There are about 3961 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Finland. 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.
Eligible subjects must have completed 6 doses of treatment of radium-223 dichloride and experienced no radium-223 dichloride-related SAEs (serious adverse events) or CTCAE (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) Grade 3 or 4 adverse event during or after the initial course of radium-223 dichloride that led to the discontinuation of treatment. 40 Subjects will be enrolled and will receive up to 6 doses of radium-223 dichloride 50 kBq/kg IV every 4 weeks. The subject will be evaluated for AEs (adverse events) and laboratory tests at each visit every 4 weeks, prior to receiving radium-223 dichloride. After the end of treatment visit the subjects will enter the active follow up period. Related AEs and SAEs and Lab tests will be evaluated at each visit every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then every 12 weeks for up to 2 years after the last dose of radium-223 dichloride. After the 2 years of active follow-up, subjects will enter the long-term follow-up period and will be followed via telephone follow-up at 6-month intervals for late toxicities and survival up to 7 years after the last dose of radium-223 dichloride or until death. Joint safety reviews will regularly take place to oversee safety of the subjects conducted at regular intervals. An interim analysis of the safety data will be conducted during the study.
The prevalence of obesity in the developed world has increased markedly over the last 20 years. Considering the prevalence of obese and overweight adult subjects, and the fact that pregnancy itself induces a state of insulin resistance and inflammation, maternal obesity may be the most common health risk for the developing fetus. It is well established that what we eat has a major impact on our health. However, there is growing evidence to suggest that diet during pregnancy and lactation may be particularly important as not only does it influence the health of the mother, it may have a permanent effect on the health of her children and even her grandchildren. The concept that environmental factors, such as nutrition during early development, influence both our health span and lifespan has been termed the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis. The objective of the study are: - to compare subjects with frailty (condition developed with ageing) with controls and characterize the unhealthy aged condition with the measurements described below - to examine if signs of frailty can be reversed by lifestyle induced modifications (exercise training programme) of its primary components (IR, sarcopenia, psychological profile) in offspring of overweight/obese (OOM) vs lean mothers (OLM). The study consists of 37 frail old subjects, age ≥ 65 sub-grouped in 17 OOM, and 20 OLM and 11 non frail controls. These subjects will be studied with positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) and ultra sounds (US). In addition functional MRI (fMRI) will be performed. Adipose tissue biopsies will be taken. Subjects will undergo characterization of biohumoral markers, a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, imaging biomarkers (PET/CT, US, fMRI-MRS), genetic biomarkers (DNA and telomere damage) and inflammatory biomarkers (macrophage infiltration) before and after the 4-month lifestyle intervention period (physical exercise). By PET/CT it will be measured tissue-specific IR in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, liver, myocardium and targeted brain regions. MRS will be used to measure organ steatosis in the skeletal muscle and liver, MRI will be used to measure fat masses in abdominal areas, and fMRI will be performed to assess activation in brain regions regulating cognition and appetite/energy control. US will be used to assess cardiovascular markers (IMT, strain and function).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether individual and/ group based neuropsychological rehabilitation focused on psychoeducation and teaching compensatory strategies has positive effects on the psychosocial wellbeing and perceived cognitive deficits in dyslexic young adults. The hypothesis is that both individual and group based neuropsychological rehabilitation show positive effects on the psychosocial wellbeing and perceived cognitive deficits. Another purpose of this study is to evaluate weather individual and group based neuropsychological rehabilitation have different kind of effects on the wellbeing of the participants and weather either one of the rehabilitation formats is more effective than the other.
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of corresponding external sound. Tinnitus affects approximately 10-15 % of the population. The prevalence increases with age and it is estimated that more than 20 % of the older people have tinnitus. Approximately 10-15 % of tinnitus patients have clinically relevant, disabling tinnitus causing for example anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances. The treatment of chronic tinnitus is difficult and most therapies focus on alleviating the condition rather than treating the cause. Pathophysiology of tinnitus still remains incompletely understood. Functional brain imaging data in tinnitus patients and animal models suggest that tinnitus is associated with increased neuronal activity, increased synchronicity, and functional reorganization within the auditory cortex either uni- or bilaterally, but there are also functional alterations in brain areas outside the auditory system. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a neuromodulation technique based on the principle of electromagnetic induction of an electric field in the brain by means of magnetic pulses given to the scalp. TMS is a non-invasive, painless, and safe method for modulation of cortical activity. TMS pulses given at low frequencies (≤ 1 Hz) have been shown to decrease cortical excitability both in experimental settings and humans, which forms the basis for using low frequency rTMS to treat chronic tinnitus patients, in whom hyperactivity of the auditory cortex has been observed in functional brain imaging studies
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that using Surgical Pleth Index (SPI) and Entropy in adjunct to other clinical information decreases the occurrence rate of inadequate anesthesia events, bradycardia and hypotension in comparison to standard clinical practice during anesthesia. Adequacy of Anesthesia (AoA) monitoring comprises the use of both Entropy and SPI measurements. Adequacy of anesthesia will be monitored using non-invasive blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), ECG, and neuromuscular transmission (NMT).
This randomized clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy of an antiresorptive osteoporosis drug (denosumab) in prevention of periprosthetic bone loss and in promotion of implant osseointegration (bone bonding) in postmenopausal women after total hip replacement. The investigators assume that denosumab prevents periprosthetic bone loss and enhances bone bonding of the hip stem in postmenopausal women.
The purpose of this study is to assess the direct effects of the ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administered to infants on nasopharyngeal carriage at 3 to 5 years of age. These children have been vaccinated in infancy in the cluster-randomized Finnish Invasive pneumococcal Disease (FinIP) Trial (a separate protocol reported at ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:NCT00861380) during 2009 to 2011. Also the indirect effect on nasopharyngeal carriage will be assessed on vaccinees' elder non-vaccinated siblings aged 5 to 9 years.
A randomized double-blind placebo controlled intervention study with pregnant obese women (n=440) will be conducted. The intervention will involve consumption of fish oil and/or probiotic capsules from early pregnancy until 6 months after delivery. The aim of the study is firstly to investigate the effects of the supplements on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus and obesity in the women and secondly to modify the risk markers of allergy and obesity in children of the women. Also the underlying metabolic mechanisms will be investigated. Follow up visits at child's age of 5 to 6 years will be conducted to evalute long-term effects on maternal and child health. The aim is to investigate the impact of dietary intervention, diet, maternal overweight/obesity and gestational diabetes status as well as gut microbiota and metabolism during pregnancy on maternal and child's health, allergy and child neuropsychological development.
To compare the efficacy of flexible dosing of brexpiprazole with placebo in subjects with agitation associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of initiating LCZ696 in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HF-rEF) using conservative (reaching target dose over 6 weeks) and condensed (reaching target dose over 3 weeks) up-titration regimens.