Clinical trials: sponsored by KU Leuven
Alzheimer's Disease, Healthy Adult Participants
Ultra-high-performance Positron Emission Tomography (PET) of Synaptic Density, Reactive Astrogliosis and Tau in Alzheimer's Disease
AIM: to investigate the relationship between synaptic density, tau and reactive astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD) versus healthy controls and centenarians.
- Trial name
- NCT07906054
- Testing
- 18F-SMBT-1 PET, 18F-SynVesT-1 PET, 18F-MK-6240 PET
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Glaucoma Open-Angle Primary, Hypertension
The Acute Effect of Exercise Type And Timing on Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Intra-Ocular Pressure in Individuals With Glaucoma (The ACHIEVE-project).
ACHIEVE aims to determine whether exercise can be a safe and effective non-drug approach to improve blood pressure control in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
- Conditions
- Glaucoma Open-Angle Primary, Hypertension, Elevated Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE (NCT07413614)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Cerebral Visual Impairment
joyVision: The Superiority of Co-design in the Development of a Serious Game for Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the superiority of the through codesign redesigned game joyVision over the iVision game for children with a cognitive age between 3 and 12 with CVI.
- Trial name
- NCT07893379
- Testing
- serious game
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Critical Illness
Cycling Within an Interactive and Immersive Virtual Environment During Critical Illness: a Patient-centred Approach for Lower Limb Rehabilitation
This study aims to investigate whether combining cycling exercise with an immersive and interactive virtual reality (VR) environment improves motivation compared with cycling without visual support or cycling while watching a…
- Trial name
- VRCycling-ICU (NCT07894146)
- Testing
- Basic-Cycle, TV-Cycle, VR-Cycle
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Executive Function
The Effects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Psychosocial Stress-Induced Impairment on Core Executive Functions
The aim of the present trial is to examine core executive functions (EFs) as a functional outcome of attenuating the cortisol response to acute laboratory stress through colonic delivery of an Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) mix…
- Trial name
- GUTSIE (NCT06286943)
- Testing
- Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)., Maastricht Acute Stress Task, No-stress control task
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Mucormycosis
Mucorales PCR Screening in At-risk Hematology Patients
Patients with leukemia are treated with intensive chemotherapy and often have to undergo a stem cell transplantation which makes their immune system extremely vulnerable.
- Trial name
- MUCOPS (NCT05925660)
- Testing
- Mucorales PCR (MucorGenius, PathoNostics, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Neutropenia, Febrile
Stopping Antibiotics After 3 Days for the Treatment of High-risk FEbrile Neutropenia
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a short course of antibiotics in patients in whom no bacterial infection is found with the current "golden standard": long-term antibiotic treatment in adult hematology patients who…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT05926063)
- Testing
- Comparison short vs extended EBAT treatment group
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Cardio-metabolic Health
Peer-modeled Intervention
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a peer-led behavioural change intervention on the cardio-metabolic health of women aged 18 to 49 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07476716
- Testing
- A peer-modelled behavioural change intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 157 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Emotional Distress, Anhedonia
Promoting Positive Emotions in Adolescents Using Positive Events Training: An Indicated Approach
Research shows that high positive emotionality is an essential ingredient in building resilience in youngsters, especially those with a vulnerability to develop depressive symptomatology.
- Trial name
- iPET (NCT07288541)
- Testing
- Positive Events Training (PET)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
IBS, Ulcerative Colitis, Active
Visceral Sensitivity in IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease) and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Aim: More insight in pathogenesis of IBS and IBD. Samples are collected in context of an European research project.
- Conditions
- IBS, Ulcerative Colitis, Active, Ulcerative Colitis, Remission (3a: With IBS Symptoms, 3b: Without IBS Symptoms), Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- NCT02421705
- Testing
- Sample collection
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 99,999,999 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Stroke, Upper Limb Motor Impairment
Beyond Observation: Validating the Ecological Relevance of the Ad-AHA Stroke Using Sensor-Based Measures
After a stroke, many people experience difficulty using both hands together in daily life. Most rehabilitation assessments, however, only measure how the affected arm performs in one-handed tasks.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Upper Limb Motor Impairment, Bimanual Function
- Trial name
- NCT07366697
- Testing
- Sensor-based monitoring and clinical assessment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Coronary Artery Disease
Flecainide Safety in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Atrial Fibrillation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether the antiarrhythmic drug flecainide can be used as safely as standard rhythm-control drugs in people with atrial fibrillation (AF) and stable coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Trial name
- ReCAST AF (NCT07405671)
- Testing
- flecainide, Sotalol or Amiodarone
- Where
- 14 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 988 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
ASD, Scoliosis Idiopathic Adolescent
Quality of Life, Psychosocial Burden, and Structural-functional Status in Adults With Spinal Deformity.
This study examines which factors influence quality of life in adults with a spinal deformity. It looks at imaging findings together with pain, daily functioning, psychosocial factors, and frailty to support more person-centred…
- Conditions
- ASD, Scoliosis Idiopathic Adolescent, Scoliosis Idiopathic Adolescent Treatment
- Trial name
- ASD-QoL (NCT07749534)
- Testing
- first corrective surgery, Reoperation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Point-of-Care Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department
The goal of this study is to evaluate whether a POC-guided testing strategy to exclude non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in acute chest pain patients presenting at the emergency department (ED) can result in a…
- Trial name
- CERMIT (NCT06845826)
- Testing
- Point-of-Care high-sensitivity troponin testing
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 1,552 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Pediatric Cancer
Longitudinal Identity Study of Childhood Cancer Survivors
The study investigators plan to conduct a longitudinal questionnaire study in adolescents and emerging adults (14-25 years of age at the start of the study) who survived childhood cancer to chart their identity development and…
- Trial name
- LInC (NCT03424343)
- Testing
- Questionnaire bundle, Obtaining information from survivors' medical file
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Belgian Lung Function Study
Currently, it remains unclear how to manage serial lung function measurements in a clinical setting. The investigators aimed to tackle this problem by developing a machine learning (ML) model that can accurately predict…
- Trial name
- AIRCAST (NCT07419555)
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Critical Illness
Quadriceps Muscle Activation and Oxygenation Responses During Usual Care Compared to Individualized Interval and Constant Work Rate Bed-cycling. An Experimental Study.
### Study Summary - AcuteBike-ICU Bed-cycling is commonly used as part of early rehabilitation in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Trial name
- AcuteBike-ICU (NCT07882719)
- Testing
- usual care constant work rate bedcycling, Individualized constant work rate bedcycling, Individualized interval bedcycling
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Epilepsy Intractable
Add-on Clioquinol in Drug-resistant Childhood Epilepsy: an Exploratory Study
In this exploratory trial, the potential anti-seizure activity of clioquinol in a small cohort of adolescents with drug-resistant epilepsy will be examined.
- Trial name
- CLIOKID (NCT05727943)
- Testing
- Clioquinol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Epilepsy, Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
Add-on Therapy With Low Dose Fenfluramine in Lennox Gastaut Epilepsy
In this trial, the potential anti-epileptic effect of low dose fenfluramine in Lennox Gastaut epilepsy will be studied. An exploratory dose finding add-on trial is proposed.
- Trial name
- FFA-LGS (NCT02655198)
- Testing
- Fenfluramine
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Endometriosis, Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
Prospective Trial of [18F]AlF-FAPI-74 for PET Imaging of Fibroblast Activation Protein in Patients With Endometriosis
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether [18F]AlF-FAPI-74 PET/CT can help detect endometriosis in adult women who are already scheduled for laparoscopy due to suspicion of deep infiltrating endometriosis or superficial…
- Conditions
- Endometriosis, Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis, Women, Superficial Peritoneal Endometriosis
- Trial name
- EM-FAPI (NCT07876648)
- Testing
- [18F]AlF-FAPI-74 PET/CT
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
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