Wien, Austria Clinical Trials

M Michale Bergmann, MD

PD-L1 PET Imaging During Neoadjuvant (Chemo)Radiotherapy in Esophageal and Rectal Cancer

The overall aim of this pilot study is to prospectively monitor programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression dynamics in vivo, during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCPRT) in rectal and esophageal cancer by a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging approach.

M Michael Trauner, MD

Norursodeoxycholic Acid vs. Placebo in NASH

This is a double-blind, randomised, multi-centre, placebo-controlled, comparative, phase IIb trial. The trial will be conducted with three treatment groups in the form of a parallel group comparison and will serve to compare oral treatment with either 1500 mg/d or 1000 mg/d norUDCA tablets vs. placebo tablets for the treatment …

P Pia Baldinger-Melich, MD, PhD, PD, Assoc. Prof.

Comparison of Esketamine/Propofol and Methohexital Anesthesia for ECT

The current anesthetic drug used as standard for ECT procedure at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, is the barbiturate methohexital (Brevital®). As far as we know, methohexital is the most common anesthetic in the procedure of ECT. Only few heterogeneous randomized controlled trials to directly …

J Julia Eckl-Dorna, MD, PhD

Moving Towards Precision Medicine in United Airways Disease: Unraveling Inflammatory Patterns in Asthmatic Patients With or Without Nasal Polyps

Asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, asthma from the lower part, and CRS, from the upper part. In theory, these parts are correlated as if they are one single organ, namely "united airways", which means that if one is affected by any condition, the …

M Marita Windpassinger, MD

Effects of Different Types of General Anesthesia on Postoperative Pupillary Reactivity

Objective: To compare the effects of volatile and intravenous anesthetics on pupillary function after general anesthesia using a portable infrared pupillometer. Design: A monocentric, prospective, double blinded randomized study. Patients: Patients who require elective Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgery under general anesthesia. Interventions: Patients undergoing elective ENT surgery will …

K Kristina Bertl

A Modified Sinus Floor Elevation Technique - a Pilot Study on 12 Patients

The aim of the present study is to establish a modified minimally invasive surgical technique for sinus floor augmentation with a residual bone height of 3-6mm. Hypothesis: The investigators expect that the present surgical technique allows to achieve an adequate implant bed of at least 10mm height after a healing …

S Sven Schneider, MD

Contribution of Nasal IgE Production to the Boost of Systemic Allergen-specific IgE Upon Nasal Allergen Contact

IgE-associated allergies are consistently on the rise forming an enormous wellbeing concern and affecting about 25% of the population around the world, with main prevalence in developed nations. Birch pollen is one important allergen driving allergic conjunctivitis and rhinitis. The characteristics and location IgE producing cells in the nose and …

T Tanja Stamm, PhD

Tele-reha Versus Paper-based Aftercare Programme Following Inpatient Rehabilitation

The goal of this three-armed, observer-blinded, randomised controlled trial is to (i) to implement a telerehabilitation intervention in routine care after an inpatient rehabilitation stay for people insured with the Social Insurance Institution for the Self-Employed (SVS), (ii) to evaluate the impact of telerehabilitation on the consolidation of goals achieved …

M Martin H Bernardi, MD

Haemoadsorption During Heart Transplantation

To investigate whether the use of haemoadsorption (HA) on cardiopulmonary bypass during heart transplantation (HTX) has an effect on circulating cytokine levels for the first 120 hours after HTX and induces a decreased inflammatory response, increased anti-inflammatory response or immunosuppressive response. Additionally, the influence of HA on primary graft dysfunction, …

Retinal Neuro-vascular Coupling in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 2.3 million patients worldwide, with a global median prevalence of 33 per 100,000. MS is diagnosed at an average of 30 years and affects twice as many women as men. MS is traditionally diagnosed by the presentation of lesions of the central nervous system, disseminated …