There are about 1447 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Croatia. 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 OPTIMISE-CKD CEE study design will create a real-world evidence platform that systematically leverages the routine data collection made by Investigators and will help obtain relevant insights from clinical practice. This study is likely to include a more heterogeneous population compared with the constraints required by interventional study protocols. Treatment decisions, clinical outcomes, and common treatment scenarios in the context of routine care of CKD are likely to be more generalizable than those from clinical trials. It is important to assess the current CKD treatment with dapagliflozin. The research questions can be divided into two categories: 1. What does the dapagliflozin utilisation in CKD look like? a. Who are being treated? 2. What are the selected outcomes of interest and treatment patterns among CKD patients treated with dapagliflozin, with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D) up to 12 months post-initiation? Primary objective is to characterize dapagliflozin utilisation in clinical practice, by describing treatment naïve patients who are treated with dapagliflozin for CKD. Secondary objectives are to describe selected outcomes of interest and treatment patterns among CKD patients treated with dapagliflozin up to 12 months post-initiation. The OPTIMISE-CKD CEE study is a multinational, observational, longitudinal cohort study, with a pre-post design, which will include patients who are treated with dapagliflozin with CKD in real-world clinical practice, utilising secondary data sources. This is a secondary data collection study, where variables are extracted from electronic or paper medical records. Seven Central Eastern Europe countries are planned to participate in the study: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. A total number of 1090 patients are estimated to be included in the study. The study population will consist of adult patients with CKD who meet the country-specific label for dapagliflozin as treatment for CKD across CEE.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women. Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) reduces the risk of disease recurrence and mortality in women with hormone-dependent breast cancer. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate adherence to AET and identify factors associated with adherence in the Republic of Croatia. The level of adherence, beliefs about medicines, and quality of life with AET will be investigated with validated instruments in the form of an anonymous survey. Given the available data on suboptimal adherence to AET in Europe and globally, it is clear that there is a need for investigating adherence in Croatia which hasn't been done so far. Each country, population, and health system has its own characteristics, and understanding the experience of using AET and identifying associated psychosocial factors could help in developing specific interventions supporting women and improving AET adherence.
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the use of a chlorhexidine based oral antiseptic will improve clinical results of non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT) in smokers with periodontitis. A randomized controlled clinical trial will be carried out on 60 subjects with periodontitis- 30 smokers and 30 non-smokers. All subjects will be clinically examined. The following periodontal indices will be measured: Full mouth plaque score (FMPS), Full mouth bleeding score (FMBS), Pocket probing depth (PPD), Clinical attachment level (CAL), Gingival recession (GR) and Tooth mobility (TM). All subjects will have NSPT carried out. Half of the subjects in each group will use a 0.12% chlorhexidine based mouth rinse twice a day during 15 days. Clinical examination will be repeated 8 weeks after NSPT and compared.
An eczematous reaction is an inflammatory intolerance response of the skin. In acute phase the reaction is characterized by erythema and blistering while in the chronic phase it presents as dryness, itchiness and lichenification. Irritative contact dermatitis describes these patterns of reaction in response to toxicity of chemicals on the skin cells, which trigger inflammation by activation of the innate immune system.
Niacinamide in lower concentrations has been recognized as a cosmetic ingredient with hydrating properties. Therefore, aim was to test the efficacy and safety of niacinamide cosmetic preparation in A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Background: The optimal antithrombotic strategy early after aortic valve replacement surgery with a biological valve remains controversial due to lack of high-quality evidence. Either oral anticoagulants or acetylsalicylic acid should be considered for the first three months. Hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening on cardiac compute tomography has been associated with latent bioprosthetic valve thrombosis and may be prevented with anticoagulation. The investigators hypothesize that anticoagulation with apixaban is superior to single antiplatelet therapy with acetylsalicylic acid in reduction of hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening of bioprosthetic valves after aortic valve replacement. Methods: In this prospective, open-label, randomized trial patients without an indication for oral anticoagulation undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement surgery with novel rapid-deployment bioprosthetic valves will be randomized. The treatment group will receive 5 mg of apixaban twice a day for the first three months and 100 mg of acetylsalicylic acid thereafter. The control group will have 100 mg of acetylsalicylic acid once a day indefinitely. After the three-month treatment period a contrast enhanced electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography will be performed to identify hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening of the bioprosthetic valve. The primary objective of the study is to assess possible superiority of the treatment group in the prevention of hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening three months after randomization. Secondary objective is to assess possible noninferiority for safety of apixaban-based strategy when compared to acetylsalicylic acid at three months. Discussion: Antithrombotic therapy after aortic valve replacement surgery is used to prevent valve thrombosis and systemic thromboembolism. Latent bioprosthetic valve thrombosis is a precursor of clinically significant prosthetic valve dysfunction or thromboembolic event. The hallmark feature of latent bioprosthetic valve thrombosis is hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening on cardiac computed tomography. Subclinical leaflet thrombosis occurs frequently in bioprosthetic aortic valves, more commonly in transcatheter than in surgical valves. There is no evidence on the effect of direct oral anticoagulants on the incidence of hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening after surgical aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment bioprostheses.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two different, market approved, cryoballoon devices for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). The main aims of the study are: - to compare the efficacy of two ablation devices (acute and 1 year success rates) - to compare the procedural characteristics (procedure duration, fluoroscopy duration, ablation time - to compare the complication rates Participants who have indication for cryoballoon ablation of AF will be randomized in 1:1 fashion to older fixed size cryoballoon and newer expandable cryoballoon. Standard of care cryoballoon procedure will be performed alongside with standard postprocedural follow-up. • to compare the complication rates Participants who have indication for cryoballoon ablation of AF will be randomized in 1:1 fashion to older fixed size cryoballoon and newer expandable cryoballoon.
This study is a first-in-human, prospective, multi-center, pre-market single-arm clinical trial to evaluate the Future Cardia™ ICM.
Endobronchial bleeding is a common complication of bronchoscopy. Major bleeding, although rare, can be life threatening and often requires advanced therapeutic interventional pulmonary procedures which are not widely available. Minor bleeding can negatively impact outcomes such as diagnostic yield, sample size and bronchoscopy duration. Both adrenaline and tranexamic acid are successfully used topically for hemostasis during diagnostic bronchoscopy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactically applied adrenaline and tranexamic acid in bleeding prevention during diagnostic bronchoscopy.
Single Use Flexible bronchoscopes have gained popularity in recent years and are becoming technologically more advanced. They are widely accepted and used in everyday practice for simple procedures. The aim of this study is to evaluate single use flexible bronchoscopes in more advanced settings, such as interventional pulmonary procedures.