linjc16/ctgov huggingface dataset:
High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Assists In Smoking Cessation

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality. Yet, smoking cessation therapies are often ineffective at helping smokers break their addiction. The mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system plays a crucial role in mediating the reinforcing effects of nicotine. Recently, acute high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of frontal brain regions has been shown to efficiently modulate the mesolimbic dopamine systems in both animals and humans. For this reason, we investigated whether 10 high-frequency (10Hz) rTMS treatments over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can help people to withdraw smoking in comparison to placebo rTMS. Smokers seeking to quit are recruited through newspaper advertisements. Participants were randomized to 10 days of either real or placebo high frequency rTMS.

Conditions
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Heavy Smoking

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 10Hz
* Device: Magnetic stimulation using a special sham coil


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:Smoking over 20 Cig a day - Exclusion Criteria:epilepsy, psychiatry history -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Real high frequency rTMS<br>The patients will undergo a series of treatments of high frequency rTMS | Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 10Hz<br>* 3. rTMS subjects will receive 20 trains of rTMS at a rate of 10 Hz for 6 seconds (1200 pulses/session). Pulses will be administered over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, defined as 5 cm anterior and in a parasagital plane to the point of maximum stimulation of the abductor pollicis muscle. Pulse intensity will be set at 100% motor threshold.<br>|
| Sham Comparator: Sham high frequency rTMS<br>The patients will receive a series of sham treatments. | Device: Magnetic stimulation using a special sham coil<br>* Sham stimulation will be given at the same location as the active, with special sham coil.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of cigarettes smoked |  |  | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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rTMS, smoking, dopamine, acotinine
Epiphrenic III Pilot Trial

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Epiphrenic III Pilot Trial investigates whether a diaphragmatic stimulation by interventionally placed electrodes may improve heart function, symptoms and functional capacity in patients with severe heart failure.

Official Title
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Uni- or Biventricular Pacing and Diaphragmatic Stimulation for Severe Heart Failure (Epiphrenic III Pilot Trial)

Conditions
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Heart Failure

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Diaphragmatic stimulation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Symptomatic heart failure (NYHA functional classes II, III or IV) Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <35% Guideline-recommended drug therapy Exclusion Criteria: Patient refuses study participation Life expectancy presumably <1 year Pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Diaphragmatic stimulation<br>Diaphragmatic stimulation via electrode for 4 weeks | Device: Diaphragmatic stimulation<br> <br> |
| No Intervention: No intervention<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Left ventricular ejection fraction |  | Four weeks | 
| NYHA functional class |  | Four weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) |  | Four weeks | 
| 6-minutes walking test |  | Four weeks |
Leptin and Cytokines in Diabetic Pregnancy - Physiologic or Pathogenic Role

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Leptin, a circulating hormone expressed abundantly in adipose tissue, has been reported to be a satiety factor. In addition, it has been shown to increase during pregnancy in maternal blood, parallel to increase in body fat mass, to correlate with fetal body weight gain and to fall down to basal levels after delivery. Little is known about leptin levels in pregnant women with preexisting or gestational diabetes and their relationship with fetal and postnatal growth and perinatal complications. Therefore, the proposed study aims to understand and characterize the role of leptin in gestational diabetes mellitus as well as the relationship between leptin, cytokines and the pathophysiological complications during diabetic pregnancy. Specifically, we will evaluate 60 pregnant women both in Germany and in Israel and evaluate serum levels and mRNA of leptin, cytokines (inflammatory as well as Th1 and Th2) and correlate them to maternal changes of body weight and birth weight in women of various degrees of glucose tolerance and with various degrees of metabolic control during pregnancy; relationship between serum and umbilical cord vein concentrations of leptin, cytokines and metabolic variables; placental expression of leptin, leptin receptor, selected cytokines, GLUT1 and 4 and relationship to leptin in serum and umbilical cord plasma; comparison between all above parameters of German and Israeli pregnant women. The results of this new and systematic study will shed light on the role of leptin and cytokines in the development of glucose disturbances during pregnancy and the perinatal outcome of women with gestational or preexisting diabetes mellitus.

Official Title
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Leptin and Cytokines in Diabetic Pregnancy - Physiologic or Pathogenic Role

Conditions
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Preeclampsia, Placental Hypoxia

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: random glucose challenge test (GCT): 50 g of glucose are orally given at any time of the day. The results are considered as positive if the capillary blood glucose concentrations 1 hour after the load are >130 mg/dl. Those with normal results serve as control group Exclusion Criteria: -
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
Observational Registry Data on GIST Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This is a longitudinal, multi-center, registry study, collecting data via a web-based portal in patients with GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) from hospitals in Taiwan.

Detailed Description
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Research question and objectives: This study is to collect and describe real-world data for Taiwanese GIST on: Prevalence and demographic characteristics of Taiwanese GIST Treatment pattern of GIST therapies Bio-marker and/or gene expression characteristics of Taiwanese GIST Treatment outcome of TKI therapies, including recurrence-free, progression-free and overall survival Safety profile for TKI therapies Study design: Retrospective and prospective observational cohort study Population: Taiwan GIST patients during 01 January 2010 to 31 December 2020 Data sources: Medical records and investigator-established data bank Study size: Data from up to 3,000 eligible subjects will be collected Data analysis: Descriptive statistics for longitudinally assess nationwide trends on current and evolving diagnostic, treatment, and outcome measures in the GIST population and estimate the prevalence of GIST in Taiwan. Milestones: Interim report before 31 December 2018 and final study report before 30 June 2026.

Official Title
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The Observational Registry: Nationwide Data Collection on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) Patients (Taiwan GISTs Registry)

Conditions
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Observation


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients diagnosed with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor ≥20 years old Histology-confirmed GIST between 01 January 2010 and 31 December 2020. Patient with prospective data collection: Willing to provide singed inform-consent as per local regulatory requirements. Exclusion Criteria: Inability and unwillingness to give informed consent if required by site ethic committee. Patient that is unlikely candidate to obtain long-term follow-up information for reasons of unavailability or with severe concomitant illnesses per investigator judgement

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Observation|This is a longitudinal, multi-center, registry study, collecting data via a web-based portal in patients with GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) from hospitals in Taiwan.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| To establish the database for GIST | By register the clinical presentation, diagnostic, stage, treatment and clinical outcome of GIST patients. | From date of registration to 31 December 2025 |
Evaluation of Coagulopathy in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), this pneumonia was first emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and rapidly spread around the world . Coagulopathy is one of the most significant prognostic factors in patients with COVID-19 and is associated with increased mortality and admission to critical care. Most observed coagulopathy in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (COVID-19-associated coagulopathy) is characterized by increased D-dimer and fibrinogen levels. 71% of patients who did not survive hospitalization reported to have developed disseminated intravascular coagulation

Official Title
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Evaluation of the Role of Sonoclot Signature in Assessment of Coagulopathy in Critically Ill COVID 19 Patients

Conditions
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Coagulation Disorder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: Sonclot Coagulation and platelet function Analyzer SCP1, Sienco, USA


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: COVID 19 critically ill patients Exclusion Criteria: any critical illness not related to COVID 19
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Covid19 positive patients<br> | Device: Sonclot Coagulation and platelet function Analyzer SCP1, Sienco, USA<br>* studying coagulation disorders in COVID19 critically ill patients<br>|
| Covid19 negative patients<br> | Device: Sonclot Coagulation and platelet function Analyzer SCP1, Sienco, USA<br>* studying coagulation disorders in COVID19 critically ill patients<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| clot rate formation | measuring how rapid the sample will get clotted | 30 minutes |
OptiScanner Versus Standard Blood Glucose Monitoring

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study is to demonstrate the accuracy of the OptiScanner in measuring blood glucose levels in critically ill patients when compared to a reference YSI 2300 STAT Plus and the Gem 3000, the reference standard for Erasme University Hospital.

Official Title
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Manual vs. Automated moNitoring Accuracy of GlucosE II (MANAGE II)

Conditions
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Hyperglycemia

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Signed Informed consent. Age ≥ 18 years. Admitted to the ICU of Erasme University Hospital. Expected ICU stay of ≥ 3 days at the time of enrollment (as judged by the Principle Investigator). APACHE II score of ≥ 10, within the first 24 hours of ICU admission. Existing central venous catheter + arterial catheter. No participation in any other investigational interventional study while enrolled in this study. Hyperglycemia (BG > 150 mg/dl) at the time of admission. Exclusion Criteria: Pregnancy.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Glucose Prediction error | Percent (%) predicted error is the percent (%) error result of the OptiScanner on central venous blood from the superior cava versus the YSI and the GEM using arterial blood. | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clarke Error Grid analysis | The Clarke Error Grid analysis shows the percentage of paired values falling within each zone between the glucose results of the OptiScanner on central venous versus the YSI and the GEM using arterial blood. | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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monitoring, blood glucose, intensive care unit
Structural and Functional Connectivity in Partial Epilepsies Studied With MRI and MEG

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Surgery may be an effective therapy for refractory focal epilepsies with a clear delineated focus but surgical benefits are less clear for patients with a poorly defined focus such as non lesional refractory partial epilepsies. SEEG is considered the criterion standard to localize the epileptogenic zone (EZ) but the procedure is risky with a limited spatial sampling. The development of non-invasive neuroimaging alternatives is thus an important goal to improve EZ delineation and optimize SEEG procedures. The main hypothesis of this research project is the existence of a network organization specific for each patient which allows the generation and propagation of epileptic activities. The investigators wish to explore this network using diffusion tensor MRI to study structural connectivity and MEG/FMRI to study functional connectivity. The investigators will apply tools from the theories of complex networks and dynamical systems to characterize the network organization of epileptic process. The investigators aimed to identify and localize differences in connectivity parameters between individual patients and a control group of healthy volunteers.

Official Title
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Structural and Functional Connectivity in Partial Epilepsies Studied With MRI and MEG

Conditions
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Epilepsies

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: intracranial EEG recordings scheduled no neurological or psychiatric disease for healthy volunteers Exclusion Criteria: contraindication to MRI pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 55 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Epilepsy patients<br>Epilepsy patients selected before undergoing intracranial EEG recordings | |
| control group<br>Healthy volunteers | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Epileptic network assessed using structural and functional connectivity measures obtained with MRI and MEG | Structural connectivity will be assessed using diffusion tensor MRI including the following parameters: mean diffusivity and anisotropy at voxel level, fiber tractography. Functional connectivity will be assessed using Rs-FMRI or MEG signal correlation measures. Cortical parcellation will allow the location of connectivity parameters calculated using the graph theory. Structural and functional data from one given patient will be statistically compared those of the control group. | one year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Refractory partial epilepsies
A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Crossover Trial to Assess Subject Preference for Alprazolam Orally Disintegrating Tablets Compared to Conventional Alprazolam Tablets in Subjects With Anxiety

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This was a multicenter, open-label, randomized crossover trial comparing two treatments, Alprazolam ODT versus conventional alprazolam tablets, in subjects who were already taking conventional immediate-release alprazolam tablets for anxiety. The trial included five study visits (four periods of 7 3 -day duration): Screening (Visit 1), Treatment Period 1 (Visit 2), Treatment Period 2 (Visit 3), Final Visit (Visit 4), and Follow-up (Visit 5 [telephone visit]). At Visit 1, following screening, eligible subjects continued to take their own conventional alprazolam as prescribed by their physician. At Visit 2, eligible subjects were randomized in approximately equal numbers to one of two treatment sequences: Alprazolam ODT/ conventional alprazolam or conventional alprazolam/ Alprazolam ODT. Subjects continued taking alprazolam in accordance with the treatment sequence to which they were assigned, at the same dose regimen as their own prescribed alprazolam. At Visit 3, subjects crossed over to the alternate treatment until Visit 4. At Visit 4, subjects completed the Subject Preference Questionnaire, and a physical examination and clinical laboratory tests were performed. At the end of Visit 4, subjects resumed taking their own conventional alprazolam. The site made a follow-up telephone call 7 - 3 days after Visit 4 to assess the subject's health status.

Detailed Description
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See approved Package Insert for Adverse Event information.

Official Title
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A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Crossover Trial to Assess Subject Preference for Alprazolam Orally Disintegrating Tablets Compared to Conventional Alprazolam Tablets in Subjects With Anxiety

Conditions
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ANXIETY

Intervention / Treatment
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* Drug: Alprazolam orally disintegrating tablets


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Currently being treated with conventional alprazolam Exclusion Criteria: Dose of greater than 10 mg

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Drug: Alprazolam orally disintegrating tablets|nan|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
The Study of Molecular Risk Panels (70-gene Assay) in Chinese Breast Cancer Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study is experimental and will prospectively assess the proportion of patients in the two (2) MammaPrint Risk categories in patients of Chinese descent.

Detailed Description
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The incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women is lower than that of a Western population. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Chinese women and the incidence is rising. Moreover there are more premenopausal women with breast cancer where the breast cancer incidence peaks in the forties and the postmenopausal rise in incidence is less commonly seen. As the genetic predisposition to breast cancer is increasingly understood, it has been suggested that the differences in breast cancer incidence in different ethnic populations is potentially due to interactions between lifestyle and genetic characteristics. To date, the use of Agendia's gene expression assays in Chinese women has not been studied. In this study, the feasibility of the gene-expression prognostic assays for risk assessment in this specific group will be assessed. Moreover, the specific molecular characteristics and potential biomarkers will be studied, focusing especially on the large group of premenopausal breast cancer patients.

Official Title
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The Study of Molecular Risk Panels in Chinese Breast Cancer Patient Using Mammaprint, TargetPrint, BluePrint and Research Gene Panel Assays.

Conditions
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Chinese

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Females aged 18 year to 70 year, diagnosis of Stage I or Stage II (excluding those involving more than 3 lymph nodes) Breast Cancer Chinese descent Exclusion Criteria: Stage II Breast Cancer with more than 3 positive lymph nodes

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Women of Chinese Descent<br>Females of Chinese descent, aged 18 year to 70 year, diagnosed with Stage 1 or Stage 2 (excluding those involving more than 3 lymph nodes) breast cancer. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comparing MammaPrint with Clinical Risk Assessment | The MammaPrint risk assessment outcomes will be compared with conventionally used risk assessments determined by clinical parameters, standard staging and IHC analysis (Adjuvant! Online) in a population of Chinese patients with breast cancer. | 6 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Chinese women, Breast cancer