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Filter by:The study was designed to evaluate the use of ETT electrocardiogram (ECG) indices as biomarkers in the assessment of atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease (ASCVD).
This is a study of proton radiotherapy for the pre- or post- operative treatment of patients with extremity sarcoma. This study will treat patients in two dose groups: 1. patients receiving pre-operative proton therapy and 2. patients receiving post-operative proton therapy. In each dose group, the study is divided into two phases. In the first phase of the study, the investigators will determine if treatment with proton therapy is safe and can be delivered on a regular basis. In the second phase, the investigators will determine if proton therapy has less long term side effects compared to standard radiation in both pre-operative patients and post-operative patients.
This is an exploratory study based on the hypothesis that kidney transplant patients treated with an immunosuppressive therapy based on an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (m-TOR) may increase resistance to physical exercise, which would result in an improvement in the quality of life of these patients.
Open, multicenter, randomized study is enrolling patients in 3 sites in Czech Republic. Patients with refractory hypertension will be randomized in 1:1 manner either to renal denervation plus optimal medical antihypertensive treatment without spironolactone or to antihypertensive treatment alone including spironolactone if not contraindicated. The primary end-point is change in Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure (BP) between baseline and 1 year after randomization evaluated by 24-hours BP monitoring. Expected enrollment is 120 patients. Patients follow-up is planned for 3 years.
The main purpose of this clinical trial is to find out if cilengitide has an effect on brain tumor cells but also particularly on the blood vessels supplying the tumor with nutrient and oxygen in patients newly diagnosed with non-resectable (inoperable) glioblastoma. In addition, this clinical trial will investigate if the addition of cilengitide in combination with standard treatment prolongs life in patients with non-resectable glioblastoma. Similarly, the duration of response of the cancer to this treatment and the side effects of the therapy will be analyzed. Furthermore, additional data on how the body deals with this substance will be collected (this is called pharmacokinetics or pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis). In this clinical trial the investigators would also like to learn more about the disease and the response to the experimental medication by measuring certain "markers". This imaging trial will investigate the biological effects of cilengitide monotherapy on the tumor microvascular function and tumor viability in a homogenous non-pretreated subject population with newly diagnosed Gliobastoma (GBM). The purpose of this clinical trial is to study the effect that cilengitide may have on certain markers of cancer in your tumor and/or blood and to learn if there are any disease-related markers that could help in predicting how subjects respond to the administration of cilengitide. The investigators anticipate that approximately 30 subjects will participate in this clinical trial. The clinical trial will be conducted in approximately 4 medical centers in the following countries: Germany, Poland, and Switzerland. The investigators anticipate the clinical trial will last until the end of 2013. Your participation in the trial may last up to 86 weeks.
Studies have shown that taking drugs to stay out of AF has limited success. This research is designed to study heart rhythm after surgical therapy, namely by measuring if there are benefits to having surgery to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF) with the Cardioblate CryoFlex Surgical Ablation System. The system is approved and commercially available with CE mark. The purpose of this study is to support clinical evidence that the Cardioblate System is safe and effective to treat AF.
This clinical trial studies positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients undergoing PET/computed tomography (CT). Diagnostic procedures, such as PET/MRI, may help doctors diagnose cancer or help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment
Left Ventricular (LV) thrombus formation is witnessed in at least 10% of patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). It is a feared complication since it might increase the risk of thrombo-embolic events, including stroke. Guidelines recommend vitamin K antagonist treatment in these patients. However patients with STEMI nowadays undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary stent placement and consequently require dual anti-platelet therapy (ascal and P2Y12 inhibitors) to prevent stent thrombosis. Consequently, STEMI patients with LV thrombus are currently treated with triple antithrombotic therapy (aspirin, P2Y12 inhibitors, e.g. clopidogrel (75 mg/d) and vitamin K antagonist). Patients treated with triple antithrombotic therapy are subject to a strongly increased bleeding risk with a yearly incidence of 3.7% for dual anti-platelet therapy as compared to 12% for triple antithrombotic therapy. About 10% of these bleedings are cerebral. The mortality of such haemorrhagic strokes is 25%. A recent retrospective analysis did not show any beneficial effects of addition of vitamin K antagonist to dual anti-platelet therapy to prevent stroke. If vitamin K antagonist-therapy could be omitted, morbidity and mortality due to post-PCI bleedings will decrease. Therefore, a randomized trial is warranted to address this issue. Design: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, two non-inferiority trial. The objective of the study is to determine in a randomized fashion the risks and benefits of the addition of vitamin K antagonists to dual anti-platelet therapy or dual anti-platelet therapy in patients with PCI-treated STEMI and LV thrombus formation on baseline echocardiography or baseline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Endotracheal tubes with subglottic secretion drainage (incorporating a suction port above the cuff) have been shown to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Subglottic secretion drainage can be either continuous or intermittent. However, concerns about the safety of continuous subglottic secretion drainage were raised in an experimental study in sheep, which found widespread injuries to tracheal mucosa and/or submucosa. Our objective is therefore to compare intermittent versus continuous subglottic secretion drainage on tracheal mucosa damages in patients requiring mechanical ventilation for an expected duration of more than 24 hours.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of filorexant (MK-6096) versus placebo as adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), in participants who are partial responders to antidepressant monotherapy with one of identified selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), or bupropion. The primary hypothesis of the study is that filorexant is superior to placebo as augmentation therapy with respect to change from baseline to Week 6 in the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score.