There are about 36633 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in France. 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.
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) currently affecting one person in a thousand in France. It can lead to numerous digestive complications such as fistulas, abscesses or stenosis. Despite numerous therapeutic advances, the rate of patients requiring surgery remains very high, with approximately 50% requiring at least one surgical intervention at 10 years after disease diagnosis. However, surgical treatment is not curative, the postoperative recurrence rate being very high, from 65 to-90% endoscopic recurrence at 1 year. The ileocolonic anastomosis is the main site of postoperative recurrence currently defined by a Rutgeerts score (≥i2) 6 months after surgery. In 2003, Kono et al. described a new operative technique that could reduce the rate of post-operative recurrence: a termino-terminal ileocolonic anastomosis, anti-mesenteric, with a supporting column to prevent distortion and anastomotic stenosis (Kono-S anastomosis). The study showed no decrease in endoscopic recurrence rate at 1 year (83% vs 79%), but a significant decrease in surgical recurrence rate at 5 years (15% vs 0%). Recently, a randomized Italian monocenter study showed a significant decrease in endoscopic recurrence rate at 6 and 18 months (22.2% versus 62.8% and 25% versus 67.4%), as well as a decrease in clinical recurrence. The limitations of this study are its monocentric nature and the lack of centralization of the endoscopic analysis to assess the primary endpoint. This surgical technique has been performed in some centers for ileocolonic Crohn's surgery since 2020. Nevertheless, the level of evidence remains too low to establish practice recommendations. The KOALA study will be the first prospective, multicenter, randomized study comparing KONO-S anastomosis and conventional anastomosis for ileocolonicresection of Crohn's disease, with blinded and centralized evaluation of recurrence.
Investigators will measure the variation of blood Metabolome through 1H NMR at several time points during the course of electroconvulsivetherapy in patients with a major depressive episode. Patients with a major depressive disorder or a bipolar disorder and a current major depressive episode will be included in this study. Investigators hypothesized that Metabolome could be a source to predict response during ECT and to help understanding underlying biological mechanisms.
The purpose of ATA-003-GSAR study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of a single intravenous infusion of ATA-200 in pediatric patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2c/R5 (LGMD R5). Patients will be treated sequentially in 2 dose-cohorts.
Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI) denotes a functional disorder represented by heterogeneous symptoms that sufferers attribute to specific environmental agents and for which there may be no solid evidence of an underlying physiological cause. We are conducting a randomized controlled trial study to compare patients before and after a newly developed cognitive behavioral therapy treatment program for IEI, with respect to behavioral and psychometric variables. The results of this research project are expected to contribute to advancements in the clinical treatment of IEI, as well as to elaborate on existing theoretical models of IEI.
This is a national, non-randomized, multicentric trial evaluating the feasibility and the tolerance of the RAPID procedure in patients with HCC with preserved liver function requiring a liver transplantation.
Since 2018, the Chicago Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions, has listed Down syndrome (DS)/trisomy 21 (T21) as a systemic disease with periodontal implications. Numerous studies report an increased prevalence and severity of periodontitis in DS/T21 individuals under the age of 35. Approximately 35% of adolescents with DS show early signs of alveolar bone loss. However, very few studies have examined the role of immune deficiency in DS/T21 patients in the pathogenesis of periodontitis. Indeed, periodontitis induced by bacterial plaque is virtually non-existent in the paediatric population, leaving the field to systemically-induced periodontitis. The investigators hypothesize that specific neutrophil phenotypes in DS/T21 patients are key to explaining the rapid progression to periodontitis. Investigator's primary objective is to characterize the different oral and blood neutrophil subtypes in DS/T21 children with gingival inflammation. Investigator's secondary objective is to assess the involvement of different neutrophil subtypes in early periodontitis in children with DS/T21.
To ensure the safe use of oral anticancer drugs, oncology pharmacy consultations (OPCs) have been established in France. Their goal is to provide the patient with the means to identify, prevent and limit adverse effects and to know who to refer to in case of a serious adverse effect, perform a pharmaceutical analysis of the prescription, and participate in the improvement and evaluation of overall compliance. OPCs are conditioned by the needs, expectations, and involvement of the patients in their care. In healthcare, patients are increasingly encouraged to play an active role in the knowledge and management of their health, express their concerns and preferences, and participate in medical decisions. Thus, it is essential to elicit their preferences. The discrete-choice experiment (DCE) is the validated and recommended method of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research for such a task.
Monocentric study, aiming to assess the improvement of medical students to perform a first-time thoracentesis after training using a specific training using an augmented virtual reality simulator, versus standard training. Study population: medical students from the department of Respirology (University hospital of Strasbourg), performing their first thoracocentesis in patients having an indication for a first-time thoracocentesis. This is not an interventional study, no change in patient course being induced because of the study. After the procedure: use of specific surveys for the patient and for medical students to assess the patient's pain, the patient and the medical student level of anxiety, and the student ability during the procedure.
STROBERRY Study is a Prospective, monocentric, randomized, open-label study assessing the contribution of telemedicine, in addition to standard follow-up, strengthening an Obesity program in Berry (France). The principal objective is to study the effectiveness of a follow-up reinforced with telemedicine in addition to the standard multidisciplinary annual follow-up on the rate of patients lost to follow-up after initial or second line management in a multidisciplinary bariatric medical program
Cachexia is a syndrome frequently associated with digestive cancers and more particularly with esophageal and gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Its pathophysiology remains poorly understood, multi-factorial, but strongly correlated to the prognosis of patients. It's a consequence of the imbalance of energy balance linked to tumoral process, to dysphagia and to anorexia, frequently present in these cancers. At the center of this imbalance, adipose tissue plays a major role. Recent studies showing that the mobilization of lipid substrates and the hypermetabolism of adipocytes are involving in its development, even before loss of muscle. As part of the management, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is usually administered with the main objective to reduce tumor extension and dissemination through actions on DNA and mitosis. These treatments will also alter the mitochondrial function of cells in other tissues, probably including that of adipocytes. A paradoxical effect on the cachectic process could thus be envisaged, as a decrease in mitochondrial activity and associated hypermetabolism, and therefore a preservation of fat mass, and by extension of muscle mass. Primary endpoint: identify the adipocyte factors involved in the energy imbalance associated with the cachectic process in patients managed for esophageal or gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Secondary endpoint: compare the results obtained before and after chemotherapy treatment according to the cachectic state and the anatomical location of the adipose sample (subcutaneous versus visceral) to evaluate the resting energy expenditure.