There are about 3194 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Portugal. 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 project will study the effect of a respiratory training program on woodwind and brass players, using an inspiratory muscle training equipment. The goal is to understand whether it is possible to develop the inspiratory muscles of wind players through regular and planned training. Fourteen young wind players will be selected, in which 7 will be male and 7 will be female, playing different instruments. Inspiratory muscle training will be performed with the POWERBreath Plus Medium Resistance, and will consist of 30 maximal inspirations, twice a day, for 5 weeks.
The aim of this randomized crossover trial is to assess the hemodynamic effects caused by the use of 2 distinct intermittent pneumatic compression protocols on athletes. The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does intermittent pneumatic compression enhance athletes blood flow? - If yes, what pressure is better to cause this enhancement?
The primary goal of this study is to assess in vivo the efficacy of the insoles in improving venous return in subjects affected by this problem after 14 days of medical device use, by self-assessment, filling-in questions regarding Quality of Life, in comparison to the baseline. The secondary goals of this study are (1) to assess in vivo the perception of subjects about the rapid relief felt after 7 days of using the same medical device, by self-assessment, filling-in three subjective evaluation questions, and (2) to assess in vivo the usability of the subjects regarding the same medical device after 14 days of its use, by self-assessment, filling-in subjective evaluation questions.
The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the impact of Hospital Clowns (HCs) intervention, besides to hospital hosting conditions, in the well-being of adult female patients during ambulatory chemotherapy. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - Do the short-term HCs interventions during ambulatory chemotherapy may increase well-being of adult cancer patients in comparison to the hospital hosting conditions? - Do the short-term HCs interventions, besides the hospital hosting conditions, have effects on well-being biomarkers in association with psychological outcomes? Participants self-collect a sample of saliva followed by psychological assessment, at a first time-point (basal) and at a final time-point (~after 90 minutes of basal) (pre- and post-test), during the chemotherapy treatment session. Researchers have compared an HCs intervention plus hosting conditions - experimental group, EG, and hosting conditions only - control group, CG, by the repeated measures of pre- and post-test of biomarkers in saliva and the psychological functioning evaluations, to see the degree of the impact of HCs intervention in the well-being of the patients in comparison with normal hosting conditions. Each HCs intervention lasts around 15 minutes, and it is performed in the middle of the procedure between pre- and post-test.
This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, crossover trial. The study aimed to assess the effect of sodium bicarbonate on the ability to perform a repeated sprint task by female football players. The researches hypothesis was that sodium bicarbonate increases the ability to remove lactic acid from muscle cells reducing its intracellular accumulation and increasing energetic efficiency resulting in the increase of peak power output, mean power output, or total work or in the decrease of the sprint decrement in each set of the repeated sprints task.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of an immersive virtual reality (IVR) exergaming using a head-mounted display in Parkinson's disease symptomatic control. This is a parallel-group, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. The intervention group perform 12 weeks of physiotherapy and IVR, whereas the control group have 6 weeks of physiotherapy only, followed by 6 weeks of physiotherapy and IVR. The primary outcome is the symptomatic effect of the intervention as measured by the change from baseline in Time Up and Go (TUG) test with cognitive dual-task (TUG cognitive).
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of perception of sensory attributes of different foodstuffs on physiological and neurophysiological response in health adults. The main aims are: - To evaluate the effect of sensory perception of foodstuffs on brain activity using EEG technique; - To evaluate the effect of food sensory perception on cardiovascular activity using EGG; - To evaluate the effect of food sensory perception on facial mimicry via video analysis and eye tracking; - To evaluate the effect of food sensory perception on electrodermal activity using galvanic skin response. Participants will perform a sensory attribute perception analysis of 5 different solutions representing basic flavours. During the analysis of sensory attributes, participants will pass the solutions through the various regions of the tongue, and at the end, throw the contents away, not ingesting the solution. Between analyzing the various solutions, participants will rinse their mouth with water. Simultaneously with the analysis of sensory attributes, each participant will be subjected to an assessment of brain activity and physiological activity through the following non-invasive methods: electroencephalography technique; electrocardiography technique; monitoring cardiac electrical activity; facial mimicry activity via video analysis and eye tracking; and electrodermal activity using galvanic skin response.
The ERYTHRO study is a retrospective medical chart review study of patients in the AMANA and ATUc Early Access Programs (EAPs) across a number of countries, to assess anifrolumab usage and patient experience in treating SLE in a real-world setting. Since patient safety data are already collected and reported according to regulatory requirements through EAPs, this study will not collect safety data.
REALIZE was a single-arm retrospective cohort study which described treatment patterns with brolucizumab, including treatment intervals between anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections before and after a switch to brolucizumab. This study was conducted using German patient-level prescription data and the prescription date was used as a proxy for anti-VEGF injection date. The study period was defined from the date of the first available anti-VEGF injection in the dataset to 30 November 2021. The index date for each patient was the date of the first brolucizumab injection, which could be anytime between 01 March 2020 (since brolucizumab became available in Germany for use outside of clinical trials in March 2020) and 30 November 2021. The date of the patient's first neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) diagnosis was assumed to be the date of the first anti-VEGF prescription in the database for that patient, from January 2015 onwards.
The general objective of this observational study is identify and describe the type, frequency, and severity of sexual dysfunction in patients with lung cancer and generate strategies for clinical management and oncological follow-up directed and based on the specific findings in this population. The recruitment will be carried out from July 2023 and will be carried out until December 2023, the analysis of the information will be carried out from January to March 2024.