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.
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with breast cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn how well triptorelin given together with tamoxifen citrate or exemestane works in lowering estrogen levels. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying estrogen levels in premenopausal women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer and are receiving triptorelin and tamoxifen citrate or exemestane on clinical trial IBCSG-2402.
This study is designed to demonstrate the efficacy and to assess the safety of cinacalcet for the reduction of hypercalcemia in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism for whom parathyroidectomy is indicated on the basis of an elevated corrected total serum calcium, but who are unable to undergo parathyroidectomy.
Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) causes inflammation and narrowing of blood vessels and can cause blindness in one third of patients. It is important that a prompt, accurate diagnosis of GCA is made and treatment given as steroids for two or more years. Currently there is no 100% accurate test for GCA. Patients usually have new headache and scalp tenderness, typically with an abnormal blood test. However, it can be difficult to distinguish non-serious forms of headache from GCA; infection produces similar abnormal blood results. If there is a suspicion of GCA, treatment with steroids is started straight away. To confirm a diagnosis, the patient will need a biopsy of a temporal artery (a minor procedure performed under local anaesthetic to remove a sample of one of the scalp arteries). However, up to 44% of patients will have a normal biopsy. Therefore it is difficult to know if a patient with a normal biopsy does or does not have GCA. Withdrawing steroid treatment may increase the risk of blindness. Continuing treatment in a patient without GCA increases the risk of side effects (e.g., weight gain, infection risk, osteoporosis and fracture risk, high blood pressure, diabetes, cataracts). It is important to improve diagnostic tests for GCA. Another test to help in diagnosing GCA is an ultrasound scan of the arteries in the side of the head and under the arms. Ultrasound does not involve surgery; it is a simple test which can be performed as an out patient. Gel is applied to both sides of the head and under each arm. A sound probe is placed over the artery at each site to produce the scan. The investigators' study will examine the role of ultrasound in diagnosis of 402 patients with suspected GCA. All patients will have an ultrasound examination in addition to biopsy within a week of starting steroids. Patients will be treated according to usual practice. After six months, the investigators will reassess the diagnosis. The investigators will look at the accuracy of ultrasound compared with or combined with biopsy. The investigators will look at how a doctor's knowledge of ultrasound results or biopsy results alone would affect the diagnosis and recommendation to continue or stop steroid treatment. The investigators will assess whether knowledge of both results together would alter the diagnosis and treatment. The investigators will collect information to estimate the costs of different ways of diagnosing GCA in relation to the impact on quality of life.
The primary objective was to investigate whether multiple-dose administration of eslicarbazepine acetate affects the pharmacokinetics of metformin.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cardiovascular outcomes of alogliptin, once daily (QD), compared with placebo, in addition to standard of care, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndrome.
The purpose of this study is: To evaluate the safety and performance of the Presillion stent in routine clinical practice.
Patients that completed any of the trials; CS27 (NCT00738673), CS28 (NCT00831233), CS30 (NCT00833248) or CS31 (NCT00884273) will be given the opportunity to receive monthly doses of degarelix until the drug is launched in their country. Safety parameters such as electrocardiogram (ECG), blood and urine samples and general health state will be studied. Note: patients completing the CS27 trial did not participate in the CS34 trial.
The study will compare two combination therapies: 1) Combined Basal Insulin Glargine (once a day), Exenatide (twice a day), and Metformin Therapy; or 2) Combined Basal Insulin Glargine (once a day), Bolus Insulin Lispro (three times a day), and Metformin Therapy, in subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who have inadequate glycemic control.
This was a phase III 4-part study in multiple centres. Part I was a 26-week parallel-group, randomised, placebo-controlled period (8 weeks single-blind placebo baseline, 2 weeks double-blind titration, 12 weeks maintenance, and 4 weeks tapering off). After completing the baseline period, patients were randomised in a 1:1:1:1 ratio to 1 of 3 ESL dose levels or to placebo. Part II was a 1-year open-label extension for patients who had completed Part I. The starting dose was 800 mg once daily and could be titrated up or down at 400-mg intervals between 400 and 1200 mg. Part III was an additional 1-year open-label extension for patients who had completed Part II, had participated in the post-Part II study extension, which allowed patients to continue treatment with ESL, or had continued to take ESL in a compassionate use program. ESL starting doses were the same as received at the end of Part II, during post-Part II study extension, or under compassionate use, and could be titrated up or down at 400-mg intervals between 400 and 1200 mg once daily. Part IV was a study extension to allow patients to continue ESL treatment after the end of Part III until marketing authorisation or discontinuation of clinical development.
The primary objective was to evaluate the efficacy of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) administered once daily at 1200 mg or 800 mg, compared with placebo as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial epilepsy over a 12-week maintenance period.