as atherosclerosis.
The purpose of the study is to confirm the safety and the electrical performances of the XFINE passive pacing leads, for both right ventricular (RV) straight models and right atrial (RA) J-shape models, up to 12 months follow-up post implant.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of rADAMTS-13 (SHP655) administered in addition to standard of care (SoC) treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) participants.
The project will study a European cohort of individuals identifying themselves as transgender or non-binary and living with HIV. The study will collect both qualitative data on this cohort and clinical data over an 18 month period. The study will investigate the success of HIV treatment for this cohort through the primary outcome measure of HIV viral load recorded in routine blood tests. The results from this study will assist in informing future HIV treatment guidelines on the monitoring of HIV infection in transgender and non-binary individuals and assisting in the design of future interventional studies within this population.
The purpose of this study is to explore safety, tolerability, including the maximum tolerated dose and the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D), and antitumor activity of NMS-03592088 in adult patients with relapsed or refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML).