There are about 10460 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Australia. 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 purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of GS-5806 in hospitalized infants with RSV.
This is a prospective, multicenter single arm, nonrandomized study that will include 150 patients at a maximum of 20 investigational sites. It is estimated that it may take 13 months to complete enrollment. Follow-up will continue through 24 months post-implant or one month post-retrieval, whichever occurs first. It is required that filters be retrieved from at least 50 patients and the filter is permanent in at least 50 patients.
The main clinical study will be a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, long term study involving a 100 week treatment period. The purpose of this study is to test for superiority of treatment with belimumab 10 mg/kg plus supportive therapy compared to placebo plus supportive therapy in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). The purpose of this study is also to investigate the effect of initiating earlier treatment with belimumab compared to delayed treatment with current immunosuppressive treatment regimens. The study will also determine the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of belimumab and further explore the mechanism of action of Belimumab as well as effects on quality of life. All subjects (on either active treatment or placebo) will receive background supportive therapy throughout the main clinical study, which includes angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and/or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) unless contraindicated and may include statins, diuretics, dietary salt restriction but excludes immunosuppressants (except low dose corticosteroids). Screening will be done within 5 to 2 weeks before the first scheduled dose of study treatment. A total of 94 evaluable subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio such that 47 subjects receive intravenous belimumab 10 mg/kg and 47 receive intravenous placebo. Subjects will be dosed on Days 0, 14, 28 and then every 4 weeks through to, and including, Week 100, resulting in a total of 27 doses (giving 104 weeks of drug exposure). The dosing frequency will be adjusted to every 2 weeks if the subject's proteinuria as assessed by urinary protein creatinine ratio (PCR) is greater than 1000mg/mmol (greater than 10 g/24 h), to compensate for loss of belimumab in the urine. Subjects who are withdrawn from study treatment at any time during the study, eg for rescue therapy, will participate in follow-up visits every 12 weeks up to week 104. A subject will be regarded as having completed the main clinical study if they complete all phases of the main clinical study (screening, treatment period, 4 week and 16 week post last dose short term safety follow-up). Subjects who complete the main clinical study will therefore participate in the main clinical study for approximately 28 months. After the main clinical study, there will be a 5 year (long term) follow-up phase to assess long term outcomes.
This phase I/II trial will determine the recommended dose and activity of BNC105P for patients with partially platinum sensitive ovarian cancer in first or second relapse.
The use of antipsychotic medications has increased over the past decade. While more recently developed medications are improved with regards to extrapyramidal side effects, the use of atypical antipsychotics has been associated with substantial weight gain and a worsening of metabolic profile. The time course and extent of weight gain differs among antipsychotics, with olanzapine and clozapine being associated with greatest weight gain. Mechanisms underlying a worsening metabolic profile, obesity and obesity-related illnesses are complex, extending beyond sedentary lifestyle, poor diet and genetic predisposition. There is also a growing body of evidence that the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) has a role in the generation of both obesity and obesity-related illness. While the role of the SNS in blood pressure control is readily acknowledged it is less well appreciated that activation of the SNS exerts profound metabolic effects. Although the fact of a causal relation linking antipsychotic drugs and obesity is unequivocally established, the biological mechanisms operating are unclear, and strategies for preventive therapy remain largely unformulated. This study aims to investigate the role of the SNS and its association with the metabolic abnormalities that are frequently observed in patients with schizophrenia following treatment with antipsychotic medications. Additionally, the study will investigate whether treatment with the centrally acting sympatholytic agent moxonidine will modify SNS activity and, hence, favourably influence the downstream metabolic abnormalities seen in antipsychotic treated patients with schizophrenia. Hypothesis 1: Elevated sympathetic nervous system activity underlies the metabolic disturbances observed in patients following antipsychotic therapy. Aim 1: To investigate the role of the sympathetic nervous system and its association with the metabolic abnormalities that are frequently observed in patients with schizophrenia following treatment with antipsychotic medications Hypothesis 2: Central sympathoinhibition with moxonidine will blunt the elevated sympathetic nervous activity and downstream metabolic abnormalities observed in antipsychotic treated patients with schizophrenia. Aim 2: Determine whether treatment with the centrally acting sympatholytic agent moxonidine will modify sympathetic nervous system activity and, hence, favourably influence the downstream metabolic abnormalities seen in antipsychotic treated patients with schizophrenia.
The purpose of this study is to determine the change from baseline in HCV Ribonucleic acid (RNA) on Day 4 following three days of dosing with BMS-929075 in chronically genotype subtype 1a and 1b HCV infected subjects
This is a single arm, open-label, Phase Ib/II study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of the oral AKT inhibitor, GSK2110183, when administered to subjects with proteasome inhibitor refractory multiple myeloma (MM). During Part 1 of the study, GSK2110183 will be administered to subjects in sequential Pharmacokinetic (PK) Cohorts on a continuous daily dosing schedule in 21-day cycles until one of the Treatment Discontinuation Criteria is met. The PK Cohorts will characterize the PK of GSK2110183 in plasma and urine as well as determine the Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) of GSK2110183. The RP2D will be that dose that provides adequate PK exposure and biologic activity without exceeding the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) in MM subjects as defined in the current study. In Part 2 of the study, the RP2D will be further evaluated using a flexible 2-stage design with a stopping rule to allow for early termination based on lack of efficacy at the end of Stage 1. The first stage will accrue 20 subjects who will receive GSK2110183 at the RP2D. If a clinical response is observed in at least 1 subject in Stage 1, the study will proceed to Stage 2 and 20 additional subjects will be enrolled. GSK2110183 will be administered in Part 2 (Stage 1 and Stage 2) on a continuous daily dosing schedule in 21 day cycles until International Myeloma Working Group criteria for progression are met, at which point the subject will proceed to GSK 2110183 + bortezomib salvage therapy provided they meet the additional eligibility criteria for this phase of the study. GSK2110183 and bortezomib will be continued until one of the Treatment Discontinuation Criteria is met. Exploratory PK/PD analyses may be performed to examine the potential relationships between GSK2110183 pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic biomarkers.
This study is a randomised controlled trial that aims to examine the efficacy of an established online bulletin board for depression. It has been estimated that millions of people worldwide use peer-to-peer bulletin boards, forums or internet support groups (ISGs) for health conditions. However, little is known about the effectiveness of these groups in terms of symptom reduction or improvement in quality of life. The current project investigates the effectiveness of an established online bulletin board for depression available to the public. To our knowledge, this is the first randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a pre-existing, well-established online bulletin board for depression in the community. The aims of the project are to determine whether the bulletin board improves mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes among members of the community with high levels of self-reported psychological distress and previous history or current experience of depression.
The purpose is to investigate whether polyps that look different at colonoscopy, have formed via different mutations and have different risks of turning into cancer.
That Circumferential Submucosal Incision Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (CSI-EMR) will be at least as safe but more effective than conventional EMR for injection assisted EMR of large laterally spreading tumour and sessile polyps of the colon.