There are about 1254 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Peru. 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.
Dengue viruses are the most medically important arthropod-borne pathogens worldwide, with transmission occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions. An estimated 390 million infections occur yearly. Although, there are considerable ongoing efforts to develop a vaccine, vector control remains the only option for reducing dengue virus (DENV) transmission and disease burden. The recent emergence of Aedes-borne Zika (ZIKV) and Chikungunya viruses (CHIKV) highlight need for novel vector control tools. The goal of this project is to determine the efficacy of a spatial repellent (SR) product (active ingredient transfluthrin) for reducing contact between household residents and vector mosquitos and as a result reduce DENV, ZIKV, and/or other Aedes-borne virus transmission. Henceforth the investigators will designate the combined risk of Aedes-borne dengue, Chikungunya, Zika virus transmission by (DCZV). Spatial repellency is used here as a general term to refer to a range of insect behaviors caused by airborne chemicals that reduce contact between people and disease vectors. This can include movement away from a chemical stimulus, and interference with host detection (attraction-inhibition) and/or feeding response.
This trial aims to develop an electronic learning (eLearning) program and mobile tool for Spanish and Portuguese speaking cancer care providers to use in tobacco counseling of their patients. This study may provide information for the design and implementation of tobacco cessation training programs directed to this group of professionals in low- and middle-income countries for the Latin American region.
Hospitalization is a stressful event that might impact in a patient's recovery. Children are more susceptible to suffer acute stress as a result of a hospital stay. Stress is often quantized using cortisol levels, a substance which increases following stressful stimuli. Since stress management is important in a patient's recovery, different therapies are used and have been evaluated and proven effective to diminish cortisol levels such as play interventions and clown therapy. Nevertheless, they rely on volunteers or trained staff to perform them. Nowadays, technology such as augmented reality allow us to provide therapy without the need of volunteers. This project aims to test if augmented reality technology is effective in lowering salivary cortisol levels in hospitalized children.
Hypertension is a public health problem worldwide, being responsible for 9.4 million deaths worldwide each year, as well as contributing to the burden of coronary, cerebrovascular, renal diseases, among others. The monitoring of blood pressure at home has gained importance in recent years, being related to adherence to treatment, as well as in the prevention of complications and optimization of pressure levels; In the same way, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health has contributed to the improvement of communication systems by providing alternative tele-monitoring in this type of diseases. Objective: To evaluate the impact of tele-monitoring at home through tensiometers with integrated SMS system (text message), for the sending and recording of blood pressure and heart rate data in the primary care setting. Methods: A randomized controlled trial will be conducted, evaluating the intervention with the integrated blood pressure device with SMS capability, comparing it with the standard care. After a follow-up of 1 month, the effect on the values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be evaluated, as well as the adherence to treatment and complications related to arterial hypertension. A sample number of 20 participants per group was calculated, with a significance of 95% and a power of 80%, to detect a minimum significant difference of 10 mmHg.
Abnormal chromosome number, or aneuploidy, is common in human embryos. It is responsible for more than half of all miscarriages, and it is the leading cause of congenital birth defects. Besides, it has been described that aneuploidy may also affect embryo implantation. Therefore, selecting embryos that have the best chance of implanting and growing into a healthy baby is one of the most important steps in the field of assisted reproduction. Recent advances in genetic technologies, such as Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), have allowed aneuploidy to be detected with greater sensitivity. The application of this technique to trophectoderm biopsies, taken from embryos before transfer to the uterus, has provided insight into the clinical impact of chromosomal status. This process of screening embryos to make sure they have the right number of chromosomes and to look for any structural abnormalities in the chromosomes is called Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A). It requires specific equipment and trained personnel that will add costs and risks, so non-invasive techniques are sought as an alternative. These non-invasive procedures have been explored by some groups analyzing the spent culture medium where the embryo is cultured up to the time of transfer or freezing. In daily routine, this media is discarded after finishing the embryo culture, but it has been reported that contains traces of embryonic cell-free DNA (cfDNA) that can represent the genetic load of the embryo. However, at the moment there is a high variability in results across studies, with a percentage of concordant results between the media and the trophectoderm biopsy ranging from 3.5 to 85.7%. Thus, the main objective of this project is to validate a new non-invasive method for PGT-A (niPGT-A), based on improved collection and analysis of the culture media to achieve higher rates of sensitivity and specificity and to decrease the effect of some intrinsic difficulties such as low embryonic cfDNA input, mosaicism and maternal contamination.
This study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of adjuvant atezolizumab in combination with paclitaxel, followed by atezolizumab, dose-dense doxorubicin or epirubicin (investigator's choice), and cyclophosphamide, compared with paclitaxel followed by dose-dense doxorubicin or epirubicin (investigator's choice) and cyclophosphamide alone in patients with Stage II-III TNBC (Triple Negative Breast Cancer)
This study is designed to 1) describe the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of V114 and Prevnar 13™ in pneumococcal vaccine-naïve adults infected with HIV and to 2) describe the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of PNEUMOVAX™23 when administered 8 weeks after receipt of either V114 or Prevnar 13™.
This is a phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CSL112 on reducing the risk of major adverse CV events [MACE - cardiovascular (CV) death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke] in subjects with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) diagnosed with either ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), including those managed with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or medically managed.
The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the efficacy of gefapixant (MK-7264) in reducing cough frequency as measured over a 24-hour period, and to determine the safety and tolerability of gefapixant. The primary hypothesis is that at least one dose of gefapixant is superior to placebo in reducing coughs per hour (over 24 hours) at Week 24.
The main objectives of this study will be to evaluate the efficacy of gefapixant in reducing cough frequency as measured over a 24-hour period at Week 12, and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of gefapixant. The primary hypothesis is that at least one gefapixant dose is superior to placebo in reducing coughs per hour (over 24 hours) at Week 12.