There are about 3194 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Portugal. 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 purpose of the research is to compare the influence of customized foot orthoses use on the venous status among healthy female and male subjects. This is a quasi-experimental study which included 20 healthy subjects. Sociodemographic and medical record data are registered. Furthermore,venous function is evaluated by plethysmography, first, without orthoses and, after 20 days, with orthoses.
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.
Many cancer patients, especially those with pancreatic cancer, suffer from severe lower back / upper abdominal pain. This pain is often poorly managed with standard treatments; the doses of painkiller required often induce side effects, whereas nerve block procedures (where a needle is deeply inserted into the back) are both invasive and of limited benefit. This clinical trial investigates a unique novel approach in which high-dose radiation (radiosurgery) is focused on the offending nerve bundle (the celiac plexus) in the posterior abdomen. Preliminary results from a single institution pilot trial are very promising: pain relief is substantial and side effects minimal. In this multi-center clinical trial, patients will be accrued and receive treatment at several international locations. Main aim of the study: Establish the safety and efficacy of the treatment in the multi-center setting. This trial will bring pain relief to cancer sufferers and improve current acceptable standard of care. The trial resonates with the Gateway mission of promoting new treatments that directly benefit people living with cancer, enhancing their wellbeing, and consequently decreasing the fear associated with a cancer diagnosis.
A Phase 2, open-label, multicenter international study will be performed to evaluate the efficacy of MCLA-128-based combinations. Three combination treatments will be evaluated, two in Cohort 1 and one in Cohort 2. MCLA-128 (zenocutuzumab) is given in combinations in two metastatic breast cancer (MBC) populations, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2-positive/amplified (Cohort 1) and Estrogen Receptor-positive/low HER2 expression (Cohort2). Two combinations treatments will be evaluated in Cohort 1, the doublet and triplet. Initially zenocutuzumab is given in combination with trastuzumab in the doublet. After the safety of the doublet has been assessed in 4-6 patients, MCLA-128 is given in combination with trastuzumab and vinorelbine in the triplet, in parallel to the efficacy expansion of the doublet. The doublet and triplet combinations are both evaluated in two steps with an initial safety run-in followed by a cohort efficacy expansion. In total up to 40 patients evaluable for efficacy are included in both the doublet and triplet. In Cohort 2 zenocutuzumab is administered in combination with the same previous endocrine therapy on which progressive disease is radiologically documented. A total of up to 40 patients evaluable for efficacy are included in the Cohort 2.
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) underwent to a hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program in the Lisbon district Hospitals will be recruited. The participants will be randomized into one of the following exercise groups: A) combined exercise training with more aerobic training and less strength training (CAT); B) combined exercise training with more strength training and less aerobic training (CST). The investigators will test two proportions in combined training, CAT and CST. There hasn't been any data on the so called combined regimes, which include both aerobic exercise with HIIT and ST and the investigators will evaluate the effects of acute and chronic response. The research project will contribute to a better understanding in several aspects that are unexplained by scientific research.
The purpose of the post-market study is to assess the clinical outcomes, safety, and performance of the Endurant Chimney Graft Technique (Endurant Stent Graft Systems used with a balloon-expandable covered stent graft) for treatment of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms with a short infrarenal neck in a real world setting.
Primary Objective: -To demonstrate the benefit of isatuximab in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in the prolongation of progression free survival (PFS) as compared to bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone, in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) not eligible for transplant. Secondary Objectives: - To evaluate in both randomized (isatuximab, bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone combination (IVRd) and bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone combination (VRd)) arms: - Complete response (CR) rate, as defined by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria. - Minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity rate in patients with CR. - Very good partial response or better rate, as defined by the IMWG criteria. - Overall survival (OS). - To evaluate the overall response rate (ORR) as per IMWG criteria. - To evaluate the time to progression (TTP) overall and by MRD status. - To evaluate PFS by MRD status. - To evaluate the duration of response (DOR) overall and by MRD status. - To evaluate time to first response (TT1R). - To evaluate time to best response (TTBR). - To evaluate progression-free survival on next line of therapy (PFS2). - To evaluate the sustained MRD negativity >12 months rate. - To evaluate safety. - To determine the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of isatuximab in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (IVRd arm only). - To evaluate the immunogenicity of isatuximab in patients receiving isatuximab (IVRd and crossover arms). - To assess disease-specific and generic health-related quality of life (HRQL), disease and treatment-related symptoms, health state utility, and health status.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of the new-generation zotarolimus-eluting stent Resolute Onyx in the treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease (ULMCAD), both isolated or in association with two- or three-vessel coronary artery disease.
The primary objective of the study was to compare the effect of sotagliflozin to placebo on total occurrences of cardiovascular (CV) death, hospitalization for heart failure [HHF], and urgent visit for heart failure [HF] in participants with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, and moderate to severely impaired renal function.
The main objective is to assess long term safety of treatment with oral nintedanib in patients with Systemic Sclerosis associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD).