There are about 13332 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Netherlands. 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: Vitiligo is a common skin disorder that can impair a patient's quality of life. Many depigmented lesions in vitiligo patients remain therapy resistant for medical treatment. Therefore new therapeutic options in these patients are necessary. Currently, dermabrasion by conventional or fractional laser therapy in combination with NB-UVB therapy and steroids appears to be effective in therapy resistant areas. However, little literature on this combination is available. Objectives: To assess the efficacy and patient safety of (1)fractional CO2-laser treatment in combination with NB- UVB,(2) fractional CO2-laser treatment in combination with NB- UVB and topical corticosteroids versus NB-UVB treatment alone(3) Study design: Prospective observer blinded randomised intra-patient controlled study. Study population: 23 patients ≥ 18 years with non segmental vitiligo who receive NB-UVB treatment at the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP) at the Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam. We will include patients with 3 depigmented lesions that are resistant to NB- UVB treatment after 3 to 6 months. Methods: Three NB-UVB resistant depigmented regions on the trunk or extremities will be randomly allocated to;(1) NB-UVB treatment in combination with fractional CO2 laser abrasion, or (2) NB-UVB treatment in combination with fractional CO2 laser abrasion and topical steroids, or (3) NB-UVB treatment alone. NB-UVB treatment and topical steroids will be given according to the standard treatment protocol of the SNIP and continued for at least 6 months. Two and 6 months after the laser treatment, the percentage of repigmentation of the lesions will be assessed.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of fulranumab as Monotherapy compared with placebo in participants with signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis of the hip or knee that are not adequately controlled by current pain therapy.
The study seeks to assess the efficacy of veliparib (ABT-888) in combination with carboplatin and etoposide in participants with extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED SCLC).
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of apremilast (30 mg twice daily [BID] and 40 mg BID), compared with placebo, in participants with active Ulcerative Colitis (UC).
The purpose of the study was to understand if there was benefit in continued treatment with a medicine called enzalutamide, when starting treatment with docetaxel and prednisolone (a standard chemotherapy for prostate cancer), after the prostate cancer had gotten worse when treated with enzalutamide alone.
Rationale: Laparoscopic myomectomy is increasingly performed over laparotomic myomectomy, because of the many benefits for the patient in terms of pain, hospital stay and recovery. In order to increase the success rate of a laparoscopic procedure pre-treatment to decrease the volume might be beneficial. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa) are used for this purpose with good results in terms of volume reduction, but sometimes resulting in loss of distinction of the right surgical planes. Ulipristal is a new pre-operative treatment option for symptomatic fibroids, which has demonstrated good results in terms of volume reduction. The effect on cleavage planes is unknown. This study is performed to evaluate if Ulipristal is as effective as GnRHa in terms of surgical outcome. Objective: to investigate if Ulipristal is non-inferior to GnRH in terms of intra-operative blood-loss (primary outcome), surgical time, surgical ease, complications, quality of life and costs. Study design: Double blind randomized controlled multi-center trial. Study population: Premenopausal women in whom a maximum of 2 symptomatic intramural fibroids between 5 and 12 cm in diameter will be removed. Fibroid types 3, 4, 5, 6 and 2-5 will be included. Intervention: Three months of Ulipristal 5 mg once daily combined with a single saline injection at the onset of pretreatment (produced as placebo of Leuproreline) or (comparison) 11.25 mg Leuproreline injections at the onset of pretreatment with placebo tablets (once daily) . Methods: Within 1 month after pre-treatment patients will undergo a laparoscopic myomectomy by experienced surgeons. Operative characteristics will be recorded prospectively. Follow up will be 6 months after surgery mainly for quality of life assessment. A cost utility analysis will be conducted alongside the trial. Main study parameters/endpoints: Ulipristal is non-inferior to GnRHa in terms of blood loss during surgery when the average difference between the two groups is below 150 ml (standard deviation 250 ml). Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: Both Ulipristal and GnRHa have been registered for this indication. Safety has been tested and no specific risks apply.
Background: Less than 20% of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in different healthcare settings achieve all treatment goals to prevent cardiometabolic disease. A more personalised approach with shared decision making should increase that percentage. Because the ADDITION-Europe study demonstrated two (almost) equally effective treatments but with slightly different intensities, it may be a good starting point to discuss with the patients their diabetes treatment, taking into account both the intensity of treatment, clinical factors and patients' preferences. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether such an approach increases the proportion of treatment goals that T2DM patients achieve. Methods: In a cluster-randomised trial in 40 primary care practices that participated until 2009 in the ADDITION Study, 150 T2DM patients 60 - 80 years, known with T2DM for 8-15 years, will be included. Practices are randomised a second time, i.e. intervention practices in the ADDITION study could be control practices in the current study and vice versa. For the GPs from the intervention group a 2-hour training in shared decision making (SDM) was developed as well as a decision support tool to use during the consultation. These GPs plan the first visit with the patients to decide on the intensity of the treatment, personalised targets and the priorities of treatment. The control group will continue with the treatment they were allocated to in the ADDITION study (treatment-as-before). Follow-up: 24 months. The primary outcome is the proportion of patients who achieve all three treatment goals (HbA1c, blood pressure, total cholesterol) at 24 months. Secondary outcomes are the proportion of patients who achieve five treatment goals (HbA1c, blood pressure, total cholesterol , body weight, not smoking), evaluation of the SDM process (SDM-Q9), satisfaction with the treatment (DTSQ), wellbeing and quality of life (W-BQ12, ADD QoL-19), health status (SF-36, EQ-5D) and coping (DCMQ). The proportions of achieved treatment goals will be compared between groups by estimating the relative risk of meeting the treatment targets. For the secondary outcomes mixed models will be used. Discussion: To achieve optimal diabetes care with a higher proportion of achieved individualised treatment goals, the SDM approach including a multi-faceted decision support tool might be useful. An intervention with such a support decision tool is designed.
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the one-stop-shop concept, using real-time in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy as diagnostic tool, prior to surgical management of new primary basal cell carcinoma
Darunavir/ritonavir is one of the preferred antiretroviral agents as part of combination antiretroviral therapy for treatment of HIV-infected adults according to international guidelines. For children 3-12 years old, FDA has approved once daily dosing of darunavir/ritonavir. Dosing recommendations for children 6-12 years old have been approved based on a modelling and simulation procedure by the company. This pharmacokinetic study is designed to validate the proposed dosing recommendation for once daily darunavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected children aged 6-12 years old.
Videobronchoscopy is an essential diagnostic procedure for evaluation of the central airways and pivotal for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Further technological improvements have resulted in high definition (HD+) images and advanced image enhancement technique (i-scan). An earlier study (NCT01676012) has indicated that HD+ bronchoscopy in combination with i-scan technology is superior to HD+WL (white light) for detecting endobronchial vascular changes. In this study we aim to correlate these vascular changes to histology and hypothesize that these vascular changes are related to (pre-) malignant changes and that the addition of i-scan is superior to HD+ WL.