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.
The main objective is to assess whether a novel electrochemical tool is reliable in detecting concentration of paracetamol in fingerprick- , saline-, urine-, and serum samples. We will recruit 12 healthy volunteers aged 18-45. They will get 1 g oral paracetamol. Paracetamol concentration will be detected from abovementioned samples at timely intervals for 24 hours, analyzed with the novel electrochemical method and compared to gold standard mass-spectrometry analysis. Despite of extensive use, the mechanism of action of parasetamol is not completely understood. The central serotonergic system may play a role. Endocannabinoid system is a group of lipid mediators, that possibly is involved in mediating paracetamol effect to the serotonergic system. Serum lipidomic assessment can be used to study endocannabinoid metabolics. In this study we will try to assess changes in endocannabinoid system by looking into serum lipidomics in order to understand the mechanism of action of paracetamol.
Phase 1, first-in-human, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose-escalation study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of PRV-101, a coxsackie virus B vaccine, in healthy volunteers.
This is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study in healthy volunteer subjects. Each dose level will be investigated with eight 20-50-year-old male subjects (6 on active drug and 2 on placebo). Additionally, eight healthy elderly subjects (65-80 years of age, males and females), 6 on active drug and 2 on placebo, will be included in the study at one dose level, once the safety and tolerability of AVLX-144 has been documented in younger subjects.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of eptinezumab in participants with episodic Cluster Headache (eCH)
The orifices of all inguinal and ventral (including Spigelian) hernias were carefully recorded at the beginning of laparoscopy (n=201) of other reason (cholecystectomy, fundoplication) in 2003-5. The patients with occult hernias (n=43) were followed-up 15 years to find out what percentage of hernias would become symptomatic.
For the infant participating the study, ventilator settings and respiratory variables will be recorded every day and exported to a specific computer using the Servo Record Viewer version 1.0 (Maquet Critical Care AB, Getinge, Gothenburg, Sweden). Collected data gives the value for peak inspiratory pressure (PIP), expiratory tidal volume (Vt), peak Edi, minimum Edi, measured respiratory rate (RR), neural respiratory rate (nRR) and percentage of backup breaths for each minute. All the ventilator data will be inspected and compared with the event logs recorded automatically from the ventilator, which includes all the alarm notification, mode and setting changes, cables connection and disconnection data. Data during disconnection of the Edi cable, malfunction or dislocation of Edi catheter will be excluded from the analysis. The mean values during each day will be computed for each ventilatory variables. If there is a change in the ventilatory setting parameters, we will choose the one which was applied for longer duration in the 24-hour time period. The following clinical characteristics will be collected from medical records: gestational age at birth, birth weight, gender, the time and amount of feeding, medication during the study days, desaturation events, bradycardia events, suction time and methods.
Tonsil surgery is common in adults with recurrent or chronic tonsillitis. The surgical techniques include either partial or total surgical removal of the palatal tonsils (tonsillotomy, TT, and tonsillectomy, TE, respectively). The aim of this study is to find out, whether tonsil surgery improves the quality of life in these patients and whether the lighter TT is as effective as TE. Our main outcome is the disease-specific Tonsillectomy Outcome Inventory-14 (TOI-14) quality of life questionnaire score at 6 months follow-up.
The purpose of the Finnish Spinal Cord Injury Study (FinSCI) is to identify factors related to the health and functioning of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), their challenges with accessibility and how such factors are interconnected. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is used in the study as a structured framework. The study participants will be recruited from three SCI outpatient clinics, which together are responsible for the life-time care of the SCI population in Finland. Mixed methods are used including a questionnaire and interviews. The survey will be formed from patient-reported instruments; SCI-specified Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Condition Scale, Spinal Cord Independence Measure, Nottwil Environmental Factors Inventory Short Form and selected items of the generic instruments of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System and National study of health, well-being and service. The survey covers 51 ICF categories. The study results can help develop care and rehabilitation policies with SCI, the planning of training models and information provided to various parties involved.
A total of 60 parturients undergoing induction of labour will be consented to participate in the study where they will be randomized to receive either spinal fentanyl (20 µg) or epidural analgesia (fentanyl 100µg and lidocaine 80 mg). They will be monitored for the development of analgesia for a duration of 30 minutes.
PNPLA3 rs738409 (I148M) variant is associated with hepatic liver accumulation and chronic liver diseases including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It has been shown that obesity augments genetic risk but studies investigating the interaction of PNPLA3 rs738409 risk variant and diet are scarce. The aim is to investigate the effect of dietary fat quality modification in participants with different variants of the PNPLA3 gene (rs738409). The primary outcome is the change in liver fat measured by magnetic resonance imaging in the randomized controlled 12-week dietary intervention trial.