There are about 1039 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Slovenia. 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.
Effect of biventricular upgrade on left ventricular reverse remodeling and clinical outcomes in patient in left ventricular dysfunction and intermittent or permanent apical/septal right ventricular pacing (Budapest CRT upgrade study)
RATIONALE: Using small radiation beamlets of different intensity, IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy) allows shaping the dose around planning target volume with better sparing of normal tissue comparing to 3D conformal radiotherapy. It allows daily delivery of higher dose to the tumor with simultaneous integrated boost (SIB), consequently shortening total treatment time with potentially better response to treatment. In advanced rectal adenocarcinoma excellent response to preoperative radiochemotherapy with complete eradication of the primary tumor observed in the histopathological specimen (pathological complete response, pCR) correlates with a favorable overall prognosis, so trying to achieve better response to preoperative treatment with higher pCR seams feasible. PURPOSE:The hypothesis of this study is that in preoperative radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma shortening of the total treatment time with IMRT-SIB to 22 daily fractions concomitant with capecitabine results in an improved pCR rate from 9% (Slovenian trial) to 25%. Secondary objectives are to evaluate pathological down-staging rate, histopathological R0 resection rate, sphincter preservation rate, perioperative surgical complication rate, local control, disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), late toxicity and quality of life.
The overall aim of this project is to improve the outcome of patients diagnosed with ependymoma by improving and harmonising the staging and the standard of care of this patient population and to improve the investigators understanding of the underlying biology thereby informing future treatment. The program will evaluate new strategies for diagnosis (centralized reviews of pathology and imaging) and new therapeutic strategies in order to develop treatment recommendations. Patients will be stratified into different treatment subgroups according to their age, the tumour location and the outcome of the initial surgery. Each subgroup will be studied in a specific randomised study to evaluate the proposed therapeutic strategies. Stratum 1: The aim of the stratum 1 is to evaluate the clinical impact of 16-week chemotherapy regimen with VEC-CDDP following surgical resection and conformal radiotherapy in terms of progression free survival in patients who are > 12 months and < 22 years at diagnosis, with completely removed intra cranial Ependymoma. Stratum 2: This stratum is designed as a phase II trial for patients who are > 12 months and < 22 years at diagnosis, with residual disease to investigate the possible activity of HD-MTX by giving to all patients the benefit of VEC chemotherapy whilst randomising half of patients to receive additional HD-MTX. Patients will receive conformal radiotherapy (cRT). For patients who remain with a residual inoperable disease after induction chemotherapy and cRT, an 8 Gy boost of radiotherapy to the residual tumour will be delivered immediately after the end of the cRT. Stratum 3 This stratum is designed as a phase II trial to evaluate the benefit of postoperative dose intense chemotherapy administered alone or in combination with valproate in children <12 months of age or those not eligible to receive radiotherapy .
The rationale of this study is to further fine-tune and individualize prophylactic treatment of patients with severe Haemophilia A with the goal of keeping the trough FVIII level above 1% between doses. Because trough FVIII levels are likely to be important predictors of the efficacy of prophylaxis, the focus of this study is on pharmacokinetic (PK) data.
The main objective of the study is to evaluate whether the extended duration fidaxomicin therapy is superior to the standard vancomycin therapy in sustained clinical cure of CDI at 30 days after end of treatment (Day 40 or Day 55).
The goal of REMEDIUM project is to develop personalized stem cell therapy for patients with chronic heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The main focus of the project is (1) on repetitive administration of cell therapy that would allow for long-lasting improvements in heart function and outcome in this patient population. In parallel, the investigators aim to (2) develop a standardized patient-specific stem cell product that could be cryopreserved and stored in a stem cell bank for prolonged time periods, and used for therapeutic application when clinically indicated. By using a unique multimodality imaging platform, the goal of this project is also to (3) define standardized clinical criteria that would serve as a guideline for evaluation of the effects of stem cell therapy in future clinical trials and everyday clinical settings. Finally, to improve the clinical implementation of cell therapy,the investigators aim to (4) develop a stem cell delivery technique that could be used to treat both left and right and ventricular failure and could be implemented in a standardized fashion designed for a widespread clinical use.
This trial will enroll approximately 6,000 patients with recent embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS). Patients will be randomized to dabigatran or acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA) (1:1 ratio) and have visits every three months. The study doctor may prescribe blinded concomitant ASA for pts with coronary artery disease but this is not mandatory. All Adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), outcome events will be recorded. The trial will conclude when the required number of stroke events are positively adjudicated which is estimated to take 3 years (including 2.5 years of enrollment).
The purpose of this registry is to document the characteristics and management of patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in routine clinical practice, independent of treatment used. Given the rapidly evolving landscape in mCRPC treatments, there is a need for a current and improved understanding of how these treatments fit into the current treatment paradigm for mCRPC, how they are combined and sequenced, and how their relative effectiveness profiles emerge outside of a clinical trial setting. This will be based on documentation and description of sequencing of treatment initiation, termination, and duration; relative effectiveness of treatments; defined medical resource utilization (MRU) and quality-of-life parameters and follow-up for survival.
This is an open-label study of DS-5565 in subjects who either completed participation in a preceding Phase 3 study of DS-5565 in fibromyalgia (FM); i.e. DS5565-A-E309 (NCT02146430), DS5565-A-E310 (NCT02187471), or DS5565-A-E311 (NCT02187159) or are de novo subjects. Eligible subjects will be assigned to receive open-label DS-5565 for 52 weeks. All subjects will receive DS-5565 15 mg once daily (QD) for the first three weeks of the treatment period. After three weeks, subjects may be titrated to 15 mg twice daily (BID) based on protocol-specified criteria.
Anaesthesia and surgical stress during craniotomy can lead to brain damage and activation of inflammatory response. Consequently inflammatory cytokines (IL6, IL8, IL10) are released. Cell mediated immune balance can increase postoperative complications (infections, wound healing, multiple organ dysfunction). Many studies have shown that volatile anaesthetics reduce systemic and local inflammatory response during major surgery, but animal studies have shown that volatile anaesthetics can induce neuroinflammation (IL6, NF-κB) that leads to decline of cognitive function in rodent and possible human. Our aim was to investigate how anaesthetic technique for craniotomy influences the release of inflammatory cytokines. Our hypothesis was that when optimal neuroprotective strategies are followed during surgery intravenous anaesthesia attenuates inflammatory response comparing to inhalational anaesthesia. The investigators included 40 patients anaesthetised with remifentanil based anaesthesia with sevoflurane (S group) or propofol (P group). Plasma levels of IL6, IL8, IL10 were measured during preoperative, perioperative and postoperative periods of both groups of patients. The investigators also noted emergence parameters, postoperative (pain, shivering, vomiting) and neurological complications after surgery.