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Filter by:This phase II single arm, open-label study investigate the safety of a second cycle of catumaxomab in patients with malignant ascites due to carcinoma, requiring their first therapeutic puncture after treatment in the CASIMAS study.
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the effectiveness of treatment with beta-blockers to prevent decompensation of cirrhosis with portal hypertension.
To investigate the safety and performance of the Automated Fluid Shunt in patients with ascites and diuretic resistance. Study Size and Duration The primary study population will include 40 patients enrolled and implanted with the NovaShunt Automated Fluid Shunt (AFS) in up to 15 centers in Europe.
Effects of long term albumin administration on the cardiocirculatory and renal function and hepatic hemodynamics in patients with advanced cirrhosis and ascites.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using Bevacizumab in the prevention of recurrent malignant ascites. Ascites is a debilitating and unpleasant complication of several types of cancer. Animal and laboratory studies have shown that tumor cell production and/or increases in the amount of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) is a major cause of the formation of malignant ascites. Therefore, giving patients with malignant ascites a drug that targets and neutralizes VEGF should prevent the recurrence of malignant ascites following paracentesis (a procedure to remove fluid from the abdominal cavity).
A 28-week, feasibility study to investigate the safety and efficiency of the Automatic Fluid Shunt in patients with chronic congestive heart failure, ascites and diuretic resistance.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Automatic Fluid Shunt (AFS) can reduce the number of paracentesis procedures in patients with refractory ascites.
The study will be performed to obtain further efficacy and safety data in order to obtain a marketing authorization (pivotal study). In addition, health economic data are to be collected.
The Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-term Treatment against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial is a multicenter clinical trial conducted to assess the effects of long-term antiviral drug therapy on the progression of liver disease in patients who have advanced chronic hepatitis C and have not responded to prior therapies. Chronic hepatitis C is a long-lasting viral infection affecting the liver that may lead to permanent liver damage and cirrhosis (replacement of healthy liver cells by scar tissue). If left untreated, a proportion of patients with chronic hepatitis C will be at risk for complications of liver disease. The drug therapy in the HALT-C trial was designed to clear the hepatitis C virus from the patient s system in order to prevent or mitigate these potential complications. The purpose of this research is to determine if patients with chronic hepatitis C who experienced clearance of hepatitis C virus (known as a sustained virologic response, or SVR) during the HALT-C trial have developed any complications of their liver disease. This study will include 180 subjects who participated in the initial phase of the HALT-C trial and experienced an SVR. The participants will visit the National Institutes of Health for an in-person study visit. During the visit, patients will have blood drawn for lab tests to monitor the progress of their liver disease, and may be asked to undergo an ultrasound examination of the liver to detect any abnormalities that may be attributed to liver cancer. Patients will also answer questions about their medical history particularly any outcomes or events related to their hepatitis C that have occurred since the HALT-C trial and may be asked to sign a release of information to allow researchers to obtain medical records from other clinics or physicians where they have received treatment. ...
This is a randomized phase IIIb study investigating the treatment of malignant ascites due to epithelial cancer (carcinomas) with the trifunctional antibody catumaxomab. In order to make the catumaxomab treatment more convenient for the patient and the hospital praxis the tolerability of 3 hour infusions of catumaxomab with and without premedication of prednisolone is evaluated. A total of 208 patients with malignant ascites due to epithelial cancer will be allocated to two treatment groups in a 1:1 ratio.