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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of oral ibandronate (versus placebo) added to the standard radiotherapy regimen for painful bone metastases to reduce pain, to reduce the need of analgesics, and to reduce skeletal-related events…
There is clear medical need in pediatric high-grade MDS and JMML to control disease pre-SCT without the disadvantages associated with intensive chemotherapy. So far no agents have been successfully applied in this window, or are specifically…
Tray application of 0.12% chlorhexidine gel-toothpaste has more than 15% better effect on ¡®de novo¡¯ plaque accumulation compared to tray application of regular toothpaste in a 3 day non-brushing model.
1. The point of the skin with best possible transcutaneous nerve stimulation correlates with the point of the skin most superficial to the nerves stimulated within a range of 3 mm; 2. Ultrasound will reveal a significant number of sensitive…
A two month distraction period results in similar clinical beneficial effects as a three month distraction period.
Een predictor vinden in de vorm van ferritine bij diagnose/leeftijd bij diagnose die het aantal aderlatingen per jaar in onderhoudsbehandeling van hemochromatose patienten kan voorspellen
The hypothesis to be tested is that arm B is tolerable and that the outcome in arm B is better than in arm A.
Could early treatment of prodromal symptoms prevent or postpone a psychotic relapse in schizophrenia?
For patients with metastatic or local-regional unresectable esophageal carcinoma there is no alternative treatment. In this trial it is studied whether combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and capecitabine prolongs survival and improves quality…
To study the effectivity of different retreatment radiotherapy schedules for painful bone metastases.
-Six weeks of treatment with a supplementary low dose of clonidine to the current medical treatment of clozapine resistant patients will effectively reduce symptom severity and cognitive impairments in therapy resistant schizophrenia patients -…
The hypothesis is that cummulative doses of 2.5, 5.0 or 7.5 gram methylprednisolone infusions are equally effective in moderately severe Graves' ophthalmopathy, but that the doses differ in the number and severity of side effects.
To compare a surgical procedure (gastrojejunostomy, GJJ) with endoscopical stent placement in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction (GOO)
We hypothesize that a treatment algorithm that is based on a simple validated measure of health status (CCQ) improves quality of life (as measured on a separate scale) and other classical COPD outcome measurement parameters such as exacerbation…
The primary research hypotheses are: 1. Patients who follow the Onco-Move program will achieve better physical fitness levels, as assessed by objective performance tests, and will report less fatigue than patients in the usual care control group; 2…
Public health authorities have recognized lack of hand hygiene (HH) as one of the important causes of preventable mortality and morbidity at population level. Both at national (UK, USA, Dutch VMS) and international levels (WHO) poor HH has been…
Adding amantadine to the standard anti-HCV treatment can improve sustained response rates in chronic hepatitis C.
A proportion of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis with minimal disease activity can remain in a state of minimal disease activity with a lower dose of etanercept than the standard dose or even without etanercept.