There are about 1645 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Czech Republic. 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 main purpose of this study is the determination of the in-vivo ultrafiltration coefficient (in-vivo KUF) for Diacap Pro dialyzers following routine dialysis prescription in the United States.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the real-world clinical effectiveness, as measured by the proportion of participants relapsed at 12 months, in participants treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF). Secondary objectives of the study are: To evaluate the real-world clinical effectiveness, as measured by the proportion of participants relapsed at 12 months, in participants treated with DMF, glatiramer acetate (GA), teriflunomide, or fingolimod both in the overall participant cohort and in a subset of participants who were naïve to disease-modifying therapy (DMT) and were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) within 3 years of starting the index therapy; To compare relapse activity, defined as annualized relapse rate (ARR), among participants treated with DMF, GA, teriflunomide, or fingolimod; To compare MS-related hospitalizations among participants treated with DMF, GA, teriflunomide, or fingolimod; To compare intravenous corticosteroid use among participants treated with DMF, GA, teriflunomide, or fingolimod.
32 cystic fibrosis patients with the G551D mutation will be treated for 4 weeks, consisting of three consecutive treatment periods: two 1-week periods followed by one 2-week period, evaluating one dose of GLPG1837 each. After the treatment period, there is a 7-10 days follow-up period. During the course of the study, subjects will be examined for any side effects that may occur (safety and tolerability). Changes in sweat chloride will be assessed as biomarker from baseline onwards, and changes in pulmonary function (efficacy) will be explored throughout the study. The amount of GLPG1837 present in the blood (pharmacokinetics) will also be determined.
Branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are known to exert insulinogenic effect. Whether this effect is mediated by incretins (GLP-1, GIP) is not known. The aim of the study was to show incretin effect of BCAA, i.e. whether the oral administration of BCAA elicits higher insulin and incretin response when compared with IV route of the same dose of BCAA. Eighteen healthy, male subjects participated in three tests: IV application of BCAA solution (30.7±1.1 g of BCAA, IV BCAA) second was oral ingestion of BCAA capsules in the same dose (ORAL BCAA) and third experiment was oral placebo (PLACEBO). Glucose, insulin, GLP-1, GIP, valine, leucine and isoleucine levels were measured at time interval for up to 4 h.
WA16291 is a Phase IIa "proof-of-concept" study. The primary objective of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of rituximab (a B cell depleting chimeric monoclonal antibody) used either as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate or cyclophosphamide in participants with rheumatoid arthritis who have failed prior Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) therapy and currently have an inadequate clinical response to methotrexate.
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) belong among nutrients strongly linked with insulin sensitivity (IS) measures. Their exact effect on IS appears to be dependent on various conditions that remain to be better defined . The aim of the current study was to investigate effects of chronic increase of BCAA intake on IS in two groups of healthy subjects differing in their basal consumption of BCAA, i.e. vegans and omnivores. Interventional trial was designed where vegans and omnivores were separately interveined with 15 (women) or 20 (men) grams of BCAA daily. Examinations of participants are intended to be done at baseline, after the intervention and wash-out period. Examinations (anthropometry, hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp, arginine test) and blood analyses will be performed at baseline, after the intervention and after a 6 month wash-out period. Samples of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (AT) and skeletal muscle (SM, vastus lateralis) obtained before and after the intervention will be used for various analyses (mRNA levels of selected metabolic markers, fatty acid composition, mitochondrial activity).
A prospective clinical study evaluating quality of life (QoL) in pancreatic cancer patients treated with intraoperative radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
Shock-index is potentially an easy tool to estimate the risk of hypofibrinogenemia without the need to perform other potentially time consuming investigations.
There is accumulating evidence that inappropriate depth of anaesthesia is associated with increased risk of postoperative complications including risk of death. The aim of this study was to identify factors determining the effective end-tidal concentration (EEtC) of desflurane, duration of wash in and wash out phase, and to estimate the risk of perioperative awareness in patients undergoing elective neurosurgical procedure.
Surgery is the only effective treatment for morbid obesity and can be divided into restrictive surgeries (Lap Band and Sleeve gastrectomy), malabsorptive surgeries (Biliary pancreatic deviation and duodenal switch) or a combination of both (RYGBP). This later technique is the most common and most effective surgical procedure performed worldwide and has been processed to be an effective treatment of morbid obesity and its complications, achieving excess weight loss of 65 to 80 % ; 1-2 years after surgery (1,2). Vertical gastric plication is a novel surgical approach for reducing the stomach capacity. Anterior surface plication and greater curvature plication are variations of vertical gastric plication that reduce the gastric capacity through infolding of the anterior surface or greater curvature of the stomach, respectively. These approaches have been tested, with positive results (3,4). A transoral or endoluminal approach (ie, a procedure that requires no incision, because access is granted through the mouth) offers the potential for additional benefit to the patient, because the procedures continue to become more and more minimally invasive. Advances in endoluminal devices are now allowing clinicians the ability to begin exploring bariatric procedures performed via flexible endoscopy. Although these procedures may not be as effective as their surgical counterparts, these less-invasive options may relieve patients of the significant risks associated with surgery (5).