There are about 25435 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in United Kingdom. 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 aim of this pilot study is to explore the utility of a new imaging technique, called Field Cycling Imaging (FCI), in postoperative low grade gliomas. The main question it aims to answer is if FCI can differentiate subtypes of low grade gliomas. Participants will have one FCI scan.
Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people who have heartburn, indigestion, and problems due to excessive stomach acid. These are common problems which can affect daily life and disturb sleep during the night-time. Heartburn is the burning sensation or pain in the chest which occurs when stomach acid rises up in the food pipe (esophagus). Calcium carbonate tablets are used to treat heartburn, indigestion, and related digestive problems. Calcium carbonate works by neutralizing the excess acid in the stomach. The study treatment is a new bi-layer calcium carbonate tablet that has two layers. One layer quickly releases calcium carbonate aimed to provide quick relief (called immediate release) while the other layer releases calcium carbonate slowly to make the relief last longer (called sustained release). In this study, bi-layer calcium carbonate tablets will be given to healthy men for the first time. This study will provide information on how the new bi-layer tablet works inside the body. The main purpose of this study is to learn about how the new bi-layer calcium carbonate tablet changes the average acidity levels (measured using pH) compared to the standard calcium carbonate tablet during the night-time. For this, researchers will measure the acidity levels in the upper part of the stomach at regular intervals during the night-time. The participants will be randomly (by chance) assigned to one of two treatment groups: Participants in the first group will take the treatments at night. Participants in the second group will take the treatments during the day. All participants in both groups will take 2 bi-layer tablets and 2 standard tablets after a meal with a gap of 6 to 8 days between treatments. However, in each group, half the participants will receive the bi-layer tablets first while the other half will receive the standard tablets first. Each participant will be in the study for around 52 days with up to 4 visits to the study site. This includes: 1. visit about 28 days before the treatment starts during which the doctors will confirm that the participant can take part in the study 2. visits for treatment with a gap of 6-8 days between each treatment, and 1 visit 7 to 14 days after the treatment ends during which the doctors will monitor the participants' health. During the study, the doctors and their study team will: check participants' overall health by performing tests such as blood and urine tests, and check heart health using an electrocardiogram (ECG) take images of the stomach at different times after taking the treatment measure acidity level (pH) using a device called pH probe that is inserted into the upper part of the stomach ask the participants questions about how easy it is to take the study treatment ask the participants what adverse events they are having. An adverse event is any medical problem that a participant has during a study. Doctors keep track of all adverse events, irrespective of whether they think it is related to the study treatment, or not. As this study is conducted in healthy men who will not gain any benefit from this treatment, access to the study treatment after the study is not planned.
This study tests a new treatment to help with droopy eyelids (ptosis) and eye movement problems (squint) in children and young people with genetically confirmed mitochondrial conditions - using red-light. We use a torch to shine a red light through the closed eyelid for 3 minutes a day. The study will run for 18 months. We believe that this treatment could help strengthen the muscle in the eyelid to make it easier to open the eyes, and could also help some children with squint.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of lepodisiran in reducing cardiovascular risk in participants with high lipoprotein(a) who have cardiovascular disease or are at risk of a heart attack or stroke. The study drug will be administered subcutaneously (SC) (under the skin).
The primary objective of this study to evaluate the efficacy of ravulizumab compared with placebo to reduce proteinuria and slow the rate of eGFR decline in adult participants with IgAN who are at risk of disease progression.
Our challenge is to understand how fibre interacts with whole-gut function to alter colonic fermentation of FODMAPs. We will exploit the recent availability of a range of food grade modified celluloses which can form gels at body temperature to perform human studies to explore whether the beneficial effect of psyllium is unique or will be found with all gelling substances (4). We are currently performing the COCOA2 study using a modified methylcellulose (results awaited). We now wish to perform a pilot study to image what happens in the colon when methylcellulose is ingested to enable us to plan the next step in our research programme.
The goal of this prospective, international multi-centre pilot study is to assess the functionality and user experience of a new vital sign monitoring system in 20 patients and 20 nurses in the general ward at each centre. The patients will be monitored with a wireless, continuous vital sign monitoring systems and answer a questionnaire afterwards. They will in addition have vital signs monitored as per standard practice. The nurses will answer a questionnaire after having had the responsibility for a monitored patient for a full shift. The main aims are: To determine the frequency of alerts activated in the app in relation to the alerts that should be activated based on measured data, to explore current practices of in-hospital monitoring by semi-structured interviews to map differences across systems and to test nurse and patient satisfaction.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-week online yoga intervention in improving the well-being and productivity of desk-based workers. The main questions it aims to answer are: - How effective is an 8-week online yoga intervention in improving the well-being (mental and physical) and productivity (work engagement and job performance) of the yoga group compared with passive controls? - Are there any differences in well-being and work-related measures between the yoga and control groups? Participants in the yoga group will practice yoga three days a week for 8 weeks and will be compared with a wait-listed control group, which will continue with the usual routine for 8 weeks. Researchers will evaluate the impact of yoga on the well-being and productivity of desk-based workers.
Oesophagogastric cancer (cancer of the gullet and stomach) is the fifth most common cancer in England and Wales with 16,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Survival rates are poor with only 15% surviving beyond 5 years. There is also increasing research to understand the cancer biology and factors allowing cancers to progress. It is likely there is a relationship between the cancer-specific microbiome, cells related to inflammation, which promotes cancer progression. The BIORESOURCE 1 study has established a comprehensive resource of matched samples from patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer. This longitudinal study aims to obtain further matched biosamples in the follow-up period after cancer surgery to find biomarkers that may predict treatment response, recurrence and/or long term prognosis.
This non-inferiority study aims to determine whether a hydrolysed rice protein formula is as effective as a cow's milk protein based extensively hydrolysed formula using a double-blind, randomised-controlled design over a 28-day intervention period followed by a 2-month follow-up period in infants 0-13 months of age presenting with symptoms/clinical history suggestive of cow's milk allergy. The primary outcome is growth, and secondary outcomes are gastrointestinal tolerance, and differences in intake, allergic symptoms, parental QOL, acceptability, dietary intake, and safety.