There are about 13446 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Belgium. 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.
Recently, the optimal therapeutic serum trough level range of adalimumab was defined between 3,5 and 7,0 µg/ml in patients with plaque type psoriasis. An adalimumab serum through level above this therapeutic range did not add to clinical response. Based on this therapeutic window, the introduction of dose adjustments based on serum trough levels (therapeutic drug monitoring) will be further validated in a prospective controlled trial. Here, we aim to determine whether, in patients with a good clinical response and supratherapeutic adalimumab STLs, dose reduction based on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is able to maintain the initial clinical outcome.
Clinical study on the prevention of intrauterine adhesions after laparoscopic or laparotomic myomectomy. Myomas are common in women of reproductive age and myomectomy can lead to intra-uterine adhesions, which can be detrimental to fertility. This study investigates whether the use of an intrauterine gel can prevent the development of these adhesions.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is worldwide one of the most prevalent and disabling mental health conditions. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment even though 6-month relapse rates are high. Cognitive side effects of ECT, such as reduced cognitive control, might trigger mechanisms that increase relapse in patients. As such, cognitive control training (CCT) holds promise as a non-pharmacological strategy to improve long-term effects of ECT (i.e., increase remission, and reduce depression relapse).
Biologics such as tildrakizumab are currently the most effective treatment option for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. But they are costly for healthcare systems and still described according to a 'one dose fits all' dosing regimen, leading to potential over-and undertreatment. In this study, the investigators aim to investigate the predictive value of early serum trough levels of tildrakizumab and determine the therapeutic window of tildrakizumab in psoriasis patients.
This is an international, multicenter trial, evaluating pharmacokinetics (PK) (4 weeks), safety (52 weeks), and hemoglobin (Hgb) response (52 weeks) to daprodustat in children and adolescent participants with anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) incorporating 2 independent sub-trials (Non dialysis [ND] and Dialysis [D]). This study will enroll participants with anemia associated with CKD, in 2 distinct sub-populations differing only by their CKD stage and dialysis requirement (ND: CKD stage 3 to 5 not yet receiving dialysis and D: CKD stage 5d undergoing peritoneal dialysis [PD] or hemodialysis [HD]). The maximum duration of the study will be approximately 60 weeks, including Screening period (up to 4 weeks), treatment period (52 weeks), and follow-up period (4 weeks). Outcome measures are identical for the ND and D sub-trials, but will be separately assessed in each sub- trials, overall and within each age subgroups (12 to less than [<] 18 years, 6 to <12 years, 2 to <6 years, and 3 months to <2 years). Except for PK and dose change, which is within each age group only.
This exploratory study's primary objective is the changes of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom severity by cardiovascular endurance training (CET) in relation to the baseline sedentary or non-active lifestyle. Secondary endpoints focus on the mechanisms associated with these changes. These mechanisms relate to dietary adaptations, changes in anxiety, depressive comorbidity, somatisation, alterations in the gut microbiome or metabolome, body composition and measures of cardiovascular fitness. Virtually all IBS guidelines mention lifestyle modifications as a management option. Research on the role of physical activity remains underassessed as compared to the other interventions. Therefore, an exploratory proof-of-concept study will investigate the influence of regular physical exercise on symptoms in a small group of IBS patients. This study will gather data on putative underlying mechanisms related to dietary factors, faecal microbiome and metabolome, mental well-being, body composition and cardiovascular fitness.
The goal of this observational cohort study is to assess the yield of preoperative endoscopic ultrasound focussed on lymph nodes in patients with presumed resectable perihilar (pCCA), intrahepatic (iCCA) or mid-common bile duct (CBD) cholangiocarcinoma. The main questions it aims to answer is: 1. The number of patients precluded from surgical work-up due to positive regional or extraregional lymph nodes identified by endoscopic ultrasound guided tissue acquisition 2. Characteristics during endoscopic ultrasound of lymph nodes associated with malignancy
The main aim of this study is to learn if fazirsiran reduces liver scarring (fibrosis) compared to placebo. Other aims are to learn if fazirsiran slows down the disease worsening in the liver, to get information on how fazirsiran affects the body (called pharmacodynamics), to learn if fazirsiran reduces other liver injury (inflammation) and the abnormal Z-AAT protein in the liver, to get information on how the body processes fazirsiran (called pharmacokinetics), to test how well fazirsiran works compared with a placebo in improving measures of liver scarring including imaging and liver biomarkers (substances in the blood that the body normally makes and help show if liver function is improving, staying the same, or getting worse) as well as to check for side effects in participants treated with fazirsiran compared with those who received placebo. Participants will either receive fazirsiran or placebo. Liver biopsies, a way of collecting a small tissue sample from the liver, will be taken twice during this study.
The PROTEOS study is an randomized controlled, open label, parallel-group, multi-centre and multicounty interventional study to assess the acceptance and implementation of Compact Protein, a low volume, energy dense and high protein oral nutritional support in clinical practice according to the ESPEN guidelines in colorectal and lung cancer patients undergoing chemo(radio)- or immunotherapy treatment.
This registry is designed to further assess on a larger scale safety and efficacy of the endomina® device and tissue apposition accessories (TAPES) when used in the frame of "real life" routine clinical practice