There are about 21062 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Italy. 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 goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate regional ventilation distribution in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after emergent laparotomy due to abdominal sepsis. The main question it aims to answer is: • evaluate if patients admitted after an open abdomen strategy have a different regional ventilation distribution compared to patients in which abdomen is closed at the end of the procedure Participants will undergo non-invasive monitoring (esophageal pressure and electrical impedance tomography) and an blood gas analysis samples. Researchers will compare open abdomen group and closed abdomen group to see if the ventilation distribution pattern is different.
The genetic complexity and heterogeneity of the sporadic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are posing a formidable challenge to disentangle their direct molecular causes. To advance this research, we plan to coordinate our local biorepositories of PD biological specimens creating a standardized and integrated national resource. In this framework, we plan to collect more samples from additional sporadic PD cases and to extend the sampling to patients with REM sleep behavior disease. We plan a large campaign of whole genome sequencing including about 200 patients to identify rare genomic variants plausibly associated with these diseases. In addition, we will standardize the generation and quality control of iPSC lines to make available to the scientific community. Finally, we will combine iPSC technology and gene editing to functionally assess the relative impact of rare variants in coding regions inherited together as a polygenic trait previously identified in selected sporadic PD cases
The goal of this clinical trial is to test in 10 patients with advanced furcation involvement on molars. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: • Is it possible to carry out root resection without endodontic treatment on molars? Tooth vitality will be checked (positive response to cold test). Root resection will be carried out under local anestesia. Following visits will be carried out for re-evaluation/maintenance according to clinical care every 3 mounths until 3 years follow-up.
The use of ultrasound has been suggested to support the management of labour. According to several studies, ultrasound examination is more accurate and reproducible than clinical examination in diagnosing fetal head position, fetal station, and the prediction of labour arrest. Furthermore, there is growing evidence that ultrasound in labour may predict the outcome of instrumental vaginal delivery: a support to assess when an operative delivery is necessary. Ultrasound in labour can be performed using a transabdominal approach, mainly to determine head and spine position, or a transperineal approach, to assess head station and the situation at low stations. Several sonographic parameters have been proposed to evaluate the head station. Furthermore, all ultrasound parameters studied so far, have always been measured with the woman in a supine position. While the biomechanics of childbirth with its mechanisms (known as nutation, counter-nutation of the pelvis, and the coccyx retropulsion) together with maternal movement, promote fetal rotation and the adaptation of its diameters with those of the maternal pelvis, allowing to gain more room for the fetal descent. Moreover, in most of the studies on intrapartum ultrasound, the mobility of the pelvis has not been mentioned. The contracted pelvis is the absence of mobility that leads to fetal-pelvic disproportion, arrest of labour, and operative delivery. Maternal pelvis biomechanics studies by high technological techniques have shown that maternal shifting positions during pregnancy and childbirth can create more room in the pelvis for safe delivery. The external and internal pelvic diameters are closely related. For this reason, the evaluation of the mobility of the pelvis appears to be a necessary element to understand the ability of that pelvis to widen its diameters for fetal descent. The aim of the study is to measure the variation of AoP, HSD, HPD, PAA in the supine position and in kneeling-squat position in the same woman and the cut-offs of the new ultrasound parameters and predictive capacity for vaginal birth.
Final results from TITAN trial showed that apalutamide plus ADT improved OS in a population of patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), if compared to ADT alone. However, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) showed to improve outcomes of oligometastatic patients if compared to systemic therapy alone within modern randomized trial, including a mixed cohort of different pathologies. However, there are no trials specifically exploring the benefit offered by SBRT in oligometastatic mHSPC treated with Apalutamide if compared to Apalutamide alone associated to Androgen deprivation therapy. Thus, a randomized trial was designed to test specifically the hypotesis that SBRT will improve outcome in a selected population of oligometastatic mHSPC treated with Apalutamide and ADT, undergoing baseline staging according to local reimbursability.
The hypothesis under the study is that there could be a link between a dysfunction in peripheral microcirculation, sublingual microcirculation or cardiovascular control and the development of post cardiac surgery major morbidities (stroke, acute kidney injury, prolonged intubation, mediastinitis, surgical reopening, death). The state of sublingual microcirculation, of peripheral microcirculation and cardiovascular control will be assessed in 100 patients undergoing cardiac surgery during general anesthesia before the intervention and at the end of the intervention at the arrival in post-surgery ICU by means of signal processing techniques. The extracted markers will be used to assess a statistical prediction model of major morbidities.
The purpose of this prospective observational study is to evaluate the incidence of Post-Operative Bile Leakage (POBL) using the ABSOLOK™ Clip System during liver parenchymal resection by evaluating the intraoperative and short-term postoperative results. In addition, it will attempt to determine the factors that determine the surgeon's peripheral glissonian pedicle closure method and economic outcomes.
Cyclic, 5-day calorie restriction is a safe metabolic intervention when combined with standard therapies in cancer patients, favorably reshaping peripheral blood and intratumor metabolism and immunity in a way that may improve the antitumor activity and efficacy of immunotherapy. The goal of this clinical trial is to test if combining cyclic, 5-day calorie restriction with atezolizumab maintenance in patients with ES SCLC achieving at least stable disease after four cycles of induction atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide chemoimmunotherapy may increase the efficacy of a standard first-line, chemo-immunotherapy approach in terms of patient PFS. The main question it aims to answer is: • does the combination of cyclic, 5-day calorie restriction with triweekly atezolizumab increase the 6 months PFS rate, as evaluated from maintenance treatment initiation, compared to historical results with standard atezolizumab maintenance monotherapy in patients with ES SCLC non-progressive after four cycles of first-line chemo-immunotherapy induction with atezolizumab plus carboplatin and etoposide?
During gastroscopy, the insertion of the fiberscope and gastric distension required to perform the examination may induce modifications to respiratory mechanics, respiratory effort and breathing pattern. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a mixed air-oxygen supply system able to deliver heated humidified gas up to 60 L/min of flow rate, with an inspiratory oxygen fraction (FiO2) ranging from 21% to 100%. Increasing evidence supports the use of HFNC in several clinical conditions and settings. When compared to standard therapy (ST), HFNC results in enhanced gas exchange and improved comfort. No studies have yet assessed the benefits of HFNC versus ST during and after gastroscopy. We designed this unblinded randomized controlled trial to assess whether HFNC, compared to ST, improves oxygenation at the end of the procedure (primary endpoint). Additional endpoints were: 1) the lowest peripheral saturation of oxygen (SpO2) and the number of oxygen desaturations; 2) the changes of end-expiratory lung impedance and tidal impedance assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT); 3) the effects on diaphragm function assessed by ultrasound (DUS).
During colonoscopy, the insertion of the fiberscope and colon distension required to perform the examination may induce modifications to respiratory mechanics, respiratory effort and breathing pattern. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy is a mixed air-oxygen supply system able to deliver heated humidified gas up to 60 L/min of flow rate, with an inspiratory oxygen fraction (FiO2) ranging from 21% to 100%. Increasing evidence supports the use of HFNC in several clinical conditions and settings. When compared to standard therapy (ST), HFNC results in enhanced gas exchange and improved comfort. No studies have yet assessed the benefits of HFNC versus ST during and after colonoscopy. The investigators designed this unblinded randomized controlled trial to assess whether HFNC, compared to ST, improves oxygenation at the end of the procedure (primary endpoint). Additional endpoints were: 1) the lowest peripheral saturation of oxygen (SpO2) and the number of oxygen desaturations; 2) the changes of end-expiratory lung impedance and tidal impedance assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT); 3) the effects on diaphragm function assessed by ultrasound (DUS).