There are about 1320 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Saudi Arabia. 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.
Study EGL-4104-C-1502 is a phase 2, single-site, open-label, randomized, 2-arm parallel study of Ryanodex for the adjuvant treatment of exertional heat stroke (EHS) administered intravenously (IV), to current standard of care (SOC). SOC for the treatment of EHS is defined as effective body cooling, which should be implemented as quickly as available after diagnosis of exertional heat stroke.
At King Khalid University hospital approximately 1200-1500 MRI are done yearly on pediatric and neonatal patients. The investigating hospital is one of the pioneers in providing this service in the Kingdom (which was established about 10 years ago) to the patients of this age group. Only a small percentage of pediatric patients with age above 8 years accept the procedure to be done without anesthesia; and majority of MRI procedures are done under general anesthesia. The airway management of these patients is commonly accomplished with laryngeal mask airways (LMA). LMA are in practice of anesthesia since early 1980s. Pediatric and neonatal patients (including ex-premature) have also been benefited by the use of LMA. There are many advantages of LMA over endotracheal tube (ETT) in pediatric patients like ease of insertion, securing airway rapidly, avoidance of muscle relaxants, reduced incidence of sore throat, post-operative hoarseness and coughing at the time of extubation, greater hemodynamic and intra ocular pressure (IOP) stability. There are different types of pediatric LMAs available e.g. I-gel, ProSeal, LMA supreme, LMA classic, LMA unique, LarySeal and Ambu. These devices differ morphologically from each other (silicone, polyvinyl chloride or soft gel). Out of all this variety of LMAs only few are MRI compatible (do not produce any artifact in the MRI image), for example Ambu LMA and I-gel LMA and in King Khalid University Hospital (the investigating hospital) these two types are being used. On search of literature the investigators found only one study in adults in which such comparison has been made and there was no study comparing different LMAs on the basis of their spatial effects on anatomical structures of the neck and airway in pediatric patients with age 12 years or below. In this prospective randomized study, the investigators will compare the spatial relationship of I-gel Trademark (TM) and Ambu® AuraOnce (AO)TM on pediatric airway in pediatric patients undergoing 3-D MRI under general anesthesia (GA).
The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of single agent AZD9291 in a real world setting in adult patients with advanced or metastatic, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), who have received prior EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy.
Probiotics are commercially available live bacteria thought to have health benefits when ingested. A literature review of probiotic studies in the intensive care unit (ICU) found that in patients who receive probiotics, there is a 25% reduction in lung infection, known as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). There is also an 18% reduction in the chance of developing any infection in the ICU. However, the studies reviewed were small and not well done. Therefore, whether probiotics are really helpful or not is unclear. Before a large carefully performed study is done to evaluate the effects of probiotics in critically ill patients, a pilot trial was needed. The Investigators completed a multicenter pilot RCT for which the primary outcomes relate to feasibility. Feasibility goals were met. 1) Recruitment for the Pilot was achieved in 1 year; 2) Adherence to the protocol was 96%; 3) There were no cases of contamination; 4) The VAP rate was 15%. This study is very important in the ongoing search for more effective strategies to prevent serious infection during critical illness. Probiotics may be an easy-to-use, readily available, inexpensive approach to help future critically ill patients around the world.
For adult patients with acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation, does a ventilation strategy using proportional assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors (PAV+) result in a shorter duration of time spent on mechanical ventilation than a ventilation strategy using pressure support ventilation (PSV)?
Determine Cutoff BMI at which transabdominal sonography (TAS) is not satisfactory for aneuploidy risk assessment.
Several methods have been proposed to improve intubating conditions and minimize sevoflurane induction time during sevoflurane induction in children. These include clonidine premedication, [5] addition of nitrous oxide, [6] opioids, [7,8] or propofol [9]. Four Studies evaluated sevoflurane alone for intubation (9-12).Aim of this study: is to evaluate the effects of two different dose of propofol preceded by a fixed dose of fentanyl during sevoflurane induction on quality of tracheal intubation in children undergoing elective surgery.
Stainless steel crowns are arguably the most successful posterior restorations in primary teeth and have been so for more than 50 years. Stainless steel crowns offer durability and success rates in excess of 95% making them the restoration of choice for posterior primary teeth in children treated under general anesthesia. Failures of stainless steel crowns placed on primary teeth have been documented using several criteria including marginal adaptation, recurrent caries, abscess formation or root resorption, loss of the crown due to faulty retention and even perforation of the crown . Despite the probability that factors such as root resorption and failure of endodontic treatment could be due to traumatic occlusion, surprisingly little evidence is available in literature on the attempts made to check or evaluate the occlusion of stainless steel crowns placed under general anesthesia The aim of this study was to compare the time taken for placement and the overall success of bilateral multiple stainless crowns placed under general anesthesia using an occlusal index and compare them to crowns placed without such an index, using a randomized control study design
The aim of this work is to Assess serial changes in "cardiovascular function" in morbidly obese pregnant females (BMI equal or higher than 30 kg/m2) as compared to normal lean pregnant female controls.
A Phase IIIb (Three b), Randomized Multicentre Comparative Trial to Evaluate the Long Term Effectiveness & Safety of the use of Carglumic Acid (Carbaglu®) in Patients with Propionic Acidemia (PA) or Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA). Carbaglu® clinical experience in Organic Acidemia (OA) is limited to a non-comparative retrospective collection of data from patients who had received Carbaglu® for 1 to 15 days. There is no current evidence supporting the use of carglumic acid for the chronic management of patients with OA. The investigators are proposing a randomized multicentre prospective clinical trial to evaluate long-term effects of the use of Carbaglu® (50mg/kg/day) combined with standard chronic therapy in patients with PA and MMA compared to standard chronic therapy alone.