There are about 21071 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Spain. 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.
Introduction. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease. The musculoskeletal system is affected in 90% of patients. The most common manifestations are myalgias, arthralgias and arthritis. Objective. To analyse the efficacy of an intervention using myofascial techniques and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Methods. Randomised clinical study with 20 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, randomised to an experimental and control group. The intervention will last 4 weeks, with a periodicity of 2 weekly sessions of 50 minutes each. The intervention of the experimental group will consist of a protocol using myofascial and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques. Expected results. Improvement of knee and ankle pain intensity, functional capacity, basic mobility skills, strength, balance, agility and fatigue.
Identification and quantitation of circulating tumor cells in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma -mycosis fungoides (MF)/Sézary syndrome (SS)- are required for diagnosis and precising the actual staging and response to treatment. The current flow cytometry techniques used in clinical laboratories do not correctly allow to compare results in a clinical setting. Furthermore, now we know that the phenotype of tumor cells partially overlaps with that of normal TCD4+ cells, and it is rather heterogeneous. The GENERAL OBJECTIVE of this project is to apply flow-cytometry standardized strategies for rapid, specific, sensitive, and reproducible detection and quantitation of tumor cells in patients with MF/SS. For this purpose, in the first phase of the project we will design an optimal combination of markers to detect tumor cells by spectral flow-cytometry, and then the specificity and analytical sensitivity of the new combination/procedure will be assessed in blood samples -to be later applied to skin samples-, and finally reference databases will be created for the automatic analysis of cytometry data. In a second phase of the project, the developed method will be validated in a multicenter manner, through the demonstration of its practical applicability and clinical utility (speed and precision) in blood samples (and skin, where appropriate) for diagnosis, staging, and treatment monitoring. In parallel, the tumor microenvironment (residual normal immune system) will be explored -by applying the panel designed in the first phase together with additional immune-monitoring panels by flow cytometry-, and its relationship with clinical-biological heterogeneity of the tumor will be analyzed. In the two phases of the project, cytometry data will be compared with the gold standard approach to identify tumor T cells (through the identification of clonal rearrangement by PCR and/or NGS, performed on cell populations previously sorted by flow cytometry).
In rectal cancer surgery, the organ/space surgical site infection (O/S-SSI) has an impact on patient's prognosis. Its influence in the oncologic outcomes remains controversial. The main objective is to assess the possible effect of O/S-SSI on long-term overall survival and cancer recurrence.
The absence of social relationships negatively affects physical, psychological, and social health. In other words, it alters people's quality of life and makes active aging difficult. The investigators have designed a study to reduce unwanted loneliness in people over 65 living in the community through multiple interventions (music therapy, health education, and physical exercise).
The early childhood education and care (ECEC) environment is an important setting for providing children with daily opportunities for movement and music, supporting holistic child development in the early years. To date, there are no studies evaluating the implementation of a holistic programme in the ECEC context in the areas of movement behaviour, motor, and musical skills. The main aim is to examine the impact over time of a holistic movement and music programme on correlates of movement behaviour, gross and fine motor skills, and musical skills in young children (1-3 years). The secondary aims are to examine the impact of the movement and music programme on the perceptions of the educational community, as well as the barriers and facilitators they perceive in the process of baseline assessment, construction, and implementation of the movement and music programme in their own ECEC community. This cluster-randomised controlled trial (intervention and control groups) with public ECEC centres will be performed over a 24-month period. Baseline measurements will be taken in the first year of the project, and the longitudinal evaluation of the implementation of the movement and music programme in the second year. educational community's perceptions about the barriers and facilitators associated with the correlates of movement behaviour will be taken into account, as will the results of the assessment of gross and fine motor and musical skills identified in the first year of the project, with a special focus on the structured and unstructured opportunities for movement and music both in the ECEC settings and at home. This research project aims to fill a knowledge gap during a period of childhood that has rarely been explored, either nationally or internationally (1-3 years), and to position movement and music teaching practices as key contexts in the curriculum development of infant and toddler education.
This clinical trial will aim to understand the effects of the TRAK-SILVER digital platform on pre-frail and older adults living at home, assessing its impact on physical activity level, emotional variables, and overall quality of life. Participant satisfaction with the digital treatment will also be evaluated. This research will provide insight into the utility and acceptance of the digital platform as a personalised and accessible digital physiotherapy program for this population, advancing understanding in the field. The participants will undergo a 3-month physiotherapy program using the TRAK-SILVER platform or a paper guide based on their assigned group. Additionally, weekly uploads of health-promoting audiovisual content will enhance the intervention's holistic approach to improving older adults' well-being and functional capacity.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if supplementation with prebiotics and/or probiotics can lead to an improvement in symptoms of patients with functional constipation. The main objectives are: - To evaluate the effect of the dietary supplements on the bowel frequency movements in patients with chronic functional constipation, after 8 weeks. - To evaluate the stool consistency after 8 weeks (Bristol scale). - To evaluate the quality of life scale score for patients with Constipation (CVE20 and GSRS scales), after 8 weeks. Participants are randomized into the following groups: - Group A: 20 assigned to probiotic + placebo - Group B: 20 assigned to prebiotic + placebo - Group C: 20 assigned to probiotic + prebiotic - Group D: 20 assigned to the placebo + placebo Participants took 4 units of product per day (2 of each assigned product) for 2 months.
As the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) overspreads around the world, and scientists try to elucidate about the complexity of the virus, there is clear potential for it to become a long-lasting global illness. In this picture, Spain has emerged as one of the most affected countries with a high prevalence rate. The possibility of illness or even death, the uncertainty of the future, or the required physical estrangement, make this epidemic a highly stressful situation with potential long-term consequences on the physical and psychological wellbeing of the population, just isolation raises the probability of health problems like depression and anxiety. However, the same event does not affect everybody equally. The ultimate effect of a stressor will depend on its appraisal as a threat and the resources the person counts on to copy and several biopsychosocial variables could play an important role, as risk or protective factors.
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) are heterogeneous clonal diseases characterized by difficult diagnosis, complex prognostic stratification and unsatisfactory treatment. Based on that, UMBRELLA SUMMA aims to provide better clinical management and personalized medicine to MDS patients in Spain through improving diagnosis (1), prognosis (2 and 3), and treatment (2), and facilitating future investigations (4) of the disease. More concretely, we propose: 1. The application of new technologies such as Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) in the diagnosis of those MDS cases whose cytogenetic alterations cannot be identify by other methods, as well as the implementation of this technology using peripheral blood avoiding more invasive methods for patients. 2. To provide all Spanish Group of MDS (GESMD) members who require it with the newly prognostic stratification of their patients (IPSS-M) by making Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) accessible for all of them. 3. Validate and improve a new prognostic system (AIPSS-MDS) previously developed within the GESMD, thanks to artificial intelligence, one of the tools with the most projection in the field of medicine currently. 4. To build and register ISCIII collections of cells, genetic material and/or plasma from all prospective MDS patients. On the other hand, the dynamics of coexisting mutations in a specific context of chromosomal abnormalities could be defining the clinical fate of each patient. Based on that, the IBSAL team recently proposed three models of MDS evolution based on NGS data from three different cytogenetic subgroups: normal karyotype, trisomy 8 and 5q deletion. The IBSAL proposal aims to deepen into the pathophysiological mechanisms of MDS evolution in these three models through in vitro and in vivo functional studies and single-cell multiomics approaches.
The current observational study aims to perform the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer in the usual way with technetium 99 and add a second tracer, indocyanine green. The objective is to evaluate the detection rate of the lymph node with indocyanine green compared to the usual technique.