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A Study of Respiratory Muscle Strength, including Effort-Independent Measures, in Subjects with Late-Onset Pompe Disease

The primary objective of this study is to compare respiratory muscle strength values obtained using volitional techniques with values obtained using non-volitional techniques. The secondary objective is to compare the change for these two sets of…

Effects of VERApamil versus metoprolol to prevent progression from Paroxysmal to persistent Atrial Fibrillation

We hypothesize that verapamil reduces progression from paroxysmal to persistent AF, improves rate control, exercise tolerance and quality of life and reduces costs compared to metoprolol.

Long-Term Multi-center Evaluation of E-Poly* and Regenerex* Cementless Acetabular Components: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes

The purposes of this long-term mutli-center study are: - To compare the long-term (10-year) radiographic and clinical outcomes of new E-Poly* liner in primary total hip arthroplasty with the conventional ArcomXL® polyethylene liner.- To compare the…

Immunological effect of early extra MMR immunization in infants between 6 and 12 months of age in an outbreak setting

Main: To assess the effect of an early extra measles immunization between 6and 12 months of age on the development of humoral and cell-mediatedimmunity against measles following routine MMR immunization at 14months of age.Secundary:Determine effect…

The predictive value of the acute effect of montelukast on an exercise challenge test for the outcome of longterm treatment with montelukast

What is the correlation between change in % fall in FEV1 (*FEV1) after an exercise challenge 20h after a single dose of montelukast and after 4 weeks of treatment with montelukast?

Endobronchial EZ-Blocker Compared to Left Sided Double-Lumen Tube for One-Lung Ventilation

The aim of the study is to compare the ease of placement, the incidence of malpositioning and the quality of lung deflation of a left DLT and a EZB. Secondly, the incidence and severity of damage to laryngeal, tracheal and bronchial structures…

International Second Immunoglobulin Dose in Guillain-Barre Syndrome patients with poor prognosis.

Primary objectiveTo determine whether a second IVIg dose in GBS patients with a poor prognosis improves functional outcome after 4 weeks.Secondary objectives To investigate whether: - a second IVIg dose in GBS patients with a poor prognosis improves…

Vincristine and concomitant azole therapy in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients - a pharmacokinetic study

Primary objective:To assess vincristine pharmacokinetics during concomitant azole therapy, which is given in the context of standard treatment (hence this concerns an observational and not an intervention study)Secondary objectives:- To evaluate the…

A prospective single-centre open label study on the efficacy and safety of 4 weekly pasireotide LAR administration in combination with or without weekly pegvisomant in previously controlled acromegaly subjects with combined treatment of long-acting somatostatin analogs and weekly pegvisomant.

The primary study objective is to assess the proportion of patients who remain within the IGF-I age adjusted normal limits with pasireotide LAR (60 mg) monotherapy, after 24 weeks of treatment.Secondary study objectives are assessment of the…

Benefits of the HiResolutionTM Bionic Ear System in Adults with Low-Frequency Hearing.

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that free field word recognition scores in quiet and noise with CI *ON* are significantly better than the best aided pre-implant scores in the ear to be implanted (contralateral ear plugged)…

A Multicenter, Prospective, Long-term Registry of Pediatric
Patients with Crohn*s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

The objective of this registry is to obtain long-term safety and clinical statusinformation on pediatric patients with IBD (ie, CD, UC, or IC).

Characterization of the immuno-modulatory effects of Tecfidera in multiple sclerosis patients: exploration of drug mechanism and methodological feasibility.

The main purpose of the study is to assess immune cell dynamics in Tecfidera-treated MS patients and untreated healthy subjects, and to explore whether differences in immune cell dynamics exist between both populations. The data generated in this…

How well is the efficacy of hepatitis A vaccination in elderly people?

React elderly >60 years of age just as good and quickly to hepatitis A vaccination as younger travellers?

Phase IV, one-day, single blood sampling study to investigate severe thrombocytopenia and autoimmune diseases in psoriasis subjects previously treated with Raptiva (efalizumab) in the framework of the European Observational Safety Study 25878 (CLEAREST).

PrimaryTo assess the prevalence of anti-efalizumab positivity in two sub-populations of psoriatic subjects trated with Raptiva® in the framework of the CLEARESTTM study:- Subjects developing adverse events (AEs) corresponding to pre-specified newly…

Inhibition of platelet activation by clopidogrel in type II diabetes mellitus patients

The objective of the study is to gain new insights in the causes of a higher clopidogrel resistence in type II diabetes mellitus patients

Effect of mild diarrhea on tacrolimus exposure

Primary objective: To assess the degree of tacrolimus over-exposure in renal transplant patients with mild diarrhea while on treatment with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil.Secondary objective: To assess the intra-individual variability of…

A MULTI-CENTER, POST MARKETING SURVEILLANCE STUDYTO MONITOR THE SAFETY AND PERFORMANCEOF THE BARRICAID® ARD IN THE TREATMENT OF BACK ANDRADICULAR PAIN CAUSED BY PRIMARY LUMBAR DISCHERNIATION

Safety and performance will be based on a comparison of overall success rates of the Barricaid ARDand either a concurrent group (nonrandomized) of control patients treated by conventional surgicalmethods (e.g., noninstrumented discectomy) at select…

Immune response to pandemische influenza A/H1N1 vaccination in the immunocompromised.

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Coronary versus Intravenous abCiximab administration during Emergency Reperfusion Of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction - the CICERO trial

To investigate whether IC administration of abciximab during primary PCI is superior to IV administration in improving myocardial perfusion in patients with STEMI.

Evaluation of cognitive function of patients treated with sunitinib or sorafenib (UMCONCO200904

Tot evaluate the cognitive function of patients treated with sunitinib or sorafenib for metastatic renal cell cancer or a GIST, in order to get more insight in the prevalence, typeand etiology of cognitive dysfunctioning during treatment with…