Clinical trials: sponsored by Turku University Hospital
Blood Coagulation Disorder
NOAC Plasma Concentration and Blood Coagulation in Healthy Volunteers
Relationship of edoxaban plasma concentration and blood coagulation in healthy volunteers using standard laboratory tests and viscoelastic analysis
- Trial name
- EdoRot (NCT03666650)
- Testing
- Edoxaban 60 MG
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Colonoscopy, Pain
Procedural Pain Treatment With Transmucosal Sublingual Fentanyl Tablet in Colonoscopy Patients
Colonoscopy is generally considered an invasive procedure that causes remarkable pain to the patient. The pain associated with the procedure is not caused by the insertion of the scope but from inflating of the colon in order to…
- Trial name
- Abstral (NCT01604187)
- Testing
- Fentanyl
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 158 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer
Overcoming Chemoresistance in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Via Targeting Hypoxia
The goal of this non-randomized prospective study is to use 18F-EF5-PET/CT imaging to identify and locate intraabdominal hypoxic ovarian cancer lesions.
- Conditions
- Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Peritoneal Carcinoma, Hypoxia
- Trial name
- OVANOX (NCT04001023)
- Testing
- Imaging with 18F-EF5 PET/CT
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease
Molecular and Whole-body MR Imaging in Lymphomas
Lymphomas are classified as Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, of which especially the latter represent a heterogeneous group with varying patterns of prognosis, biological behaviour and response to treatment.
- Conditions
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Trial name
- MILY (NCT02389101)
- Testing
- 68Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT; Diffusion weighted MRI
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Liquid Biopsy in Head and Neck Cancer
Overall survival of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains unsatisfactory due to often advanced clinical stage at diagnosis and high rate of recurrence and second primaries.
- Trial name
- NCT03926468
- Testing
- Liquid biopsy
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Study of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
The main purpose of this study is to determine whether four weeks treatment with oral doxycycline is as equally effective as three weeks treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone in patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01635530
- Testing
- Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 210 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Obesity
Longitudinal Follow-up of Brown Adipose Tissue Function and Structure
In Turku PET Centre, there have been 3 positron emission tomography studies on brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity in healthy adults. BATPET was performed between 2008 and 2009.
- Trial name
- BATFollowUp (NCT01985503)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Fibroid, Adenomyosis
Oxytocin in MRI-HIFU
Capability of oxytocin in improving the efficacy of MRI-HIFU is studied. Patients undergoing MRI-HIFU treatment are given oxytocin during treatment and the efficacy of the treatment will be analysed by patient reported symptom…
- Trial name
- NCT03937401
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Uterine Fibroids, Adenomyosis
Treatment of Benign Uterine Disorders Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU)
MRI-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRI-HIFU) has been proven to be a safe and effective method in treating uterine fibroids and also adenomyosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02914704
- Testing
- MRI-HIFU
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Critical Illness
Clinical Trial on Individual Characteristics Affecting Pain Drug Therapy in Neonates
Children differ from adults with respect to growth and development but also immaturity of various pharmacological mechanisms. Dosing schemes in children are usually derived in an empirical manner from clinical trials in adult…
- Trial name
- NeoPopGen (NCT02426463)
- Testing
- propofol, oxycodone
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Physical Activity
Brown Adipose Tissue Activation: Effect of Exercise Training and Irisin
This study investigates the brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation and metabolism using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging before and after exercise training intervention at fasting state under normal room temperature and…
- Trial name
- EXEBAT (NCT03359824)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Obesity
CB1 Receptors in Human Brown Adipose Tissue
This study investigates cannabinoid CB1 receptors in human brown adipose tissue (BAT) and other tissues using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.
- Trial name
- CANBAT (NCT02941172)
- Testing
- Cold exposure, [18F]FMPEP-d2, [18F]FDG
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Ulcerative Colitis
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
The purpose of this study is to find out whether a single fecal microbiota transplantation is an effective and safe treatment as an adjunct to standard therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis.
- Trial name
- NCT01961492
- Testing
- Fecal microbiota transplantation
- Where
- Finland
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Depression
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as an add-on Therapy for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. (DEPTDCS2014)
The aim is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in patients with moderate to severe major depression compared to patients treated with conventional therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT02521883
- Testing
- Sooma tDCS
- Where
- 4 sites in Finland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Procedural Sedation
Pharmacological Characteristics of Intranasally Given Dexmedetomidine in Paediatric Patients
We aim to characterize the bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine after intranasal dosing employing pharmacometrics methods in otherwise healthy 1 month to 11 years of age children scheduled for minor surgery or…
- Trial name
- PINDEX (NCT02955732)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Labour Dystocia
Implementation of AFL Monitoring in Clinical Use
The overall objective of this randomized controlled trial is to develop a clinical standard procedure for measuring lactate in amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid lactate = = AFL) during childbirth before oxytocin stimulation is…
- Trial name
- NCT03650972
- Testing
- Samarin
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Healthy Volunteers
Dabigatran in an Interaction Probe Drug Cocktail
Four periods of oral dosing following overnight fasting (1. known metabolic probe drug cocktail consisting of caffeine, diclofenac, esomeprazole, metoprolol, midazolam; 2. dabigatran + cocktail; 3. dabigatran alone; 4.
- Trial name
- D-cocktail (NCT02361619)
- Testing
- Caffeine, Diclofenac, Esomeprazole
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Acute Appendicitis
Appendicectomy Versus Antibiotics in the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis
Appendicectomy has been the treatment of acute appendicitis for over a hundred years. Appendicectomy, however, includes operative and postoperative risks despite being a "routine" operation.
- Trial name
- APPAC (NCT01022567)
- Testing
- Appendicectomy, Ertapenem
- Where
- 6 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Low Grade Glioma, Malignant Glioma
Rotating Frame Relaxation and Diffusion Weighted Imaging of Human Gliomas
Grading of gliomas is of significant clinical importance since the prognosis as well as the treatment of choice are distinct in low-grade and high-grade gliomas.
- Trial name
- RODIG (NCT02186262)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
Changes in the Gut Microbiota During an Antibiotic Treatment
Gut Microbiota and Antibiotics - Prevention of Side Effects by New Prebiotics
Antibiotics disturb the balance of gut microbiota causing dysbiosis. The purpose of this double-blind placebo controlled intervention study is to investigate whether a new prebiotic product could prevent the side effects of…
- Trial name
- NCT03523936
- Testing
- Prebiotic product
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Turku University Hospital