There are about 2333 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Ireland. 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.
This Is a Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Phase 2 Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Lenvatinib in Combination with Ifosfamide and Etoposide Versus Ifosfamide and Etoposide in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Osteosarcoma.
The pilot PARTUM trial is a randomized, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial. Women who are at modest risk of VTE (as defined by the inclusion criteria) will be identified during pregnancy, labor and delivery and up to 48 hours postpartum. Eligible and consenting participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study arms: aspirin 81 mg daily or placebo daily for 6 weeks.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of non-invasive electrical vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS), together with a lifestyle modification program, as a method of reducing HbA1c, as compared to a sham control with both study arms incorporating a lifestyle modification program. - Allocation: Randomized - Endpoint classification: Efficacy Study - Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment in 1:1 active to control allocation
People who have a severe mental illness can have poorer physical health and higher mortality rates than the general population. Their medications combined with low levels of physical activity and increased sedentary behaviour can general population and may help people with severe mental illness to be more active. A previous feasibility study has been conducted in the UK in a large city with positive findings. The current study will be conducted in rural settings in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The intervention will last 13 weeks. People with Severe Mental Illness will be randomly assigned into one of two groups. Both groups will get information on the benefits of physical activity. In addition, one group will be shown how to use a step counter to measure their steps, be invited to a weekly group walk, and meet their coach every 2 weeks contribute to this. Walking is a good way to increase physical activity in the to see how they are getting on and to support them. The research team are interested in finding out how willing clinicians are to recruit people into the study, how willing people are to take part, do people then stick with the programme, and if not the reasons for people dropping out. Qualitative findings will explore whether participants feel they benefited from and enjoyed the programme. Findings will be used to investigate the feasibility to conduct a larger trial like this in the future.
Eating oily fish containing long chain seafood-derived omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) protects against heart attacks and strokes. Hence most national and international guidelines now recommend that adults eat at least 2 servings per week of oily fish. However uptake of these recommendations is poor - many people do not eat seafood at all. A number of factors probably contribute to this poor compliance with guidelines; limited availability and costs of oily fish; distaste for oily fish; and concern about toxins in such fish. An Irish company, Devenish Nutrition, offers a possible alternative solution - by feeding omega-3 PUFA-enriched feeds to chicken, Devenish Nutrition have demonstrated that the resultant chicken meat and eggs are enriched in omega-3 PUFAs. A recently completed small study, with 30 participants, showed that 5 weeks of eating omega-3 PUFA enriched chicken resulted in increased blood levels of omega-3 PUFAs. There were also beneficial effects on blood pressure and on platelet stickiness. This study will be larger (including 160 participants) and longer in duration (6 months). It will be a double-blind, controlled, randomized study. This will allow testing whether eating omega-3 PUFA enriched chicken-meat regularly over a 6 month period, results in even greater increments in blood levels of omega-3 PUFAs, and in greater beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors. Beneficial effects of eating omega-3 PUFA enriched eggs will also be assessed.
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine whether Probiotic can modulate the psychological stress experienced by healthy medical, dental and health science students preparing for university/institute of technology semester examination (s), measured by self-report scales and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis activity, compared with placebo.
This study will investigate the effects of eight-weeks home-based Pilates on symptoms of anxiety, depression, and fatigue among people with Multiple Sclerosis. Half of participants will perform two weekly home-based Pilates sessions guided by a DVD, while the other half will maintain their regular daily activities.
This protocol details the full methods of two parallel, randomized controlled trials of an eight-week resistance exercise training intervention compared to a wait-list control condition among young adults with and without analogue-Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
The majority of newborns transition successfully from intrauterine to extrauterine life without any assistance. Less than 1% of all newborns will require extensive neonatal resuscitation involving chest compressions (CC) and medications at birth 1. Chest compressions are indicated for those newborns whose heart rate remains less than 60 beats per minute despite adequate ventilation 1. The American Heart Association (AHA) identifies two different methods of delivering chest compressions; a) the two-thumb (TT) method and b) the two-finger (TF) method. The two-thumb method is favoured by the AHA as it results in higher blood pressure and coronary perfusion pressures and can also be delivered from the head of the bed during umbilical catheter insertion 1. The quality of CC plays a vital role in delivering effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Solevag et al. report that high-quality CC requires (A) optimal compression:ventilation (C:V) ratio, (B) adequate CC rate, (C) depth of CC as well as (D) full recoil between compressions 2. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommend delivering chest compressions on the lower third of the sternum to a depth of one third the anterior-posterior (AP) chest diameter. The recommended C:V ratio is 3:1 (90 compressions and 30 breaths per minute) 1. A number of studies have highlighted the effects of rescuer fatigue on quality of chest compressions. One study reported adverse effects on CC quality when performed without interruption over a 3 minute period 6. It has therefore been recommended to rotate rescuers every 2-3 minutes in order to avoid rescuer fatigue and to ensure high quality CC6-7. As well as duration of CC, other factors can contribute to greater levels of rescuer fatigue. A number of studies have looked at the effect of different CC to ventilation methods on rescuer fatigue. Bodingh et al investigated this during simulated infant CPR. They reported greater levels of rescuer fatigue during simulated CPR in CCaV (continuous CC with asynchronous ventilation) at 120 CC per min compared to the recommended 3:1 C:V CPR 3. A similar study was performed by Li et al where rescuer fatigue was assessed during (i) 3:1 C:V ratio, (ii) CCaV at 90 CC per min and (iii) CCaV at 120 CC per min. However, unlike Bodingh et al, they found both 3:1 C:V and CCaV CPR to be equally fatiguing 4. Different CC techniques (TT vs TF method) can also cause varying levels of rescuer fatigue. In a recent study, Jiang et al compared the TT and TF chest compression techniques on infant mannequins and found that the TF method caused greater levels of rescuer fatigue compared with the TT method 5. We therefore set out to investigate whether different CC techniques cause different levels of rescuer fatigue during neonatal CPR. We hypothesize that performing TF method on neonatal mannequins will produce greater levels of rescuer fatigue. The results of this study would have significant implications in terms of choice of CC technique in new-born resuscitation. The purpose of this study is to compare rescuer fatigue during simulated neonatal chest compressions using two different CC methods; the two-finger (TF) method vs two-thumb (TT) method. This will be performed on both preterm and term mannequins by neonatologists and level of fatigue will be assessed by measuring change in cardiac output during chest compressions. Hypothesis: Performing CC using the two-finger (TF) method produces higher levels of rescuer fatigue compared with the two-thumb (TT) method during 5 minutes of simulated neonatal CPR.
A randomized, double blind sham controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of vestibular nerve stimulation (VeNS), together with a lifestyle modification program, compared to a sham control with a lifestyle modification programme, as a means of reducing excess body weight and body fat.