Active clinical trials for "Syndrome"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of various doses of YM150 (the experimental drug) in the prevention of ischemic vascular events in subjects with recent acute coronary syndromes.

The iWONDER trial has the following objective: To analyze the morphological, phenotypic and tissue characteristics of atherosclerotic plaques angiographically considered "culprit" and "not-culprit" in patients undergoing coronary angiography due to STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction).

In the Netherlands, 25.000 patients each year are diagnosed with Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT). Elastic compression stocking (ECS) therapy reduces the incidence of post thrombotic syndrome (PTS) following DVT from 50% without ECS to 20-30% after ECS therapy for two years. It is however unclear whether all patients benefit to the same extent from this therapy or what the optimal duration of ECS therapy for individual patients should be. ECS therapy is not only costly, inconvenient and demanding but sometimes also even debilitating. Substantial costs could be saved by tailoring therapy to individual needs and as a result the quality of life for individual patients can be expected to improve. This study aims to assess the costs and effects of tailoring the duration of ECS therapy after DVT to individual patients needs. ECS therapy with a standard duration of 24 months will be compared with tailored ECS therapy, following an initial therapeutic period of 6 months, in patients with acute proximal DVT. The primary outcome is the percentage of patients with PTS at two year follow-up. This is a multi-center, randomized, allocation concealed, single-blinded clinical trial.

This is an interventional, multicenter, open label, phase II study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Clofarabine in combination with low dose Cytarabine in untreated patients with poor risk of Myelodisplastic Syndromes.

OSA may be a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease due to its association with hypertension, stroke, heart attack and sudden death. The standard therapy for symptomatic OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). CPAP has been shown to effectively reduce snoring, obstructive episodes and daytime sleepiness and to modestly reduce blood pressure and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The overall aim of ISAACC is to determine if CPAP can reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart failure for people with OSA admitted in a hospital for an acute coronary syndrome. Overall objective: To assess the impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its treatment on the clinical evolution of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Primary objectives: 1. To determine if continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment will reduce the rate of cardiovascular events (cardiovascular (CV) death, non-fatal events (acute myocardial infarction (AMI), non-fatal stroke, hospital admission for heart failure, and new hospitalizations) for unstable angina or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)) in patients with ACS and co-occurring sleep apnea. Secondary objectives: Determine the prevalence of OSA in patients who have suffered an episode of ACS. Other secondary objectives will include the effects of CPAP on: To evaluate a composite of CV death, myocardial infarction (MI) and ischaemic stroke. Components of primary composite endpoints Re-vascularization procedures To evaluate all-cause death To evaluate new onset, ECG-confirmed atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias To evaluate newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, according to standard definitions To evaluate OSA symptoms (Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)) To evaluate quality of life in patients with ACS (Test EuroQol (EQ-5D). To establish the relationship between the severity and phenotype of patients with OSA and clinical outcomes of ACS. To establish the relationship between CPAP compliance and CV events incidence. To identify biological risk markers that allow us to establish the most important mechanisms involved in cardiovascular complications in these patients. To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of the diagnosis and CPAP treatment of patients with ACS who have obstructive sleep apnea.

A phase I study of azacitidine with Ceplene/interleukin-2 will first evaluate the safety and tolerability of this regimen in patients with higher risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who achieved a hematological response after 6 cycles of azacitidine. After approval by an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the phase I study will be followed by an open label randomized phase II study designed to characterize the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the addition of Ceplene/interleukin-2 to azacytidine in patients with higher risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who achieved a hematological response after 6 cycles of azacitidine.

Patients undergoing multivessel off-pump coronary bypass surgery (OPCAB) inevitably experience cumulative ischemia-reperfusion injury at myocardium. Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) is a potentially useful adjunct to myocardial protection. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of GIK infusion on myocardium in patients undergoing OPCAB. Patients undergoing OPCAB with acute coronary syndrome are randomly assigned to GIK or Control group. The trial is double-blind and conducted at a single center.

STUDY AIMS To determine the 10-year conversion rate from pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS) to pigmentary glaucoma (PG) To evaluate the possible protective effect of a Yag-laser iridotomy

The mechanism for increased androgen production in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is not well understood. Excess androgen production by the ovary is stimulated by increased pituitary luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion in this disorder. The investigators hypothesize that in PCOS women ovarian theca cells, which are responsible for androgen synthesis, are more sensitive to LH stimulation compared to that of theca cells from normal women. To test this hypothesis, the investigators propose to conduct a dose-response study in which androgen responses to multiple doses of human chorionic gonadotgropin (hCG), an LH surrogate, will be assessed in PCOS and normal women.

The purpose of this study is to determine if a low fructose intake could have an impact on weight loss, uric acid levels and the components of the metabolic syndrome (glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin resistance, high blood pressure).