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The study aims to assess the efficacy (in terms of growth response over the years of treatment, including final height) and safety of a treatment regimen consisting of: 1. Authentic biosynthetic growth hormone (GH) in a dosage of 4 IU/m2/day between…
Hypotheses zijn dat 100 mg aspirine wanneer 's avonds ingenomen de tensie verlaagd door 's nachts een toegenomen activiteit van het renine-angiotensine-aldosteron-systeem te voorkomen, de beschikbaarheid van NO te vergroten, activiteit van…
In een prospectieve gerandomiseerde studie aantonen of intravitreale toediening van Triamcinolonacetonide voorafgaand aan een MGL een beter visusresultaat en/of een grotere afname van het maculaoedeem veroorzaakt dan een MGL voorafgegaan door…
An unsupervised proprioceptive balance board training programme that is applied after the usual care of individual athletes who have sustained an acute sports-related lateral ankle ligament injury is effective for the prevention of ankle sprain…
Life review therapy will have a positive effect on the level of depressive symptoms of nursing home inhabitants.
The aim of our study is to determine the efficacy of PCA in vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with SCD. We will compare the effect of PCA versus standard CI morphine on cumulative morphine dose, mean daily dose and cumulative side-effects of…
The two strategies (Venlafaxine and subsequent Lithium addition in non-responders to Venlafaxine; Imipramine and subsequent Lithium addition in non-responders to Imipramine) are comparable in efficacy and time to response.
Primary 1. An immediate invasive approach (immediate angiography and revascularization when appropriate) results in a reduction of the combined incidence of death, re-infarction or recurrent ischemia at 30 days follow-up. Secondary 1. An immediate…
A self-management programme guided by doctors and a specialist asthma nurse through information and communication technology will improve asthma related quality of life in a cost-effective way.
To identify high risk patient groups for development of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a cohort 9-10 years after meniscus, cruciate ligament and cartilage lesions.
One cycle of IVF-eSET followed by transfer of frozen embryos is at least as effective as three cycles of IUI-COH in terms of ongoing pregnancy. Multiple pregnancies however can largely be prevented by treating women with IVF-eSET.
The Rotterdam Daily Exercise Project leads to less overweight, improved fitness, healthier food habits and healthier exercise habits.
It is hypothesized that care given by a continence nurse will lead to a reduction in episodes of urinary incontinence and an improvement in quality of life.
After allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) the hematopoiesis is from donor origin. Laboratory and animal studies suggests that de dendritic cells of host origin are important in inducing graft versus myeloma effect and graft versus host…
An indicated, stepped care prevention programme is feasible in homes for the elderly in Amsterdam and reduces the incidence of major disorders of depression and anxiety with 15% compared to care as usual. Total costst of health care use will be…
The large implementation of SMOCC will be more (cost-) effective than the usually applicated basic dissemination strategies for guidelines.
In the current study we aim to establish whether TNF-alpha plays a central role in inflammation-mediated acceleration of atherogenesis and the propencity towards development of atherothrombotic disease in RA.
Participants in the intervention group, receiving an individual lifestyle intervention, will improve lifestyle and CVD-risk related biomedical outcome values at the short (6 months) and the longer (12 months) term, whereas in the control group these…
In view of good pre-clinical and clinical results, it is thought that patients with prostate cancer will benefit from BAY 43-9006 in a neoadjuvant setting. We anticipate a benefit with the treatment of BAY 43-9006 when there is a PSA decline of more…
As NB-UVB is known to be effective in AD, the excimer laser appears to be a promising treatment for localized AD. We designed a randomized single blind within-patient controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of the excimer laser versus routine…