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.
Corneal diseases are a major cause of blindness worldwide, and corneal infections are a substantial cause of blindness in Asia. The aim of the Asia Cornea Society Infectious Keratitis Study (ACSIKS) is to study infectious keratitis (corneal infections) in Asian countries, so as to improve strategies for prevention and treatment, and to reduce the burden of blindness in Asia. The first phase of ACSIKS is an 18-month observational study involving 11 eye hospitals in 8 Asian countries; these hospitals manage more than 6700 cases of corneal infections every year. From the first quarter of 2012, all patients with a corneal infection will be recruited and a standard ACSIKS protocol will be applied; this protocol includes the use of a common set of study forms and a suggested panel of microbiological examinations. However, each centre will be continue to treat their patients with the anti-infective therapy standard for their centre. Data will be recorded for each patient for a period of six months, including their medical and surgical management, the final clinical outcome and vision. Bacterial and fungal growths from patients will also be stored for further research during a second phase of ACSIKS. These studies will focus on evaluating the resistance of the most common bacterial infections to the current available antibiotics, performing DNA testing to compare our strains with bacterial infections in the West, and to developing new diagnostic tests and anti-infective therapies tailored to corneal infections in Asia.
The purpose of this study is to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of MEDI-546 in Japanese SLE patients.
The purpose of this trial is to examine the efficacy and safety of once-weekly LY2189265 in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not taking oral antidiabetic medication.
Previous cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that blood pressure (BP) measurements at home (HBP) in the morning offer stronger predictive power for micro- and macrovascular complications in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes than casual/clinic blood pressure measurements (CBP) (Kamoi K et al, 2002-2003). Further, a prospective, longitudinal study for 6 years in patients with type 2 diabetes also demonstrated that control of wakening-up HBP provides the stronger predictive power for the outcomes than that of CBP did (Kamoi et al, 2010). However, it is not clear to show which of BP measurement provides the stronger predictive power for outcomes by comparing cumulative events over a longer time than 6 years. Therefore, the investigators examined which of HBP or CBP provides the stronger predictive power for outcomes in addition of renal anemia reported previously over 10 years in the patients with type 2 diabetes.
The objective of the study is to find out if the medicine fesoterodine is a useful treatment in children with bladder muscle overactivity caused by a neurological condition. Children will be aged 6 to 17 years old. This is done by finding out how well it works, what the body does to fesoterodine, what side effects are experienced and the safety of fesoterodine. It will be compared with the medicine oxybutynin, which is already available for treating the condition.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effect on the body of Tabalumab (LY2127399) in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone in Japanese participants with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM).
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of Mometasone furoate delivered via Concept1 device or Twisthaler® device in adult and adolescent patients with persistent asthma.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety profile, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomic (PGX) and preliminary efficacy following daily oral doses of cabozantinib (XL184) in Japanese patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Also, the effect of XL184 in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with various activating mutations will be evaluated at the recommended Phase 2 dose.
1. Background: The ideal method to remove small colorectal polyps in patients who are taking antithrombotic agents is unknown. 2. Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate postpolypectomy bleeding and the complete retrieval rate after the removal by colon snare transection without electrocautery for small polyps in patients who are taking antithrombotic agents. 3. Design: A prospective, consecutive study. 4. Setting: Municipal hospital outpatients. 5. Interventions: Polypectomy by cold snare technique (Cold polypectomy) was performed for colorectal polyps up to 10 mm in diameter in patients who continue to take antithrombotic agents. The primary outcome measure was bleeding within two weeks after polypectomy. Secondary outcome measure was the complete retrieval rate of colorectal polyps based on the pathological examination.
The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of duloxetine in participants with fibromyalgia.