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Université Catholique de Louvain Clinical Trials
Studies where Université Catholique de Louvain is the lead sponsor: what is enrolling now, by phase, condition and country.
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All 98Refractory Epilepsy, Epilepsy
Characterisation of Laryngeal Evoked Potentials Induced by Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Epilepsy Patients
Although VNS has been widely used in clinic for over 30 years, its mechanisms of action remain unclear and there is a lack of individual biomarkers of efficacy.
- Trial name
- NCT07904039
- Testing
- Increasing VNS Intensities Induced with Magnet
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Healthy Vollunteer, Apnea
Temporal Dynamics of Peripheral SpO₂ During Reoxygenation
Pulse oximeters estimate arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO₂) from photoplethysmographic signals recorded at peripheral sites (usually the fingertip), thus measuring the peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO₂).
- Trial name
- PulseOx (NCT07884500)
- Testing
- Voluntary Apnea
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing
Characterization of the Tongue in Children With Obstructive Sleep-disordered Breathing
The tongue plays a key role in maintaining upper airway patency during sleep, mainly through the genioglossus, the principal pharyngeal dilator muscle.
- Trial name
- NCT07861230
- Testing
- Cross-sectional assessment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Lateral Ankle Sprain
Mulligan Mobilization With Movement for Acute Lateral Ankle Sprains
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effects and clinical specificity of Mulligan Mobilization With Movement (MWM) in adults with grade I or II lateral ankle sprains occurring less than 6 weeks before enrollment.
- Trial name
- NCT07849374
- Testing
- Mulligan Mobilization With Movement, Usual-Care Rehabilitation for Lateral Ankle Sprain
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Lumbar Spine Pathology
Multicentre Evaluation of Spinal Bone Pathologies Using Zero Echo Time (ZTE) Pseudo-CT MRI Sequences: a Clinical Implementation Study
Innovative sequences known as "pseudo-CT"-such as Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) and Zero Echo Time (ZTE)-enable good visualization of mineralized bone.
- Trial name
- MULTILUMBAR (NCT07844577)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Growth Hormone Deficiency, Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
BELux Children OutcoME During A(@)Dulthood With GHD
Our objective is to evaluate the outcome in adulthood of Belgian and Luxembourgish patients treated with rhGH during childhood for CO-GHD.
- Trial name
- BELCOME@GHD (NCT06694506)
- Testing
- Biological Sample
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Healthy
Assessment of a New Tool to Measure Tongue Muscle Function
The Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) is currently the reference tool for assessing tongue muscle function, measuring the pressure exerted by the tongue on an air-filled bulb.
- Trial name
- TOM1 (NCT07625761)
- Testing
- TOngue Manometer (TOM) device, IOPI
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Collaborative Clinical Reasoning
Collaborative Clinical Reasoning: Perceptions and Practices of General Practitioners, Physical Therapists, and Patients With Low Back Pain in Primary Care
Low back pain is a major health problem in primary care and is associated with a substantial clinical, economic, and societal burden.
- Trial name
- NCT07802951
- Testing
- Focus groups and deliberative workshop
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Multiple Sclerosis
The Role of the FCRL5 Protein in the Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis and Response to Treatment
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and the leading non-traumatic cause of neurological disability in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07788573
- Testing
- A blood test every 6 months for MS patients., A single blood draw for the healthy volunteer, A single blood draw for the group of volunteers with Sjögren's syndrome
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Excessive Airway Secretions
Impact of Continuous Isotonic Saline Nebulisation Combined With Heated Humidification on the Rheology of Bronchial Secretions.
This study aims to evaluate whether adding a continuous mist of saltwater (saline nebulization) to warmed, humidified air can improve the properties of mucus in the lungs compared to humidified air alone.
- Trial name
- PHYSIORHEO (NCT07617142)
- Testing
- Saline Nebulization, Heated humidification
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Completed, with results posted
All 2Curative Breast Cancer Surgery, Inflammatory Positive/Negative Status
Ketorolac in Breast Cancer Surgery
Do the use of Ketorolac in one intravenous injection at the moment of the operative incision reduce the number of recurrence in patient with advanced breast cancer without inflammation signs.
- Conditions
- Curative Breast Cancer Surgery, Inflammatory Positive/Negative Status, Pre Surgical Incision Administration
- Trial name
- KBCt (NCT01806259)
- Testing
- Ketorolac 30 mg IV
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain
Human Volunteers
In Vivo Optical Spectroscopy Monitoring in a New Model of Muscular Compartment Syndrome
Muscular compartment syndrome (MCS) is consecutive to an increase in intramuscular compartment pressures, and is a rare but serious postoperative complication.
- Trial name
- NCT01452425
- Testing
- Tourniquet, INVOS assessment, EMG assessment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université Catholique de Louvain