Active clinical trials for "Syndrome"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate potential effects of valsartan on lipid subfractions and other parameters in lipid metabolism in patients with essential hypertension and metabolic syndrome.

We hypothesize that duloxetine treatment will be associated with improvement in symptoms of IBS, particularly abdominal pain, in individuals without comorbid major depressive disorder. During this 12-week, open-label, outpatient study, male and female subjects between the ages of 18 and 65 years who have been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) will be treated with open-label duloxetine.

The GFM previously conducted a dose-escalating phase II trial of thalidomide in MDS with a minimum dose of 200mg/d and a maximum dose 800mg/d. Responses were evaluated according to IWG criteria at week 16 and thalidomide continued up to week 56 in responders. 82% patients received at least 8 weeks of treatment and were evaluable. 59% had hematological improvement, mainly on the erythroid lineage (Increase of Hemoglobin). Most responses were observed at low doses and between 4 and 8 weeks. The objectives of this trial (Thal-SMD-20) are to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of lower doses thalidomide in low risk MDS patients with transfusion-dependant anemia.

RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as busulfan and fludarabine, before a donor stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells. It also helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer or abnormal cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Immunosuppressive therapy may improve bone marrow function and may be an effective treatment for hematologic cancer or other disease. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the side effects and how well giving busulfan and fludarabine with or without antithymocyte globulin followed by donor stem cell transplant works in treating patients with hematologic cancer or other disease.

This study will investigate the effect of one week of immobilization following carpal tunnel release surgery versus no immobilization.

To compare the therapeutic effect between autologous serum and umbilical cord serum eyedrops in the treatment of severe dry eye syndrome.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects of pitavastatin in hypercholesterolemic patients with the metabolic syndrome.

Objectives: Primary: To evaluate the response rate of total cytokine-immunotherapy for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Secondary: To evaluate response duration, survival and side effects of the treatment.

This study is a phase I, open-label, single-arm, dose escalation trial to determine the safety and activity of lenalidomide combined with lintuzumab in patients with MDS. Small groups of 3-6 patients will be treated with pre-specified doses of lenalidomide and lintuzumab and will receive 3-week cycles of combination therapy.

This is a multi-center, open-label extension trial conducted at the same European sites that participated in trial SP 709 (NCT00243217). The trial is designed to collect long-term safety and tolerability, efficacy correlates, and quality of life data in subjects with idiopathic Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). The duration of treatment is approximately 5 years. Subject will be up-titrated to their optimal dose (administration of 1 patch per day, 5 different doses and patch sizes).