There are about 10560 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Taiwan. 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 primary goals of hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy/radiotherapy on treatment failure solid tumors are tumor response rate, while secondary goals are rates of acute and late adverse effects, local control rate, distant metastasis rate, progression-free rate and overall survival rate.
Pain control is a common and serious problem in cancer patients. Although WHO has developed a three-stage model of cancer pain management, 80% cancer patients still suffer moderate to severe pain in their daily life. When patients are with acute exacerbation or aggravate of pain, they usually visit the emergency department for more help. Acupuncture is a safe, low-invasive and economic treatment. And it has been world-wide used as a complementary therapy among patients with cancer. It can not only relieve pain in cancer patients, but also can reduce some of the side effects caused by some treatment. This study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in cancer patient with acute pain onset through emergency department with objective Traditional Chinese Medicine assessment.
PG2 has been approved in Taiwan to treat cancer-related fatigue for advanced cancer patients. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of PG2 on fatigue relief in patients undergoing palliative abdominal surgery for cancer. The secondary endpoints, including the length of hospital stay, postoperative complications, HRQL, inflammatory biomarkers, the duration of antibiotic therapy, mortality during the hospital stay, weight loss and body composition, will be evaluated among these patients.
This clinical trial is a double-blind, randomized, within-subject controlled, 2-armed, single-center study sponsored by SciVision Biotech Inc. and approved by National Taiwan University Hospital Research Ethics Committee. The aim of this post-marketing study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Hya-Dermis mixed with lidocaine, as well as the effectiveness of corrections of Hya-Dermis mixed with lidocaine. Accounting for potential loss to follow-up, the minimum enrollment was statistically determined to be 40 patients. The study was estimated to be held one and half year including a 0-2 weeks screening period, a day of treatment, and follow-up at month 1, 3, 6, 9, 12. Patient informed consent forms will be obtained before the treatment. A pre-treatment photograph, nasolabial folds (NLF) severity scale scores, and individual aesthetic satisfaction will be the baseline. Two sets of randomized numbers are used, patient numbers and treatment numbers. Participants with odd patient numbers will be assigned to nasolabial group and those with even patient numbers will be assigned to nasolabial&cheekbone group. Participants receive experiment treatment (Hya-Dermis mixed with lidocaine) in one side and control treatment (Hya-Dermis mixed with normal saline) in the other side of the face randomly depending on the treatment numbers. Both physicians and participants are only blind to the treatment assignment. 30 minutes after the injection, a post-photograph will be used to evaluate NLF severity scale scores and global aesthetic improvement scale (GAIS) by physicians. A questionnaire including the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of pain during the treatment and individual aesthetic satisfaction will be collected from patients. The effectiveness analyses compare NLF severity scale scores and GAIS based on photograph records from physicians, as well as participant questionnaires for each group on every visit. The safety assessment evaluates any recorded adverse events following the device treatment.
Robot-assisted training (RT) devices developed to date have a significant impact on stroke rehabilitation. Several research groups have developed the robotic devices and examined their efficacy on improving UL function after stroke. All these robotic devices have been applied in stroke rehabilitation and their efficacy are evaluated, but the scientific evidence for the mechanisms of RT-induced recovery, the relative treatment effects of unilateral vs bilateral robotic trainings, and the impact on physiological responses is still lacking. The primary purposes of this study are to examine (1) the relative immediate treatment effects of unilateral vs bilateral RT on motor impairments/performance and daily functions in patients with subacute stroke; (2) the long-term benefits of unilateral vs bilateral RT by conducting a 6-month follow up evaluation; and (3) the effects of RT on movement reorganization as well as on the physiological markers of inflammation, oxidative stress, erythrocyte deformability, and blood glucose. These overall findings will help better understanding of the efficacy of RT on functional outcomes, movement reorganization, and physiological markers. The investigators would additionally explore the possible differential treatment effects in patients with different levels of motor severity (i.e., moderate vs. severe). The investigators hypothesize that (1) both unilateral (the InMotion3) and bilateral (the Bi-Manu-Track) robot-assisted training would bring larger benefits on motor performance and daily function than the control treatment; (2) such benefits would retain during the follow-up; (3) there would be differential immediate and retention effects of unilateral (the InMotion3) and bilateral (the Bi-Manu-Track) robot-assisted training on different outcome measures; (4) better movement reorganization as well as physiological marker expressions would be found in both robotic groups compared to control group; and (5) there would be differential effects of robotic therapy between participants with moderate vs. severe motor impairment.
In one previous study, esCCO was compared with continuous thermodilution CO (TDCO), measurements in 36 postoperative cardiac surgery patients, showing a bias (mean difference) of -0.06 and a precision (1 SD) of 0.82 L/min. In addition, esCCO was compared with intermittent bolus TDCO, showing a correlation coefficient of 0.82 (P < 0.001, n = 24), a bias of -0.63, and a precision of 1.01 L/min (n = 119). The results of clinical use of esCCO suggest that its measurement accuracy is comparable to the thermodilution method in general population. However, no any intraoperative comparison for cardiac surgery patients was reported before. This study is designed for the accuracy in the patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Specific aims: 1. To investigate the correlation of esCCO and the traditional CO measurement in cardiac surgical patients. 2. To investigate the intraoperative t accuracy of time point between ecCCO and traditional CO measurement for patients undergoing bypass cardiac surgery.
In the unilateral vs. bilateral hybrid rehabilitation trials, we will conduct two separate clinical trials: one to recruit subacute stroke patients and another to recruit chronic stroke patients. The two trials will have identical study designs and interventions. The overall goal of this research project is to provide scientific evidence of the treatment effects of unilateral and bilateral hybrid therapies in subacute and chronic stroke patients and thus to contribute to evidence-based stroke rehabilitation and translational research for neurorehabilitation.
This is a randomized, double blind, multi-center, placebo controlled, three parallel arms, Phase IIb/III clinical study to evaluate the effects of adding a TCM-700C with a low or high dose onto the combination treatment (PegIFN plus RBV) for subjects with naive genotype 1 HCV infection. This will be demonstrated by a higher sustained virologic response rate, defined as the absence of detectable HCV RNA 24 weeks after the termination of combination treatment, compared with the placebo add-on.
The gait symptoms are usually refractory to the dopaminergic agents and some other resolutions, i.e. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) should be searched for in this regard. To study the impact of rTMS, investigators will adopt a domestically developed ambulatory recorder (PK-16CH EXG) for the concomitant recording of the electroencephalographic and electromyographic signals for PD patients when walking in the gait laboratory or when conducting leg dorsiflexion movement on sitting.
Hemodynamic instability occurs frequently during dialysis treatment and still remains as significant cause of patient mobility and mortality. Postoperative hemodynamic optimization has been proved to reduce morbidity in high-risk patients. Intracranial pressure increased can lead to further structural and functional impairment owing to its deleterious effect on the compromised microcirculation and metabolism. This study was to compare the intra-cerebral pressure (ICP) and hemodynamic parameters between the sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in post- brain tramatic patients.