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.
When children become very sick and need to stay in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), it can have a big impact on their recovery and their family's well-being. Sometimes kids and their families feel worried or sad even after they leave the hospital. This can have an impact on the quality of their life after hospital discharge. To help understand and improve these experiences, the investigators want to study the "PICU diaries." These are journals that families and hospital staff can write in during the child's time in the hospital. Parents, other visitors and healthcare professionals can share thoughts, experiences, and even drawings or photos related to the child's admission. The content is a narrative account of what happens during the child's hospital stay, for the family to take home at PICU discharge. The investigators believe that writing in these diaries might help children and their families feel better after leaving the hospital. It might help kids feel less worried or sad, and it might also help their parents or caregivers feel better too. The study will include children who have been in the PICU and their families. Some families will receive these special diaries to use during their time in the hospital, while others won't. We'll then see how everyone feels after they leave the hospital and compare the two groups to see if the diaries make a difference. The investigators hope that by understanding how these diaries can help, healthcare professionals can make hospital experiences better for everyone involved.
Retrospective and Prospective Observational Study in Patients With Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma.
This is a pilot, experimental, monocentric study. The main objective of the study is to evaluate whether stereotactic radiotherapy is able to reduce symptomatic spasticity from a clinical point of view, and therefore induce an improvement in posture and quality of life in patients with malignant spasticity. The study foresees the enrollment of about 10 patients, in a period of 24 months. The radiotherapy treatment will be delivered in a single session with an image-guided stereotaxic technique, and a prescription dose between 45 and 60 Gy; subsequently the patients will be followed up for one year.
The effectiveness of low-protein diets supplemented with essential aminoacid (EAA) formulas in genetic disorders of amino acid (AA) catabolism, such as maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), is widely recognized (Blackburn PR et al. 2017). The main aim of the present study is to evaluate a difference in the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program in patients with high degree of obesity with and without supplementation of this new formula of amino acids (essential + tricarboxylic acids - EAA-AC). For this reason, patients of both sexes, aged between 45 and 65, suffering from high-grade obesity will be recruited in Piancavallo. The enrolled patients divided, randomly, into two groups will be given: EAA-AC group a low-calorie and low-protein diet integrated with 4 sachets of EAA-AC supplement per day; the control group will follow a low-calorie and low-protein diet only with placebo. The parameters considered, after two weeks of treatment, will be: weight loss; the maintenance/recovery of muscle mass assessed through changes in body composition and functional tests (Hand grip, 6MWT or TUG) but also through the analysis of mitochondrial function in PBMC and circulating levels of mtDNA; the improvement of the glucose picture and the lipid profile. 1 month after discharge, patients will carry out an outpatient check-up to evaluate the maintenance of muscle mass using impedance testing.
Diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients complaining exertional breathlessness can be challenging: diagnostic algorithms and scores have low sensitivity, and ageing-associated comorbidities can complicate the interpretation of symptoms. Thus, exercise right heart catheterization (RHC) or invasive cardiopulmonary exercise test (iCPET) have been advocated as gold-standard methods for HFpEF diagnosis. However, exercise RHC and iCPET are still not widely standardized methods, with results mainly coming from US cohorts (that may differ from Italian cohorts), and other provocative tests (e.g. non-invasive CPET, passive leg raising) may offer complementary diagnostic information.
In the recent years, secondary tricuspid regurgitation (STR) has gained interest due to its high prevalence and impact on outcomes. Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement or repair represents novel and less invasive alternatives to surgery and has shown early promising results. Treatment options mimic surgical techniques such as leaflet approximation, direct annuloplasty, and heterotopic caval valve implantation, as well as not yet commercially available transcatheter TV replacement systems using orthotopic valve implantation. (5) Among leaflet approximation techniques, the Tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) using the TriClip™ (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA, USA) or leaflet approximation with the PASCAL systems (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) are approved in Europe for minimally invasive TV repair.The purposes of the present study are: i. to use 3DE and CCT to evaluate the effect of T-TEER on the geometry and function of the right heart chambers in patients with STR; ii. to identify the predictors of procedural success potentially related to features of both right chambers geometry and TR jet; iii. to compare the accuracy of 3DE assessment of the right ventricle, the right atrium, and the tricuspid annulus, with the same parameters obtained by CCT, in the setting of T-TEER; and iv. to assess patients' outcome.
The aim of the research is to evaluate the Subendocardial Viability Ratio (SEVR) in hypertensive patients, using non-invasive arterial tonometry, and to establish the influencing factors and the possibility of predicting cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in arterial hypertension. The SEVR will be evaluated on all patients belonging to the Arterial Hypertension Centers undergoing non-invasive arterial tonometry. The SEVR is calculated on the morphology of the central pressure wave as the ratio between the DPTI (diastolic pressure-time index), i.e. the area between the carotid pressure curve and the ventricular pressure curve during the diastolic phase, and the SPTI ( systolic pressure-time index), i.e. the area under the carotid pressure curve during the systolic phase. The SEVR will be correlated with the anthropometric and pathology variables which will be collected in an appropriate database.
The main aim of this study is to assess the role of 11-deoxycortisol as surrogate marker of Residual adrenal function. 11-deoxycortisol levels will be assessed in all recruited patients
compare changes in BMD via DXA at the level of the femoral and tibial periprosthetic bone between two groups of patients undergoing cemented TKA of different design (posterior stabilization vs posterior cruciate preservation) with proms at a 2-year follow-up.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the clinical and nutritional effectiveness of ketogenic diet (KD) in pediatric patients with genetic, neurological or metabolic conditions requiring KD. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - does KD support adequate growth? - does KD improve clinical symptoms? - how does KD impact quality of life? Participants will be followed up as per clinical practice