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Paediatric distal radius torus fracture treatment comparison in a prospective randomized control trial: mitella versus plaster cast

If the study shows that the treatment with a sling gives an earlier return to normal function en does not give a clinically significant difference in pain experience compared to cast therapy than the traditional treatment can be adjusted. We aim at…

Pain education for patients with painful bone metastases undergoing palliative radiotherapy: reducing pain by increasing patient's knowledge and self-management.

The hypothesis of this study is that patient barriers regarding pain management can be diminished by individual nurse-led education (the Pain Education Program), resulting in lower pain intensity and better quality of life of patients.

Phase III intergroup Study of Radiotherapy versus Temozolomide Alone versus Radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant Temozolomide for Patients with 1p/19q Codeleted Anaplastic Glioma.

To determine the best treatment for anaplastich oligodendroglial tumors with combined 1p/19q loss, and to determine the optimal treatment with respect to the maintenance of a maximal neurological and cognitive functioning.

*Multi-Site RCT of Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder*

Our long-range goal is to develop a comprehensive, clinically and cost effective treatment for BPD that produces both symptom remission and functional recovery. We aim to determine the role that group ST can have in the comprehensive treatment of…

Cervical radicular pain: A randomised controlled trial comparing percutaneous plasma discectomy and anterior cervical discectomy.

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of anterior cervical discectomy versus percutaneous plasma discectomy on pain, on global perceived effect, functional status and health-related quality of life in a group of patients with cervical…

Breast Density as Indicator for the Use of Mammography or MRI to Screen Women with Familial Risk for Breast Cancer: a RCT.

To assess, based on a woman*s risk profile, mammographic density and age, the most cost-effective screening method, mammography or MRI, for women at high risk.

A multicenter randomized phase III study to compare the combination trastuzumab and capecitabine, with or without pertuzumab, in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer that have progressed after one line of trastuzumab-based therapy in the metastatic setting (PHEREXA)

To compare progression-free survival (PFS) between the two treatment arms based on assessments by an independent review facility (IRF).

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, SMN protein and Genetics; A population based study on spinal muscular atrophy in the Netherlands to explore the prevalence of SMA type 1-4 and their severity in the Netherlands by registrating all patients in a so called SMA-database, to elucidate the genetic factors determining disease severity and to determine the value of SMN protein concentrations as a surrogate marker for clinical trials.

The main objective of this prospective population-based study of patients with proximal SMA in the Netherlands is to register SMA patients in the Netherlands in a socalled SMA-database to study prevalence and severity of SMA types 1-4, to perform…

Ammendment of protocol: Intravenous iron treatment in iron deficient patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Title amendment: Skeletal muscle strength in healthy persons and patients with pulmonary hypertension

To evaluate the effects of intravenous iron suppletion in iron deficient PAH patients.Amendment: to compare exercise capacity and isolated muscle strength in IPAH patients and healthy controls

A phase IIIb, open, multi-centre gynaecological extension study for the follow-up of a subset of HPV-015 study subjects

To provide clinical management and, if required, treatment to subjects who at their concluding HPV-015 study visit displayed normal cervical cytology but tested positive for oncogenic HPV infection or who were pregnant at their concluding visit of…

The efficacy of an antigenic marker lesion for the therapeutic effect in patients with multiple, Ta/T1, G1/G2, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with TUR followed by IL-2 instillation

We like to demonstrate that treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma with incomplete TUR and IL-2 is therapeutically more effective than treatment with complete TUR and IL-2.

ACNS0332: Efficacy of Carboplatin Administered Concomitantly With Radiation and Isotretinoin as a Pro-Apoptotic Agent in Other Than Average Risk Medulloblastoma/PNET Patients - A Groupwide Phase III Study

The goal of this study is to determine whether radiosensitization with carboplatin or the addition of Isotretinoin to maintenance therapy improves cure rates for children with other than average risk medulloblastoma/PNET.

First international Inter-Group Study for classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Children and Adolescents

The objective of the study is to diminish the amount of chemotherapy and/ or radiotherapy for children with Hodgkin lymphoma who are likely to receive too much treatment with current treatment protocols.

CD4+ T cells and immune ageing; major players and predictors for disease activity in giant cell arteritis

Primary Objective: to study the differences in CD4+ T cell subsets (Th1/Th2/Th17/Tregulatory/Tsenescent) between GCA patients and healthy controls at diagnosis and during follow up and in remission. Secondary Objective(s): - To characterize the cell…

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Risk factors for alloimmunization against red blood cell transfusions: a case cohort study

The aim of the project is to examine the association between clinical, environmental and genetic characteristics of the recipient of erythrocyte transfusions and the risk or resistance to immunization against erythrocyte alloantigens that he/she was…

'Comparative roentgen stereophotogrammetry analysis of the Taperloc stem with BoneMaster® nano-technology coating compared with cemented and uncemented HA coated Taperloc stem.'

BoneMaster ITo perform a comparative assessment between the clinical, bone remodelling, and radiographic outcomes (as measured with RSA) of the conventional Hydroxyl-Apetite (HA) Taperloc stem compared with Taperloc stem with additional BoneMaster®…

Clinical comparison of the straight lateral approach and the anterior approach to the hip.

The objective of this project is to 1. increase accuracy and reproducibility of the most critical step in hip arthroplasty i.e. cup positioning;2. to alleviate one of the major complications of the straight lateral approach, i.e. abductor…

*Energetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: translation between PET, MRI and cardiac myofilament function*

Within this project we aim to determine the energetic conditions that underlie the transition to hypertrophy of the HOCM heart. A prospective comparison will be made between results of PET, MRI and function of cardiac myofilaments (in vitro). Also,…

A multi-center randomized, open label, controlled study in primary liver transplantation comparing long term renal function in recipients treated with standard dose extended release tacrolimus alone and recipients treated with a combination of low dose extended-release tacrolimus and low dose sirolimus.

To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of concentration controlled combination of once daily dosed low-dose sirolimus (trough levels: 3-5 ng/ml) and extended-release tacrolimus (trough levels:3-5 ng/ml), in order to provide superior renal function…

A multicentre, international, randomised, parallel group, double blind study to evaluate Cardiovascular safety of linagliptin versus glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at high cardiovascular risk. The CAROLINA Trial.

CAROLINA studyThe aim of the present study is to investigate the long*term impact on CV morbidity and mortality and relevant efficacy parameters (HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, treatment sustainability) of treatment with linagliptin in a relevant…