There are about 5161 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Norway. 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.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic and progressive eye disease and is one of the leading causes of vision impairment globally. AMD is referred to as either the dry or the wet type, where the wet type (also called neovascular-AMD or nAMD) is a later stage of the disease with neovascularization and retinal edema being the main attributes. This will usually cause subacute distortion or loss of central vision in patients. Since 2004, a successful treatment alternative for nAMD has been ocular injections with anti-VEGF (anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor), causing the neovascularization and edema to regress and vision to improve. However, injections have to be repeated, usually requiring 8 injections or more during the first year of treatment. This can cause both a risk for serious adverse effects and is a significant financial drain on health care resources. Patients undergoing treatment are at risk for retinal edema recurrence. The time interval tolerated between injections is individual, and the accepted treatment strategy of today is to gradually, in a stepwise manner, increase the interval between injections. For some patients this extension is well tolerated, but for many patients relapse of proliferations and retinal edema will recur. With state-of-the-art technology OCT-A (optical coherence tomography-angiography) in combination with the clinically, well established examination method of OCT (optical coherence tomography), the project group will study the phenotypic vessel and tissue changes that occur in between injections. Furthermore, the investigators will measure cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in blood samples and the tear film during different treatment stages to see if any single factor is prognostic for poorer response to treatment or relapse. In the short term, the project group hope that the knowledge gained from this project could lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind nAMD neovascular relapse and to apply this to routine screening in the clinics. In the longer term, the project group hope that elucidating the physical mechanisms and molecular changes could enable new targeted therapies to be developed. Aim 1: To characterize the phenotype of vessels in relapsing nAMD patients and compare to those without relapse using OCT-A imaging Aim 2: To investigate retinal edema and choroidal thickness in correlation with neovascular changes of relapsing nAMD Aim 3: To measure cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in the tear film before and during treatment with anti-VEGF for nAMD With our main hypothesis being: Relapse of nAMD in patients occurs principally through reconfiguration and vasodilatation of persistent non-regressed vessels following anti-VEGF treatment, while fully regressed vessels remain dormant
Soldiers commonly lose muscle mass during training and combat operations that produce large energy deficits (i.e., calories burned > calories consumed). Developing new combat ration products that increase energy intake (i.e., energy dense foods) or the amount and quality of protein consumed (i.e., essential amino acid [EAA] content) may prevent muscle breakdown and stimulate muscle repair and muscle maintenance during unavoidable energy deficit. The primary objective of this study is to determine the effects of prototype recovery food products that are energy dense or that provide increased amounts of EAAs (anabolic component of dietary protein) on energy balance, whole-body net protein balance, and indices of physiological status during strenuous winter military training.
The purpose of this study is to compare aquatic high intensity interval training with moderate intensity exercise training on exercise capacity in a population with rheumatic diseases.
The purpose of this project is to compare a newly developed automatic reversing dynamic air mattress, with a regular care mattress, which is in daily use at the hospital. Focus will be on pressure relief in relation to occurrence of pressure injury, user satisfaction, and the mattresses impact on sleep and pain. The participants will be randomized to start with the intervention mattress or the control mattress. Outcomes will be measured via validated forms regarding pressure related injuries, quality of life, pain, and mattress comfort. Custom made forms will be used regarding resource use and comfort in the nursing service, especially in relation to position changes in the participants .
The present study is the last part of a larger project investigating the health, quality of life and function of men having received radical treatment for prostate cancer in 2014-2018. In this study, physical function and level of physical activity will be tested and registered in a selection of older men who participated in the foregoing parts of the project. Comparisons will be made to similar data from a population-based cohort, matched on age and education.
The present study is a 2-arm pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT) in which 310 patients who suffer from post-Covid syndrome are randomised to either a short-time outpatient-based rehabilitation program (the intervention) or care as usual in a 1:1 ratio. Assessments will take place immediately before randomisation (T0), after intervention or care as usual (T1), and 6 months after T1 (T2). Patients will be recruited from General Practitioners (GP's) as well as social media and self-referral to the involved institutions.
Examine whether daily oral ingestion of a immunomodulatory mushroom extract (AndoSanTM) in patients with asthma and allergy, undergoing allergen specific immunotherapy experience clinical and biochemical improvement in their disease. A prospective randomised study comparing the mushroom extract with placebo.
The overall aim of the study is to explore substance use, tobacco use and lifestyle-related health problems among ageing patients in Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT), and other SUD treatment. The study will use already collected data from the multi-center, longitudinal, observational NorComt study (Norwegian Cohort of Patients in Opioid Maintenance Treatment and Other Drug Treatment study). NorComt is the largest longitudinal study of SUD patients in Norway. The data consists of data from OMT and other substance use disorders (SUD) treatment (N=548).
This study is open to adults with chronic kidney disease. People with and without type 2 diabetes can take part in this study. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 690517 improves kidney function in people with chronic kidney disease when taken alone or in combination with a medicine called empagliflozin. In the first part of the study, participants take empagliflozin or placebo as tablets every day for 2 months. Placebo tablets look like empagliflozin tablets but do not contain any medicine. In the second part, participants are divided into several groups. Depending on the group, the participants then additionally take different doses of BI 690517 or placebo as tablets for 3.5 months. In this case, placebo tablets look like BI 690517 tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants are in the study for about 6 months. During this time, they visit the study site about 12 times. Where possible, about 4 of the 12 visits can be done at the participant's home instead of the study site. The trial staff may also contact the participants by phone or video call. Participants collect urine samples at home. These samples are then analysed to assess kidney function. At the end of the trial the results are compared between the different groups. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.
The project will contribute with new knowledge concerning how short rest periods between two consecutive shifts (<11h, often defined as a Quick Return (QR)) affects sleep and cognitive performance. The study will further examine whether individual differences in personality traits and genotypes may explain individual differences in performance and sleep. Data will be collected with a randomized cross-over design, in an experimental laboratory setting.