There are about 5161 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Norway. 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 study will characterize the biology of FMT in the context of IBS prior to wider clinical application of the method. Given the ethical concerns of unknown and long-term adverse effects of FMT therapy, the study will include patients only with moderate to severe symptoms. IBS is a heterogenous disorder and it is important to characterize the patients, and study as homogeneous patient populations as possible. Therefore the study will only include post-infectious IBS patients after the Giardia outbreak.
The design of the study is a randomized controlled trial. A total of 80 students with self-reported symptoms of stress/anxiety/depression will be invited to take part in a 3-session course consisting of either attention training or self-compassion/mindfulness based meditation. Attention training involves modifying metacognitive control and enhancing attention flexibility so that people can refrain from responding to intrusions with extended processing. Self-compassion involves not avoiding painful or distressing feelings. Instead these experiences are held in awareness with kindness, understanding, and a sense of shared humanity.
This is an observational study at the Obstetrical outpatient clinic at Stavanger University Hospital. The main goal is to compare the current marker of glycemic control (glycated hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c) with glycated albumin in pregnancies with pregestational diabetes mellitus. Women with diabetes are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. With improved glycemic control, the risk decreases. Glycated albumin is suggested to be a better marker for monitoring glycemic control in pregnancies because it reflects blood glucose for a shorter period than HbA1c (3 versus 8-12 weeks). Other studies have shown that HbA1c increases in pregnancy because of iron deficiency. The investigators want to investigate HbA1c, glycated albumin and iron status in diabetic pregnancies. The investigators will compare HbA1c and glycated albumin throughout pregnancy with the patient's own blood glucose measurements or data from CGM (continuous blood glucose monitoring). Blood samples for HbA1c and glycated albumin will be taken 6 times during pregnancy (week 12, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36).
The investigators have recently shown that LSIB in combination with a suprascapular and a cervical plexus block is a very good alternative for arthroscopic shoulder surgery. However, the investigators believe the total volume of local anesthetic for LSIB may be reduced. For shoulder surgery there is no need to block the medial cord and the investigators therefore hypothesize a significantly lower MEV95% by applying a selective lateral and posterior cord block
Background and rational: A large number of instruments exists to assess upper limb prosthetic function. However, they differ substantially in terms of psychometric properties and content. Furthermore, there is no "gold standard" and nearly every single center uses a unique set of instruments. This fact prevents the linking of the commonly small (due to the limited number of patients in each center) data sets of different centers and makes comparisons between different fittings or treatment protocols difficult. To generate accepted evidence, we need large data sets with similar outcomes. With remarkable progress made in prosthetic research and rehabilitation in the recent years, the need to evaluate the impact of this intervention on daily life, including productivity, self-care and leisure becomes increasingly relevant. Moreover, self-reported instruments and observation-based instruments exist, but there is a lack of data if, for example, the self-reported instrument (which is easier and less health-professional's-time-consuming to perform) could "replace" a performance or observation-based instrument. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine psychometric properties of the existing instruments (SHAP, DASH, SF-36 and ACMC) in a large international data set, to explore possible linkage between self-reported and performance or observation-based instruments and to develop state-of-the art recommendations/points to consider on how to assess functioning in prosthetic care.
The intervention to be studied is a smoking cessation program offered to newly diagnosed cancer patients at their first consultation for treatment at an oncological hospital department.
The ASAC trial is a Scandinavian, multi-center, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study to determine whether adjuvant treatment with low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) can improve disease free survival in patients treated with resection for colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM). Several studies have shown beneficial effect of ASA on primary prevention of CRC and the investigators group and others have shown a potential association of ASA also taken after the diagnosis on CRC survival in registry-based studies (secondary prevention). Up to 800 patients operated for CRCLM will be randomized to Arm#1 ASA 160 mg once daily or Arm#2 Placebo for a period of 3 years or till disease recurrence. The patients will be treated and followed up according to standard of care and the National Guidelines. The ASAC trial will be the first clinical interventional trial to assess the beneficial role of ASA in recurrence of CRC liver metastases and survival. ASA is an inexpensive, well tolerated, and easily accessible drug that will be highly potential as adjuvant drug in secondary prevention of CRC liver metastases if the study shows a beneficial effect. This trial will also investigate the effect of ASA as adjuvant treatment on Health-related Quality of Life and the cost-effectiveness.
The purpose of this study is to investigate mechanisms underlying the reduction in muscle quality (the ratio between muscle strength and muscle size) with aging, and to investigate how these factors are affected by strength training and protein supplementation. It is already established that muscle quality defined as the ratio between the strength and the size of a muscle is improved with strength training, even in frail elderly individuals. However, the relative contribution of factors such as activation level, fat infiltration, muscle architecture and single fiber function is unknown. The main focus of this study is to investigate the relationship between muscle quality and muscle protein breakdown, as insufficient degradation of proteins is hypothesized to negatively affect muscle quality.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of High Density- tDCS (HD- tDCS) on cognitive function in Alzheimer's Disease. One anode and four return electrodes are placed over DLPFC, where low intensity current (2mA) is induced to the surface of the scalp. Electrode placement is individualized for each participant. Participants will undergo 15 stimulations, with a duration of 20 minutes each. All patients will undergo neuropsychological assessment and MRI evaluation.
Recombinant human parathyroid hormone, also known as if rhPTH(1-84), is a medicine to treat people with Hypothyroidism. The main aim of this study is to learn if rhPTH(1-84) can improve symptoms in adults with hypoparathyroidism. In this study, participants will receive 1 of 2 treatments: rhPTH(1-84) or a placebo. A placebo looks like the medicine being studied but does not have medicine in it. In this study, the placebo will be a standard treatment which is either active Vitamin D, or active Vitamin D with calcium. Active Vitamin D is a form of vitamin D that has a faster effect on the body. These treatments will be given as a daily injection just under the skin. Participants will not know which treatment they received, nor will their study doctors. This is to help make sure the results are more reliable. All participants will also take active vitamin D and calcium supplements during treatment. Participants will record their symptoms in a tool called the hypoparathyroidism symptom diary. This tool is used to assess symptoms and their impact and will give an overall score for each participant. The study doctors will also check for side effects from the study treatments. After treatment, researchers will check if there is any difference in the diary scores between the 2 treatment groups. A difference in score means there is a difference in symptoms and their impact. From this, researchers will learn if symptoms have improved for participants treated with rhPTH(1-84) compared with those treated with placebo.