Clinical trials: sponsored by Karolinska Institutet
Self-hypnosis, Functional Bowel Disorder
Hypnotherapy With Audiofiles for Children and Adolescents With Disorders of Gut-brain Interactions in Sweden -a Feasibility Study
This study aims at testing the effect and feasibility of a new treatment strategy - hypnotherapy mediated with audio files - for children and adolescents with disorders of gut-brain-interaction (DGBI) in Sweden.
- Conditions
- Self-hypnosis, Functional Bowel Disorder, Functional Abdominal Pain Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT06493097
- Testing
- Gut-directed hypnotherapy via audio files
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Neck Pain
Spinal Pain and Autonomic Responses to Chiropractic Care
This randomized, single-blinded study will investigate the effects of Spinal Manipulative Therapy on Heart Rate Variability and Pain Sensitivity in a population of patients with recurrent and persistent neck pain.
- Trial name
- SPARC (NCT03576846)
- Testing
- Stretching and Spinal manipulative therapy, Stretching
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Attention Deficit Disorder
Neurofeedback and Working Memory Training for Children and Adolescents With ADHD
The purpose of this study is to investigate if neurofeedback and working memory training improves core symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- KITE (NCT01841151)
- Testing
- SCP training, Live Z-score training, WM training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
COMparison Between All immunoTherapies for Multiple Sclerosis.
The overarching goal of this study is to determine whether rituximab (RTX) offers effectiveness and safety advantages over other commonly used approved Disease-Modifying Drugs (DMT) in the largest real-world population-based…
- Trial name
- COMBAT-MS (NCT03193866)
- Testing
- Rituximab
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 3,526 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Colorectal Cancer
Feasibility of Home-based Preoperative Exercise in Older People
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the feasibility of recruitment procedure, intervention including compliance and the collaboration between in- and out patient clinics of preoperative home-based exercise in older people…
- Trial name
- NCT02895464
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Exposure-Based Treatment for Undifferentiated Somatic Symptom Disorder
This study investigates the feasibility of a general exposure-based treatment protocol that is intended to work for a large variety of patient groups with a clinically significant preoccupation with physical symptoms.
- Trial name
- SOMEX0 (NCT04511286)
- Testing
- Exposure
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Parkinson Disease, Physical Activity
Neuroplasticity in Parkinson´s Disease After Training
This project aims to determine the effects of the HiBalance program on neuroplastic changes in people with mild to moderate Parkinson´s disease.
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease, Physical Activity, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Neural Degeneration
- Trial name
- BETA-PD (NCT03213873)
- Testing
- HiBalance, Speech and communication therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Breast Cancer, Mammographic Density
Karolinska Interventional Study of Mammograhic Density (Karisma-1)
A feasibility study, randomising to either 10 or 20 mg of tamoxifen. The primary aim is to identify the time to mammographic density change and piloting the procedures.
- Trial name
- Karisma-1 (NCT04079517)
- Testing
- Tamoxifen
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Depression, Anxiety
A Transdiagnostic Course for Common Mental Health Problems in Primary Care
This study investigates the feasibility of a transdiagnostic course that is intended to work for a large variety of patient groups with clinically significant depression or anxiety in primary care.
- Trial name
- NCT04522713
- Testing
- Behavioral activation, evidence-based sleep strategies including sleep restriction, exposure-based strategies, promotion of physical activity and recuperating activities, psychoeducational material
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Primary Care
The feasibilty and preliminary comparative effectiveness of two methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy - metacognitive therapy and intolerance of uncertainty therapy - for primary care patients with generalized anxiety disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT03621371
- Testing
- Metacognitive therapy, Intolerance of uncertainty therapy
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Problematic AOD Use
Randomized Controlled Trial of eScreen for Problematic Drug Use
Objectives: This study compared the efficacy of eScreen in a two-armed randomized controlled design, measuring outcomes in terms of changes in problematic drug use up to one year after study recruitment.
- Trial name
- NCT01532388
- Testing
- eScreen
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Recurrent Low Back Pain, Persistent Low Back Pain
Chiropractic Maintenance Care of Persistent or Recurrent Low Back Pain
As low back pain is often a recurrent and sometime persistent problem, research into prevention is important. Chiropractors have traditionally treated patients with maintenance care, which means that patients are seen on a…
- Conditions
- Recurrent Low Back Pain, Persistent Low Back Pain, Chronic Low Back Pain
- Trial name
- NCT01539863
- Testing
- maintenance care, Treatment as needed
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 328 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Rectal Cancer
Sexual Function and Wellbeing in Males With Rectal Cancer
Preoperative radiotherapy and pelvic surgery is recommended to many patients with rectal cancer. For men there are theoretical reasons to believe that the treatment may effect hormone levels, spermatogenesis, sexual function and…
- Trial name
- NCT01216202
- Testing
- Preoperative radiotherapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Parkinson Disease
Effectiveness and Implementation of the HiBalance Program in Clinical Practice
This effectiveness-implementation study is a part of the larger study BETA-PD (Balance, Elderly, Training and Activity in Parkinson's Disease), which has the long-term goal to reduce the risk of falling in people with Parkinson's…
- Trial name
- BETA-PD (NCT02727478)
- Testing
- HiBalance training program
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Rectal Cancer
The Stockholm III Trial on Different Preoperative Radiotherapy Regimens in Rectal Cancer
Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) is recommended to many patients with localised rectal cancer, not previously treated with pelvic RT.
- Trial name
- Stockholm III (NCT00904813)
- Testing
- Short-course RT, Long-course RT
- Where
- 18 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Hip Fracture
Effects of Bisphosphonates and Nutritional Supplementation After a Hip Fracture
The study hypothesis is that nutritional supplementation together with bisphosphonates have a better preserving effect on bone mineral density (BMD) after hip fracture than bisphosphonates alone and that nutritional…
- Trial name
- NCT01950169
- Testing
- Risedronate, Nutritional supplement, Calcium and vitamin D3
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Rectal Cancer
Sexual Function and Wellbeing in Females With Rectal Cancer
Preoperative radiotherapy (RT) and pelvic surgery is recommended to many patients with rectal cancer. For women there are theoretical reasons to believe that the treatment may affect hormone levels, sexual function and wellbeing.
- Trial name
- NCT01216189
- Testing
- Preoperative radiotherapy
- Where
- 5 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 142 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Mother-infant Relational Disturbances
Mother-Infant Psychoanalysis Project of Stockholm
Mother-infant relationship disturbances broadly comprise three areas; maternal distress, infant functional problems, and relationship difficulties.
- Trial name
- MIPPS (NCT00923559)
- Testing
- Treatment as Usual at Child Health Centre, Mother-Infant Psychoanalytic treatment (MIP)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Abdominal Hernias and Other Abdominal Wall Conditions, Post-operative Pain
A Study to Evaluate Two Different Surgical Methods for Treatment for Abdominal Wall Diastasis
This is a three armed prospective randomized trial that will compare two different surgical techniques for reconstruction of the abdominal wall diastasis with a conservative treatment procedure.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Hernias and Other Abdominal Wall Conditions, Post-operative Pain, Recurrence
- Trial name
- NCT01586741
- Testing
- Quill suture application for repair or polypropylene mesh
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Ischemic Foot Ulcer
Intensive Insulin Treatment and Ischemic Foot Ulcer
We aim to investigate the relationship between skin microvascular function and the first hospitalization for ischemic foot ulcer in patients with type 1 diabetes former randomized during 7.5 years to intensified conventional…
- Trial name
- NCT01957930
- Testing
- Intensified insulin treatment, Standard treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet