Clinical trials: open to volunteers, sponsored by Karolinska University Hospital
Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
Dual-Energy Lattice-Tip Assisted Marshall-Plan Strategy in Redo Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
This clinical trial will assess the efficacy and safety of a Marshall plan-based ablation strategy without ethanol infusion into the vein of Marshall in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation undergoing repeat ablation with…
- Trial name
- DELTA-MAP AF (NCT07899918)
- Testing
- Marshall Plan-Based Ablation Strategy, PV re-isolation only, Additional Left Atrial Ablation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Catheter Ablation vs Conservative Care in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
ACE-AF is a multicenter randomized study in people aged 78 years and older with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is a common heart rhythm disorder in older adults and can cause reduced quality of life and lead to serious…
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Elderly
- Trial name
- ACE-AF (NCT07424690)
- Testing
- Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, Optimized Medical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation, Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR)
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 282 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Prognostic Evaluation and Systematic Re-Assessment of Cholangiocarcinoma Therapy
Prospective observational cohort study including patients with a diagnosis of intrahepatic/perihilar cholangiocarcinoma at the central regional multidisciplinary conference, to assess therapy response, patient-reported quality of…
- Trial name
- Re-ACT (NCT07814586)
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Myocardial Diseases, Perfusion Imaging
Validation of Myocardial Perfusion and Extracellular Volume Assessment Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography (PCCT) Compared With Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for about 30% of all deaths. This substantial burden highlights the need for accurate diagnostic tools that help doctors detect heart disease early and…
- Conditions
- Myocardial Diseases, Perfusion Imaging, Stress Perfusion, Myocardial Fibrosis
- Trial name
- NCT07799363
- Testing
- Stress myocardial perfusion imaging with PCCT. Extracellular volume quantification with PCCT.
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Critical Illness, Fasting State
Ketosis, Immune Function and Metabolic Adaptation in Response to Short-term Fasting in Critical Illness
KETO-FAST is a pre-planned translational substudy of the FAST-ICU cluster-randomized cross-over trial. The substudy will characterize ketone body production and associated metabolic, autophagy-related, and immune cellular…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Fasting State, Ketosis, Nutrition
- Trial name
- KETO-FAST (NCT07738536)
- Testing
- Delayed nutrition, Standard nutrition, Fasting
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Kidney Transplant, DCD Kidney
NRP + ex Situ HMPO2 vs NRP Alone in DCD Kidney Transplantation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the combination of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) at the time of organ procurement with ex situ Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HMPO2) of kidneys recovered from donors after…
- Trial name
- OxyPerf (NCT07779187)
- Testing
- Ex situ hypothermic oxygenated machine preservation
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Critical Illness, Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder
Endogenous Energy Production in Critically Ill Patients
The aim of this study is to investigate when critically ill patients transition from a non-suppressible catabolism to a normal response to feeding.
- Trial name
- eEPIC (NCT07059988)
- Testing
- Stable isotope tracers, Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Heart Failure, Pathophysiology
Responders and Non-responders in the Management of Heart Failure - Significance of Genetic Influence and Identification of Novel Informative Biomarkers
A biobank within the Swedish national heart failure quality registry SwedeHF.
- Trial name
- Responders (NCT06435585)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization in Pregnancy, HDFN
Prenatal Blood Typing With Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) - an Implementation Study in HDFN (PREFAB)
Determination of Fetal Blood Group by Next-Generation Sequencing - A Clinical Study in Pregnancies with Maternal Alloantibodies Directed Against Fetal Blood Cells (Alloimmunization During Pregnancy) Maternal antibodies can cross…
- Conditions
- Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization in Pregnancy, HDFN, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
- Trial name
- PREFAB (NCT07715214)
- Testing
- NGS analysis for fetal red cell blood type in maternal plasma
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Cystitis, Radio Induced, Soft Tissue Radionecrosis (STRN)
Soft Tissue Radiation Injury; Patient Reported Evaluation in a Single Centre Cohort Study (STRIPE)
Radiotherapy cures many cancers but can cause late radiation-induced tissue injury (LRTI), leading to long-term symptoms from the bladder and bowel and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
- Conditions
- Cystitis, Radio Induced, Soft Tissue Radionecrosis (STRN), Radiation Proctitis
- Trial name
- karolinskaUH (NCT07611864)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Without Rupture, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Ruptured
Prospective Aortic Biobank of POP-STAR
The overall objective of the POP-STAR project is individualized surveillance for patients diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysms by means of more precise, patient-specific AAA growth prediction.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Without Rupture, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Ruptured, Aortic Aneurysm, Aneurysm Abdominal
- Trial name
- NCT04269447
- Testing
- Structured imaging follow-up
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Thyroid Gland Anaplastic Carcinoma, Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
[177Lu]Lu-AKIR001 First-in-human Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of increasing doses of [177Lu]Lu-AKIR001, both in relation to tolerable activity of lutetium-177 and the absorbed protein mass dose of AKIR-001 in…
- Conditions
- Thyroid Gland Anaplastic Carcinoma, Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, Cancer Head and Neck, Cervix Carcinoma
- Trial name
- AKIR001 (NCT06639191)
- Testing
- [177Lu]Lu-AKIR001
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
CAR T Cell Therapy, ICANS
Neurological and Cognitive Dysfunction Following CAR-T Treatment. ICANS and Beyond
This is a phase 4 non-interventional single center trial. We aim to prospectively include patients scheduled to undergo CAR-T therapy at ME CAST, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, to study ICANS.
- Conditions
- CAR T Cell Therapy, ICANS, Cognitive and Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT07375628
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Fatigue, Graft Vs Host Disease
Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Due to Synaptopathy or Graft Versus Host (GVH) Disease in the Brain.
Patients undergoing allogenic stem cell transplantation are regularly followed up in the outpatient clinic at Karolinska University Hospital.
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Graft Vs Host Disease, Cognitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT07365696
- Testing
- PET investigation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Nurse Based Care Management, Patient Care
Bring Sleep to Life - Evaluation and Description of a Sleep Intervention in Emergency Care
Many patients complain of poor sleep during their hospital stay. Therefore, we want to investigate how we can improve the staff's (nurses and assistant nurses) knowledge about sleep and which nursing interventions can lead to…
- Conditions
- Nurse Based Care Management, Patient Care, Intervention, Education, Professional
- Trial name
- NCT07265713
- Testing
- Knowledge about sleep guideline, Introduction of web-based sleep education
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Gall Bladder Cancer
Robotic-assisted Contra Open Resection for Suspected or Confirmed Gallbladder Cancer (ROBOCOP)
The Robocop trial is an international multi-centre, single blinded, randomized controlled superiority trial conducted in centres experienced in robotic-assisted liver surgery.
- Trial name
- ROBOCOP (NCT06246448)
- Testing
- Robotic-assisted radical cholecystectomy, Open radical cholecystectomy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Acute Kidney Injury, Uremia
Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy in the Critically Ill Patients
Background: Severe acute kidney injury (AKI) among critically ill patients is sometimes treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT), and in Sweden continuous RRT (CRRT) is the dominant modality used in this population.
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury, Uremia, Fluid Overload, Dialysis; Complications
- Trial name
- TORRT (NCT03629977)
- Testing
- CRRT
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Breast Cancer
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Versus Standard Neoadjuvant Treatment for HER2-positive Breast Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) to standard preoperative treatment in patients with non-metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.
- Trial name
- ARIADNE (NCT05900206)
- Testing
- Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Docetaxel, Paclitaxel
- Where
- 7 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 370 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Lactate Kinetics in Septic Shock
Lactate kinetics will be studied in hospitalized septic patients using a bolus injection of stable isotopically labeled lactate.
- Trial name
- LKISS (NCT05349370)
- Testing
- Isotopically labeled lactate
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital
Acute Kidney Injury
Iatrogenic Deficiencies in ICU Patients With Prolonged Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
ICU patients are recruited after at least 5 days treatment with continuous renal replacement therapy. Blood samples are drawn at time of recruitment and then every 3-5 days until ceseation of renal replacement therapy.
- Trial name
- IBRIST (NCT06983197)
- Testing
- blood test
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska University Hospital