There are about 515 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Tunisia. 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.
monocentric randomized controlled trial starting from Mars 2017, recruitment is still ongoing. Patients aged between 0-45 days needing mechanical ventilation (MV) with tracheal intubation were included random assignation in two groups for post-extubation management: Group Optiflow (GO) for patients receiving High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy HNFC and Control Group (CG) for conventional treatment. Patients were evaluated during the first 72h following extubation. Primary endpoint was the incidence of reintubation. Secondary endpoints were incidence of post-extubation respiratory failure, time to reintubate and weaning time from oxygen. Respiratory and hemodynamic parameters were assessed and compared between the two groups upon extubation, after 2 hours (H2), at H6, H12, H24, H36, H48 and H72. Length of stay (LOS) and mortality were also estimated.
Prospective trial including full term parturients scheduled for a cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. patients are being randomly assigned into 2 groups: LE group: will be positioned in 15° left tilt with leg elevation with a 30cm height pillow under the heels, this position will be hold after spinal anesthesia until fetal extraction. Control group: will be positioned in supine with 15° left tilt. the 2 groups will receive a 10ml/kg of crystalloid co-load intravenously, and the spinal anesthesia will be performed in sitting position with the same dose of Bupivacain, morphine and sufentanil.
This study assess whether a procalcitonin guided antibiotic therapy can reduce significantly unnecessary antibiotic prescription during severe exacerbation of COPD requiring mechanical ventilation without compromising patients' outcome. The first group of patients will receive systematically empiric antibiotic therapy and the second group will receive antibiotics only if procalcitonin value is at or greater than 0.25 ng/ml.
To investigate changes in the concentration of glucose, lactate, pyruvate and glycerol in the extracellular fluid of the skeletal muscle following Dexmedetomidine administration in patients with septic shock.
STRONG-HF is a multicenter, randomized, parallel group study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of up-titration of standard oral heart failure medications during hospitalization for acute heart failure. Patients admitted for acute heart failure will be randomized within 2 days before discharge to either usual care or intensification of treatment with a beta-blocker, a renin-angiotensin system blocker, and a mineralocorticoid receptor blocker ("high intensity care" arm). In the "high intensity care" arm, patients' clinical signs and symptoms of heart failure will be assessed, and routine laboratory measures and biomarkers will be measured, at frequent post-discharge visits. When these measures indicate that it is safe to do so, the doses of the oral heart failure medications will be increased to optimal levels. Patients will be followed through 180 days from randomization. Patients assigned to the usual care group will be followed by their general physician and/or cardiologist according to local medical standards. Patients who were screened but did not meet eligibility criteria will be followed for 90-day outcome. Randomized patients will be contacted at 180 days to assess outcomes.
This is a randomized trial assessing the impact of allopurinol on endothelial function in optimally treated diabetic patients with coronary artery disease. After initial screening, subjects were randomized to receive either optimal medical therapy (OMT) + allopurinol or OMT alone for 8 weeks. The dose of allopurinol was 300 mg for 4 weeks and 600 mg for 4 weeks with a 4-weekly check on hematology and biochemistry
Randomized clinical trial comparing open preperitoneal mesh, retromuscular mesh and suture repair for ventral hernias less than 3 cm diameter
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition, which is associated by the involvement of several pathological events, and alteration in the serum levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory, and lipid markers. The investigators evaluated the contribution of serum biomarkers levels to the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease, namely their association with risk factors, clinical presentation, extent and severity of atherosclerotic changes accompanying coronary artery disease.
To investigate changes in the concentration of glucose, lactate, pyruvate and glycerol in the extracellular fluid of the skeletal muscle following levosimendan administration in patients with septic shock.
The aim of the study was to investigate whether CVVH, in comparison to intermittent haemodialysis (IHD), is able to improve regional perfusion in septic shock patients studied by muscle microdialysis