There are about 2455 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Ukraine. 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.
Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth. Therefore, understanding the impact of war on the perinatal health of women is an important requisite to improve perinatal care.
One hundred and twenty patients with documented extraesophageal symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease were randomized to either undergo floppy Nissen (n= 60) or Toupet fundoplication (n= 60). Symptom scores of extraesophageal symotoms and quality of life were prospectively evaluated. Analysis of the treatment results showed a significant improvement of symptoms in both patient groups.Quality of life improved substantially at short- and long-term follow up in both groups and there were no statistical differences between the groups in this parameter.
The MEDIUM study (U01DA045384) is a cluster-randomized trial based in Ukraine. The main goal of the study is to test the implementation strategies for mental health treatment services in OAT clinics. The study enrolled 12 OAT clinics from 12 geographically and epidemiologically diverse regions and randomized them 1:1:1 to three implementation arms: standard of care (SoC), ECHO facilitation, and ECHO plus pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives. Project ECHO, is an evidence-based telehealth intervention, connecting clinicians with national experts for short thematic didactic sessions and case discussions. All sites are provided with a modified Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (mSBIRT) intervention manual for mental disorders and regular supply of two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) medications. All current and new patients at participating sites (N~2000 at study start) are automatically eligible for SSRI prescription. The main outcomes of the study are the elements of mental health continuum of care (screening, diagnosis, treatment and retention). These outcomes are assessed in the entire patient population using de-personalized data extracted from the electronic medical record system. A sub-sample of patients (N=1,350) was recruited into a cohort and consented to assess prevalence and severity of mental disorders, various factors related to the uptake of and retention in mental health treatment (addiction severity, other substance use, co-morbidities), as well as other important covariates. These assessments are done at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after enrollment.
Neospastil (ketorolac tromethamine / pitofenone hydrochloride / fenpiverinium bromide fixed-dose combination) in a form of solution for injections and film-coated tablets has been studied as a treatment for pain after surgical abdominal and pelvic operations. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that Neospastil was non-inferior (phase II) and superior (phase III) than ketorolac tromethamine monotherapy due to the additional relaxing effect of pitofenone and fenpiverinium on the smooth muscles of internal organs. The study also aimed to show that Neospastil is safe and well-tolerated in people who have pain after surgical abdominal and pelvic operations. Study treatment was initiated with parenteral form of study drug (first 24 hours) and then switched to oral formulation. This trial was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of Good Clinical Practice and International Council for Harmonization (ICH) Harmonized Tripartite Guidelines.
The study to identify the war impact on the second (final) year residents-anaesthesiologists' education quality and their ability to get necessary competencies.
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that almost always affects the rectum and often extends to the more proximal colon. UC usually begins at a young age (15-30 years), most patients (~ 85%) have a mild or moderate activity, characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission. Considering the important pathogenetic role of gut dysbiosis, recently, as an additional method of treating UC, it is considered a modification of altered gut microbiota using various drug and non-drug methods. One such method is fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), consisting of the simultaneous replacement of the gut microbiota of a sick recipient with fecal material from a healthy donor. Even though so far the only officially approved indication for FMT is recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, however, the effectiveness of FMT is currently being studied in the treatment of other gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal pathologies, including UC. To date, several controlled and uncontrolled studies have been conducted to study the effectiveness of FMT in UC, showing encouraging results. This study aimed to assess the clinical and microbiological efficacy, tolerability, and safety of FMT as add-on therapy to basic therapy, in patients with mild-to-moderate UC.
Background: Despite improvements in surgical and anesthesia procedures over the past 15 years complications during cardiac surgery still remain high. Bridgewater B et al. describes mortality during on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at 2%-3%, and the rate postoperative complications about 20%-30%. At the same time, the standard of care in patients undergoingon-pump CABG is not fully established. Hypothesis, Research Need: Use of multimodal low-dose opioid anesthesia during CABG decreases inflammatory response and the incidence of early postoperative cardiac complications due to a reduction in interleukin-6. Methodology: According to anesthesia standard protocol, all patients were divided into two groups - study group with multimodal low-dose opioid anesthesia (60 patients) and control group with a high-dose opioid anesthesia (60 patients). Primary (IL-6 at the end of the operation) and secondary clinical outcomes (postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), duration of mechanical ventilation (MV), length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, length of hospital stay) were compared between the groups. Analysis Tools: Clinical observations; instrumental research methods (electrocapdiography, echocardiography); labs (blood gases, hemoglobin, electrolytes); enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IL-6); statistical (Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, χ2-test, correlation analysis). Expected Outcomes: Use of multimodal low-dose opioid anesthesia during CABG will decrease inflammatory response (lower levels of IL-6 at the end of the surgery) and the incidence of early postoperative cardiac complications, expressed as lower incidence of LCOS and POAF, lower duration of MV and lower length of ICU stay.
The growing interest in the possibilities of modulating macrophages in inflammatory diseases with therapeutic purpose has prompted the development of new approaches for the treatment of periodontitis. This randomized add-on open clinical study evaluated the short-term effects of azithromycin (Az) as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in patients with chronic periodontitis. The investigators measured periodontal parameters, and collected gingival biopsies from patients with periodontitis (P group, n=50) before and 1 month after scaling and root planning (SRP group, n=25), after scaling and root planning with oral azithromycin administration (Az group, n=25), and from periodontally healthy individuals (H group, n=25). The last served as a reference group. Macrophage subpopulations were identified through immunohistochemistry as single positive CD68+ and CD163+ cells. The levels of M1-, and M2-related cytokines (IL1-β, IL-6, IL-10, TGF-β) assay in the tissue culture medium was provided by ELISA. The data were statistically analyzed by appropriate methods. The null hypothesis tested was that L-arginine and L-ornithine have no influences on CD68+ and CD163+ Mφs densities.
Chronic pain, in turn, is associated with a whole cohort of mutually aggravating factors - this can lead to the development of extremely serious long-term consequences. The features of pain in this category of patients have not been sufficiently studied. Taking into account continuity and consistency, clear and high-quality pain treatment is necessary at all stages of treatment.
In 82.1% of patients with gunshot and mine-explosive wounds, pain becomes chronic, therefore, the study of the effectiveness of therapeutic tactics for pain relief in this category of patients at the stages of treatment will be important for improving the results of pain treatment.