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.
Background: Dementia is a debilitating and devastating disease impacting the individuals, their families, and the health care system. According to the World Health Organization the dementia epidemic could overwhelm the global health care system and undermine social and economic development. Currently, no curative treatment for dementia exists despite immense research activity. The cognitive and functional impairment in dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD), develop slowly decades before clinical signs emerge. This knowledge has led to the recognition of a prodromal period of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), between normal cognition and dementia. This is at present the earliest stage for intervention in dementia; even a short delay in dementia progression will have a large impact on global economy and health care. Objectives: In this clinical multicenter study, we aim to investigate the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of working memory training in MCI. To identify high responders to training analysis of genetic markers, relative's stress and craniospinal clearance will be performed. Participants and methods: This study is a blinded, randomized and controlled trail that will include 213 participants, diagnosed with MCI, included from five Norwegian Memory clinics in four health care regions. The groups will be randomized to either two training periods, one training period or active control. The intervention is computerized working memory training. Neuropsychological status, activities of daily living (ADL), and relative stress and quality of life will be assessed at baseline and 3, 6, 12 ,24 and 48 months after training. Structural MRI will be performed at baseline, and 3 and 6 months after training. For participants in the REACT MCI glymphatics substudy craniospinal clearance will be measured at baseline. A cost-utility analysis will be performed to evaluate if the working memory training is more cost-effective compared to the active control group in the MCI phase, taking a societal perspective.
This study will examine which impact lockdown strategies intending to prevent the spread of COVID-19 had on people with cognitive impairment and dementia. Comprehensive data from two large health studies in Norway, conducted before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, will be linked with health register data on the use of health care services and medication. Further, it will be conducted a survey addressing questions on social isolation and use of communicative technology, from March 2020 to January 2021. The knowledge gained from this study can improve the health care system's ability to respond more adequately to pandemics and other unforeseen events, so that the negative consequences for older adults with dementia and cognitive impairment can be reduced.
Adenomyosis is a disease where ectopic endometrial-like glands affect the muscular wall of the uterus. About 70% of women affected by adenomyosis suffer from dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia. A levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) is the first-choice treatment of adenomyosis, but is not always sufficiently effective in all women. Those women often end up removing the uterus (hysterectomy). Hysterectomy is clinically regarded to be an efficient and final treatment of adenomyosis, but pelvic pain may also prevail after removal of the uterus. This study aimes to investigate the short - and long-term impact of hysterectomy on quality of life (QOL) and sexual function in women with adenomyosis, and further to evaluate if there is any difference compared to women that are removing their uterus due to other benign gynecological conditions.
For high-risk prostate cancer patients, detection of lymph node metastases is crucial to ensure optimal treatment. Standard treatment for these patients is radiotherapy or surgery. The surgery involves resection of the prostate and the pelvic lymph nodes. Currently, the most reliable method to confirm lymph node metastases is by histologic examination of the resected lymph nodes. Ideally, one should be able to detect lymph node metastases prior to treatment. Then, the treatment could be better adjusted to each patient. Imaging methods such as prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET) can possibly aid the detection of lymph node metastases. In this study, the investigators want to test whether PSMA-PET or a combination of PSMA-PET and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) can improve staging of lymph nodes before treatment.
The main objective of the present work is to establish a firm knowledge base regarding depression and anxiety as risk factors for dementia and how social relationships impact this association. This risk factors, and efforts to reduce them are described through a follow up over three decades.
This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of VX-880 infusion in participants with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) and severe hypoglycemia.
Retrospective observational study of patients treated with niraparib in an individual patient access program in Norway.
An add-on phase II trial within the ALL SCTped 2012 FORUM with the primary objective to determine whether the use of Blincyto in paediatric patients with B-lineage ALL and pre- and/or post-transplant MRD could induce MRD-negativity in patients who were MRD-positive before and/or after allogeneic HSCT. The study protocol entitled "A Phase II Study of Blincyto (Blinatumomab) in Children with CD19+ B-lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)-Positivity before or following first Allogeneic Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in complete remission (CR1, CR2, CR3)" was included in the ALL SCTped 2012 FORUM Protocol Appendix 1b. According to protocol, 15 mcg/m2/day of Blincyto is given in continuous intravenous infusion over a 28-day cycle. Starting day for patients who are MRD-positive before HSCT is between day +60 and day +100 and for patients who become MRD-positive post HSCT it is between day +60 and day +360 post HSCT. Patients are evaluated for response at day +28 (+4 days) (bone marrow morphology and MRD analysis - defined by PCR/FLOW-techniques) after start of Blincyto-treatment at the end of first Blincyto infusion and at regular post-TX-checks (according to FORUM: days +28, +60, +100, +180 and +360 after HSCT). The protocol was approved in 10 countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Spain) participating ALL SCTped 2012 FORUM study. Overall, 3 patients were treated with Blincyto (2 in Oslo and 1 in Copenhagen). However, the Investigator Initiated Research Agreement was terminated by Amgen on 26 April 2022, leading to an early termination of the study, which was approved with the last protocol amendment.
This project is funded by Stiftelsen Dam and is a cooperation between The Norwegian Council for Mental Health (NCMH) and PROMENTA research group at the University of Oslo. Low-cost and evidence-based health promoting public health tools are urgently needed in Norwegian municipalities, to meet both current and future challenges with mental health and wellbeing. The aim in this randomized controlled trail is to test if a shorter, 10 week web-based version (The Five Ways to All, "5WaysA"), of an already established course (Five Ways to Wellbeing course), can promote wellbeing and mastery in the general population. The principal investigator will investigate to what extend the effects are short-term and long-term (i.e., 10 weeks, 18 weeks and 12 months after starting to receive the 5WaysA intervention).
The purpose of this study is to compare the presence of graft patency in single aspirin vs dual anti platelet therapy (DAPT) treatment including ticagrelor in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Follow up time is 12-36 months postoperatively and the patency will be evaluated with coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)