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.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as amrubicin and irinotecan, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of amrubicin when given together with irinotecan in treating patients with recurrent or relapsed extensive stage small cell lung cancer.
The purpose of DIME is to evaluate the safety (i.e. new onset of diabetes and other metabolic adverse events), efficacy and cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive treatment with low dose diuretics. The researchers' hypothesis is that use of low dose thiazide diuretics is metabolically safe when used with other appropriate antihypertensives, effective in reduction of blood pressure and cheaper than treatment without diuretics. Therefore, this study is an equivalence trial.
The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical efficacy and safety of imatinib-combined chemotherapy on newly diagnosed BCR-ABL-positive ALL.
Various guidelines recommended angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin Ⅱ receptor-1 blockers (ARBs) for hypertensive patients with diabetes on the basis of the cardiac- and reno-protective effects of these drugs. However, these recommendations could not be extrapolated to Japanese patients, because Japan has been known as a country with a low incidence of coronary artery disease and a high incidence of cerebrovascular disease. Furthermore, calcium channel blockers (CCBs) also were protective against renal function as well as ACE inhibitors in Japanese diabetic hypertensive patients. This study will test whether ARBs or CCBs are superior in treating Japanese diabetic hypertensive patients.
The purpose of this study is to confirm the efficacy of olanzapine in the treatment of manic or mixed symptoms associated with bipolar I disorder.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the trimodality (concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgical resection) approach in superior sulcus tumors.
Statins have been shown to prevent coronary artery disease and to preserve left ventricular function in dilated cardiomyopathy. The investigators hypothesized that the early use of statins would reduce cardiovascular events including heart failure in acute myocardial infarction patients. The purpose of this study is to determine whether early (within 96 hours after onset) use of any available statins are effective to prevent cardiovascular events including heart failure after acute myocardial infarction in Japanese patients.
The purpose of this study is to elucidate whether or not angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) are more beneficial or equal to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) on development or progression of silent brain infarction and cognitive decline in Japanese patients with essential hypertension in the elderly.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of combination use of E0671 and Rabeprazole Sodium in patients with gastric ulcer.
The Zilver® PTX™ Drug Eluting Vascular Stent is indicated for the treatment of symptomatic vascular disease of the above-the-knee femoropopliteal artery (ranging from 4 mm to 9 mm in reference vessel diameter) for lesions up to 7 cm long. The clinical trial is stratified by lesion length. The trial will be conducted in 2 phases, with Phase 1 enrolling patients with lesions less than 7 cm long. Phase 2 of the trial will include longer lesions (up to 14 cm long) and will be initiated upon approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).