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.
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.
Northern Italy is the second region hit by the SARS-COV2 infection worldwide. Data on COVID-19 clinical presentation in children is still scarce, but fewer rate of infection and milder disease seem typical of this age group. In the last three weeks it has been reported an abnormal number of critically ill patients with clinical characteristics consistent with Kawasaki Shock Syndrome (KSS). The common manifestations are: "middle aged" children (6-9 y/o) with a history of persistent high spiking fever in the last days, abdominal pain, diarrhea, skin rash and rapidly deteriorating clinical condition with the onset of shock, without clear signs of dehydration. Other less common features are arthralgia, cough, meningism, conjunctivitis and reddened, cracked lips. Labworks usually show high inflammatory markers, low lymphocyte counts, low sodium, and high troponin levels. Echocardiography have been consistent with myocarditis in the majority of patient instead of classical coronary artery abnormalities. Patients have been diagnosed as Kawasaki disease (typical or incomplete) and treated accordingly with IntraVenous ImmunoGlobulin (IVIG) and/or steroids. One patient refractory to such treatments responded successfully to intravenous Anakinra. All the patients reported a family history consistent with COVID-19, serology and naso-pharyngeal swabs were inconsistently positive. To date we are aware of at least 10 such cases. KSS is a rare and dreadful complication, with an estimated prevalence of 5% of patients with Kawasaki Disease (KD). Given the extreme rarity of this condition, the occurrence of so many cases in the last weeks points to a possible causative agent. As our hospitals are in high endemic area, SARS-COV2 seems the most obvious, although testing for such infection in patients returned conflicting results. It is not clear, at this moment, if this clinical entity is a proper KD triggered by SARS-COV2, or a systemic vasculitis with similar features of KD, secondary to SARS-COV2 infection. The aim of this nationwide study is to better define this clinical entity.
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
As the fifth wave of COVID-19 comes to an end and the pandemic's countermeasures expire, there is a need to assess the impact of the pandemic on health care providers, especially midwives, as the professionals deputed to promote and protect women's holistic health, in all phases, physiological and otherwise, of the life cycle. The midwife considers the person as a whole, in which the mind-body-culture components interact profoundly. Prevention and containment measures have impacted on midwifery clinical and nursing practices with the mandatory continuous use of personal protective equipments (PPE) and social distancing to protect the patient and the practitioner, effectively hindering the intimacy of the woman-midwife relationship. The impact assessment focuses on two dimensions: learning, investigated as perceived empowerment, and perceived malaise, investigated as burnout. Empowerment has a positive connotation, which can offset burnout, a syndrome that affects the physical, psychological and emotional health of midwives and can have significant negative implications on midwife turnover, patient safety and outcomes, and the efficiency of healthcare organisations.
One of the long-term side effects of head and neck radiotherapy (RT) is radiation-induced tooth decay. Hyposalivation, associated with radiation therapy, further increases caries susceptibility and caries progression, due to the lack of salivary protective effects and of tooth minerals useful for remineralization processes, especially calcium phosphate (CaP). Dental extractions that could be required in case of severe tooth decay expose the patient to the risk of osteoradionecrosis of the jaws (i.e. the necrosis of the bone tissue following a local trauma, including surgical trauma). This protocol aims at verifying the effectiveness of CaP mousse in the prevention of carious lesions, added to topical fluoride. A randomized controlled clinical trial will be performed comparing CaP + fluoride treatment versus no treatment in head and neck cancer patients, who received radiotherapy. The hypothesis is that CaP, which is lacking in the mouth of these patients due to hyposalivation, can combine with fluoride to promote remineralization, reducing the risk of carious lesions.
The purpose of the KETONASH study is to evaluate, in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and significant liver fibrosis, the effect of a very low-calorie ketogenic diet (VLCKD) compared to that of a standard low-calorie diet (standard Mediterranean LCD - in accordance with the European Association for the Study of the Liver/European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism guidelines on MAFLD/NAFLD).
This is a single-center interventional study with an IVD medical device. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the ELISA SsIR/NIE test for the post-treatment follow-up of patients suffering from strongyloidosis, using well-characterized sera from a previous study. All sera available in the Tropica biobank and coming from the Strong Treat study, for which serum samples collected at baseline and at 12-month follow-up are available, will be eligible for the study. The test The InBios Strongy Detect TM IgG ELISA detects specific IgG antibodies against recombinant Strongyloides NIE and SsIR antigens in serum. It consists of an enzymatically amplified sandwich immunoassay. Positive and negative control samples are provided in the kit. The test will be performed and interpreted according to the manufacturer's instructions. The results are expressed as OD and nOD. Clinical interpretation of the results will be performed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis generated using data from confirmed positive and confirmed negative samples. The laboratory technicians will receive from the PI of the study a list of pseudo-anonymized sera to be tested with SsIR/NIE ELISA, they will check their availability and proceed with the test according to the Manufacturer's instructions. Laboratory personnel performing and reading the tests will be blinded to the results of any previously performed tests (and the classification of the sample in the Strong Treat study). A single run will be performed for each sample, unless the test needs to be repeated due to any technical problem. Both baseline and follow-up sera will be tested. The resulting OD and nOD will be reported in an Excel file by the laboratory technicians performing the tests.