Clinical trials: open to volunteers, sponsored by Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Esophageal Cancer
Liquid Biopsies in Esophageal Cancer
Purpose of this study is to determine the value of liquid biopsies, e.g. testing of minimal residual disease (MRD) by using liquid biopsies to measure circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) at diagnosis and during the multimodal and…
- Trial name
- NCT05704530
- Testing
- Blood sample
- Where
- 4 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 248 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Management, Low Risk
CARES : Customized Aftercare Report for Evaluated Skin Cancer Patients
Current clinical practices often provide general verbal advice to low-risk patients, which may not sufficiently address individual concerns or offer actionable steps.
- Conditions
- Management, Low Risk, Skin Cancer
- Trial name
- CARES (NCT07330323)
- Testing
- Verbal information only, Personalized Discharge Letter, Personalized Discharge Letter + IntelliStudio
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Dupuytren's Disease
Nodular Shrinking in Dupuytren Disease
Dupuytren disease (DD) is a common hand disorder with disabling finger contractures that may require surgery to restore function.
- Trial name
- Echo (NCT06321991)
- Testing
- Ultrasound measurement
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Depression
Changing Tactics? Optimizing ECT in Difficult-to-treat Depression
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to address which treatment strategy (continue right unilateral (RUL) ECT or switch to bitemporal (BT) ECT speeds up recovery and has the least impact on memory function, in case of…
- Trial name
- ChaT (NCT05923801)
- Testing
- switch to BT electrode position, continue with RUL electrode position
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Food Allergy, Cow Milk Allergy
Stepwise Heat-Denaturated Protein Introduction for Tolerance Induction in Food Allergy
This interventional study aims to validate an early heated protein introduction protocol in cow's milk allergic children who already developed tolerance towards extensively heated cow's milk, in order to speed up the development…
- Trial name
- TEHITI (NCT06380673)
- Testing
- Implementation of cow's milk in decreasingly heated forms, Implementation of heated cow's milk, No intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Femoracetabular Impingement
Clinical Decision-Making in FAIS
Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome is increasingly recognized as a contributor to cartilage injury and early hip osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- CDM-FAIS (NCT07536295)
- Testing
- Functional lateral x-ray scans, Multi-echo Fast Field Echo (mFFE) MRI, Markerless 3D motion capture
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Covid19, Olfactory Dysfunction
Dysfunction of Olfaction After COVID-19 Infection: Morphological and Histomolecular Investigation
Investigation of the mechanisms of persistent SARS-CoV-2 associated olfactory dysfunction (OD) in patients with well-documented olfactory function.
- Trial name
- DysOSMIC (NCT06482138)
- Testing
- Biopsy and Cytobrush
- Where
- 7 sites in Belgium, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis (pedEoE): Effect of Allergen Heat Denaturation on EoE Remission: a Pilot Trial
The objective of the study is to study whether the introduction of heated food products (more specifically heated hen's egg and/or cow's milk) in children with EoE would be possible without re-occurrence of the eosinophilic…
- Trial name
- NCT06381219
- Testing
- Implementation of cow's milk in decreasingly heated forms, Implementation of hen's egg in decreasingly heated forms
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Feasibility Nutritional Supplements for Muscle Growth in CP
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a 10-week plan with a nutritional supplement (leucine) and to perform pilot analyses on the effect of leucine on macroscopic muscle morphology in children with…
- Trial name
- Nut-CP (NCT06044168)
- Testing
- Dietary Supplement: Leucine
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
3D-Microscopic Muscle Architecture in Cerebral Palsy
The focus of this study is to understand and define the mechanisms of the altered muscle development and growth on a microscopic level within a long-term perspective in children with cerebral palsy and to relate these findings to…
- Trial name
- 3D-MMAP (NCT06584851)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Low Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma, Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor
Abemaciclib and Letrozole in Patients With Estrogen Receptor-positive Rare Ovarian Cancer
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of abemaciclib and letrozole for treatment of estrogen receptor-positive rare ovarian cancer.
- Trial name
- ALEPRO (NCT05872204)
- Testing
- Abemaciclib, Letrozole
- Where
- 12 sites in Belgium, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
The Role of TRP Channels in CIPN
Part I: Evaluating the increase in dermal blood flow upon topical application of cinnamaldehyde and capsaicin on the fingers in healthy, male volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT04415892
- Testing
- Cinnamaldehyde and capsaicin
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Lumbar Radiculopathy, Radicular Low Back Pain
R³ Rehab Pathway Versus Usual Care After Lumbar Radicular Surgery
The R³ trial is a multicentre cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating an evidence-based, person-centred rehabilitation pathway for patients undergoing lumbar surgery for radicular pain.
- Trial name
- R³ (NCT07313566)
- Testing
- R³ Rehabilitation Pathway
- Where
- 16 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 480 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Bariatric Surgery Status Complicating Pregnancy
Glucose Homeostasis, Metabolomics and Pregnancy Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery
The aim of the GLORIA study is to determine whether an altered glucose metabolism (with more hypoglycaemia and glycaemic variability) and altered metabolomics during pregnancy after bariatric surgery contribute to the increased…
- Trial name
- GLORIA (NCT05084339)
- Testing
- CGM
- Where
- 8 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Pouchitis
GUselkumAb inteRvention and DIet evaluAtioN for Pouchitis
Restorative proctocolectomy (RPC) with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is considered the procedure of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) refractory to medical therapy or with neoplasia.
- Trial name
- GUARDIAN (NCT06916390)
- Testing
- Guselkumab, Diet
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Crohn Disease
Prevention of Postoperative Endoscopic Recurrence With Endoscopy-driven Versus Systematic Biological Therapy
With this prospective, randomized, multicentre, parallel group pragmatic non-inferiority trial, the investigators will evaluate if endoscopy-driven introduction of biological therapy is not leading to more postoperative…
- Trial name
- SOPRANO-CD (NCT05169593)
- Testing
- Biological Drug
- Where
- 28 sites in Belgium, Italy
- Volunteers
- 292 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Chronic Rhinosinusitis (Diagnosis)
Xylitol vs Saline Nasal Irrigations in CF-CRS
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disorder in Belgium, affecting 1 in 2850 children. A defect in the CFTR channel results in increased viscosity of extracellular secretions and decreased mucociliary clearance in the…
- Trial name
- NCT05531630
- Testing
- Nasal rinsing with saline 0.9%, Nasal rinsing with Xylitol
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Perennial Allergic Rhinitis, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
The Role of the Nasal Allergen Provocation Test in Starting and Monitoring Allergen Immunotherapy
This prospective multicentric academic NAPT study aims to compile a database of all patients who initiate immunotherapy. The NAPT will take place before, during and after AIT to evaluate the cost and effectiveness of the…
- Conditions
- Perennial Allergic Rhinitis, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, Local Allergic Rhinitis
- Trial name
- NCT04544774
- Testing
- AIT, NAPT
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Stroke, Spasticity
Pilot Study on Muscle, Tendon, and Neural Changes Post-Botulinum Toxin Injections in Post-stroke Spastic Equinovarus
Poststroke spasticity significantly impairs function, particularly through the development of pes equinovarus. Botulinum toxin A (BoNT) injections into the medial gastrocnemius (MG) are a first-line treatment.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Spasticity, Equinovarus Foot
- Trial name
- NCT06767631
- Testing
- threedimensional freehand ultrasound and instrumented spasticity assessment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Conductive Hearing Loss
Wideband Tympanometry as a Non-behavioral Test of the Speech-weighted Middle Ear Transfer Function.
There is a need for a non-behavioral clinical test that provides an assessment of how speech is conducted through the middle ear for the optimization of middle ear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT07557771
- Testing
- Wideband Tympanometry
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven