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.
External Cephalic Version (ECV) is a maneuver to modify fetal position in pregnant women with a non-cephalic presentation. Its objective is to achieve a cephalic presentation that allows for vaginal delivery with less risk than a vaginal breech delivery or a cesarean section. ECV is an effective technique to reduce the rate of cesarean sections and is recommended by the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SEGO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Cesarean Section Working Group. The WHO aims to reduce interventionism in childbirth globally and implement non-clinical measures to reduce the rate of unnecessary cesarean sections. Despite Propofol is a sedative agent commonly used by anesthesiologist in countless ambulatory procedures in obstetric anaesthesia, it has been little studied in ECV, and its effect has not been compared with other commonly used agents such as remifentanil or spinal analgesia. The Obstetric Anesthesiology Section of the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation recommends the use of locoregional analgesia in ECV.
Around 10% of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) present with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) which pathophysiology is often uncertain. The aim of the study is to evaluate inflammation and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers in MINOCA patients during both acute and stable phases, comparing them with those with MI and obstructive coronary arteries (MICAD).
Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games).
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-session cognitive-behavioral transdiagnostic protocol for Spanish children aged 8 to 12 within an educational context, Super Skills for Life. The program, designed to enhance emotional management and social interaction skills, will be delivered in a group format and supplemented with multimedia materials. The study will compare outcomes between an intervention group and a wait-list control group.
Bronchiectasis is a chronic bronchial disease in which the usual capacity to remove secretions does not function correctly, causing mucus retention that leads to chronic infection. As with all infections, the use of antibiotics and puss removal are essential treatment elements. Physiotherapeutic techniques are used to assist in the removal of secretions, although these are time-consuming practices that need to be much better studied and which patients often do not continue practicing diligently. A physiotherapeutic technique called (Slow prolonged expiration in lateral decubitus) ELTGOL has been shown to be somewhat effective but as the mucus is viscous in this disorder, it can be difficult to get it to move. It is thought that saline solution inhalations may reduce mucus viscosity and could help to ease expectoration, facilitating the removal of the mucus by the physiotherapeutic technique. This project aims to test this hypothesis, which if true could represent an advance in the treatment of this severely debilitating disease.
In Spain, depression, anxiety, and stress are highly prevalent in the general population as well as in college students. In college students, Ramón Arbués et al. found a moderate prevalence of depression (18.4%), anxiety (23.6%) and stress (34.5%). It is essential to take responsibility for promoting health education, disease prevention, protection and care for young people. Academic performance can be altered due to the stressful nature of exam situations, which can lead to increased anxiety and decrease expected performance, mainly due to effects such as decreased attention span, concentration and retention of information. Modulation of vagal tone is a therapeutical strategy to heightened parasympathetic activity and withdrawal sympathetic activity. Auricular transcutaneous VNS (ATVNS) by which parasympathetic nerve system is modulated by means of the stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve that provides somatosensory innervation to the external ear. It has been shown that there are different effective interventions to reduce the symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia in university students, but they are based on psychological interventions or face-to-face and cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approach, so this study proposal incorporates noninvasive atrial stimulation as an alternative to traditional treatments, which apart from being cost-effective, is easy to apply, well tolerated and presumably can have beneficial effects in the short term. In the present pilot study, authors propose to investigate the degree of depression, anxiety and stress on crucial dates of final exams of 1st year students of the Double Degree Physiotherapy - Physical Activity and Sport Sciences of the Health Department of the TecnoCampus. Investigators will also evaluate the feasibility of a study to assess the efficacy of a non-pharmacological intervention, through a neuroreflex stimulation of vagal tone, with a non-invasive atrial stimulation protocol.
Currently, there is no prediction scale available to identify patients with rectal neoplasms as technically complex in the middle and lower thirds; that is, those who are at high risk of affected circumferential margins and low quality of the mesorectum. The application of a predictive model that allows preoperative identification of the group of patients in whom optimal results in mesorectal quality and circumferential margin are less likely to be obtained through laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgery would enable the selection of patients who will require and justify all efforts and healthcare resources to improve surgical outcomes. Therefore, the investigators aim to create a predictive model to identify these patients, allowing the discrimination of which patients will benefit from different techniques, or even which ones would be opportune to initially consider an open approach.
Multicomponent exercise program in a frail population. It is analyzed whether there is an improvement in different parameters of the daily life of the study subjects, analyzing the variables of: physical condition, fragility, balance, quality of life, upper limb strength, autonomy, cognitive state and depression.
Immunotherapy with chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-T) has revolutionized the treatment of oncohematological diseases and its applications in solid tumors and non-neoplastic diseases are advancing. Cytopenias after CAR-T therapy are the most frequent complication in the medium and long term after treatment, they are a cause of morbimortality, and there are no effective therapies available. The general objective of the present research project is to analyze, in a series of 40 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma undergoing consecutive commercial CAR-T therapy at the University Hospital of Salamanca, the characteristics of the hematopoietic niche and the systemic and bone marrow inflammatory status in patients with prolonged cytopenias after CAR-T cell therapy with respect to those without cytopenias and with respect to the pre-treatment situation (performing quantitative and functional analysis of the stroma by immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and genomic studies, in addition to functional hematopoietic assays-clonogenic assays, long-term cultures-), and to evaluate both in vitro (by co-culturing with macrophages activated by CAR-T/tumor cell interaction and assessing cytokines) and in vivo (in an animal model of lymphoma and CRS) the therapeutic potential of therapies aimed at repairing the hematopoietic bone marrow microenvironment, such as the use of allogeneic mesenchymal cells (MSC) from healthy donors and MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EV) studying their effects on inflammatory mediators, hematopoiesis and the cytotoxic effect of CAR-T.
The aging of the global population presents significant social and health challenges. In Aragón, 15% of the population is between 65 and 79 years old, and the over-aging index is 16.6%, higher than the national average. This aging necessitates promoting healthy aging and maintaining functional capacity in advanced ages. Currently, 15% of the Aragonese population is potentially dependent, a figure that rises to 26% among those over 85 years old. The decline in functional capacity is due to auditory, visual, joint, and proprioceptive issues, resulting in increased vulnerability to falls, which are a significant cause of death among the elderly. The frailty syndrome, although common with aging, is not inevitable and is characterized by the loss of functional capacity and increased risk of falls and hospitalization. To assess this capacity in frail individuals, specific tools like the Mini-Motor Test, the Morton Mobility Index, and the Elderly Mobility Scale exist. The BESTest, developed in 2009, evaluates balance but is time-consuming to administer, leading to the creation of a shorter version, the Mini BESTest. However, both can be limiting for frail individuals. To address these limitations, the Frail'BESTest was developed, evaluating six balance subsystems and being suitable for frail individuals, making it a valid and sensitive tool in clinical practice. This research project aims to develop tools that identify balance problems in frail individuals with mild cognitive impairment, allowing for specific interventions to reduce the risk of falls.