There are about 1282 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Lithuania. 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.
Spinal anesthesia is applied for patients undergoing total elective knee replacement surgery. It reduces rates of postoperative complications, improves postoperative pain management, rehabilitation is started earlier and patients more quickly return to the rhythm of ordinary life. According to the literature data, perioperative stress impacts part of cardiovascular complications and exacerbates postoperative pain. It is important that patients during the surgery under spinal anesthesia prefer to sleep. Thus, in order to reduce perioperative stress, patients during surgery are sedated. It is one of the most effective methods. On the other hand, deep sedation during surgery versus light sedation, is related to more frequent postoperative cognitive impairment and delirium. It leads to worse later surgery results and worse postoperative quality of life, increased risk of falling, prolonged duration of hospitalization, increased expenses.
Biomedical research consists of two main parts. In the first part, the pilonidal cyst-specific quality of life questionnaire is compiled, adapted, validated, tested for suitability in assessing patients after pilonidal cyst operations. The second part will compare two pilonidal cyst operations. A prospective, comparative, randomized clinical study will be conducted.
Title: The efficacy of medical students to correctly recognise pathological from non-pathological lung sounds over a period of time. Methodology: Randomised, controlled trial, blind study. Study Duration: The estimated duration for the main protocol (e.g., from the start of screening to the last subject processed and finishing the study) is approximately 6 months. Study Centre: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU). Objectives: Primary Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of second-year & third-year students in correctly identifying pathological and not pathological lung sounds. Secondary Objectives: To evaluate the loss of the ability of the student to correctly identify pathological lung sounds over a period of time. Number of Subjects: 140 randomised students in two groups; the first group is the control group (CNT), and a second group (EXP) will be exposed to pathological and none pathological lung sounds. Diagnosis and Main Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria · Male and female second and third-year LSMU students, 18-40 years old, in any distribution. · Consent and compliance with all aspects of the study protocol, and methods, providing data during follow-up contact · See the methods section for the full list of inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria · Deafness · Age over 40 · Conditions that prevent the student from using earphones · See the methods section for a full list of exclusion criteria. Regimen: CNT group will not receive training. Whilst group will receive 3-day training for 21 patient cases (57% with pathological lung sounds). Statistical Methodology: Results will be analysed with the SPSS (version 27). A p-value < 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. The groups (CNT vs EXP) will be compared with the independent Student's t-test to see if there is a significant difference between the mean of the two groups. Though, if the data does not adhere to the parametric test's criteria a Mann-Whitney test will be applied. Whilst for the measurement made over 6 months of students' sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy (at intervals of 4, 10, 34, 184 -days) a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical test will be applied for normally distributed data. Whilst, if data is not normally distributed a none parametric test will be applied such as Kruskal - Wallis method. McNemar's test will be applied to compare the performances of the same EXP students between their second- and third-year peers.
Tasks of biomedical research: 1. To determine the severity of oropharyngeal dysphagia and the risk of aspiration in elderly patients. 2. To evaluate the quality of life of older patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia by performing validation of the Lithuanian version of the quality of life questionnaires in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia. 3. To evaluate the severity of oropharyngeal dysphagia in elderly patients, the risk of aspiration, and quality of life after interventions. Data on the sex, age and disease of the swallowing disorder will be collected. No processing of other personal data and health indicators is planned. All data will be collected in questionnaires. The data will be depersonalized by giving the patient a code. The results and conclusions of the research will be described in the doctoral dissertation and will be used for scientific articles.
The aim of this study is to gain more knowledge on the nutritional and immunological aspects of allergy to milk and eggs in children.
This study will randomize patients recently discharged from the hospital with a confirmed diagnosis of type 1 acute myocardial infarction (Thygesen et al. 2018) and having additional cardiovascular risk factors.
Education and dietary support are integral in managing food allergy in children. The study aim is to analyze the impact of E-learning on parental confidence in managing their child's food allergy.
Orofacial pain is diagnosed for more than 1.9 percent of general population and for 0.3 percent origin of the facial pain is unknown. Commonly atypical facial pain is treated as a neurological condition without an emotional or psychiatric evaluation. Since atypical pain and mood affective disorders can be related, patients do not receive proper care for this condition. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between atypical facial pain syndrome and affective mood disorders. We aim to assess patients' with no diagnosed organic pathology tendency towards anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and one of big five personality traits through self-rating questionnaires. We will compare the gathered data with biosensors from iMotions software.
This study will collect information on side effects and how well Esperoct® (turoctocog alfa pegol (N8-GP)) works during long-term treatment (prophylaxis) in males with haemophilia A. Participants in this study will get the same treatment as they would normally get, if they were not participating in the study. All visits at the clinic are done in the same way as participants are used to, when visiting their doctor. During visits at the clinic participants might be asked for some relevant tests if considered useful by the study doctor. During the visits the study doctor might ask if participants had any side effects since the last study visit. Participants will be asked to note down in their own diary the number of bleeds and how these were treated, as well as their regular prophylaxis. Participation in the study will last for about 5-7 years, depending on when participants join the study. Participants are free to leave the study at any time and for any reason. This will not affect their current and future medical care.
A FIH study to collect preliminary device safety, feasibility and performance data of the XABG in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (SCAD), with suitable multi vessel disease (MVD) and selected by the local Heart Team for elective coronary artery bypass grafts surgery of at least 3 bypass grafts (minimally 1 artery and 2 veins or 2 arteries and 1 vein).