There are about 7997 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Japan. 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 purpose of this study is to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of AZD2066 when given as multiple doses to Japanese healthy male subjects. Four (4) consecutive multiple-ascending panels are planned. Subjects will start with an initial single dose that is followed by a wash-out period of 48 hours to adequately define the single-dose pharmacokinetics. For the third and forth dose panels, the wash-out period will be extended to be 96 hours to evaluate the safety of subjects. Thereafter the subjects will be dosed once daily for 10 days. Ten (10) subjects will be allocated to each dose panel and randomized to receive either AZD2066 or placebo.
The investigators previously reported that colonoscopy with a transparent retractable extension (TRE) device improved the adenoma detection rate without affecting intubation and withdrawal times. On the other hand, colonoscopy using narrow band imaging (NBI) is expected to lead to higher rate s of adenoma detection. The investigators compared the effects of TRE device on colorectal adenoma detection with those of NBI.
RATIONALE: Imatinib mesylate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of imatinib mesylate and to see how well it works in treating patients with liver metastasis from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
To examine the safety and efficacy of Z-338 (YM443) after long-term administration in patients with functional dyspepsia, and also to examine the pattern of long-term administration.
The aim of this study is to compare cold snare polypectomy and conventional polypectomy for the removal and retrieval of small colorectal polyps. Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps up to 8 mm is expected to be more effective than conventional polypectomy.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a fatal degenerative disease of the brain for which there is no cure. AD causes brain cells to die. AD is thought to be caused by an excess of beta amyloid (β-amyloid), a sticky protein in the brain that forms amyloid plaques. At autopsy, AD patients are required to have these amyloid plaques in the brain in order to have a definitive diagnosis of AD. Inhibiting the enzyme gamma-secretase (γ-secretase) lowers the production of β-amyloid. Semagacestat (LY450139) is a functional γ-secretase inhibitor and was shown to lower β-amyloid in blood and spinal fluid in humans tested thus far and in blood, spinal fluid and brain in animals tested thus far. This study used several different tests to measure the effect of semagacestat on both β-amyloid and amyloid plaques for some patients. The buildup of amyloid plaques was measured by a brain scan that takes a picture of amyloid plaques in the brain. Other tests measured the overall function of the brain and brain size in some patients. In this trial, patients who initially received placebo (inactive sugar pill) were, at a certain point in the study, switched over to active drug, semagacestat. In other words, all patients could eventually receive active drug. Each patient's participation could last approximately 2 years. Patients taking approved AD medications were permitted to participate in this study and continue taking these medications during the study. All patients who completed this study had the option to continue receiving semagacestat by participating in an open label study. Preliminary results from this study (LFBC) (and another similar study LFAN [NCT00594568]) showed semagacestat did not slow disease progression and was associated with worsening of clinical measures of cognition and the ability to perform activities of daily living. Study drug was stopped in all studies. LFBC, LFAN and open label LFBF (NCT01035138) have been amended to continue collecting safety data, including cognitive scores, for at least seven months. The CT-Registry will reflect results of analyses from the original protocol in addition to those from the amended protocol.
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the efficacy and safety of desflurane (BLM-240) as an anesthetic agent and to demonstrate the non-inferiority of desflurane to sevoflurane in term of awakening/recovery from anesthesia.
The purpose of this study is to verify the superior efficacy of Z-338 to placebo in subjects with Functional Dyspepsia, focusing on the assessment of subjective symptoms.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate equivalent safety and IOP-lowering effectiveness of two Travoprost/Timolol combination products in patients diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. This global study will be conducted in the US (C-07-64, NCT00672997) and Japan (C-08-08, NCT00760539).
The purpose of the study is to observe lacrimal fluid condition (tear film break-up time) chronologically after a single dose of AL-43546 ophthalmic products（0.15%, 0.25% and vehicle）and 0.1% sodium hyaluronate ophthalmic solution and compare lacrimal fluid retention time between them.