Clinical trials: sponsored by Karolinska Institutet
Medical Abortion
'No-test' Tele-abortion: a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial
Brief Summary The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a no-test telemedicine medical abortion model can provide abortion care that is as effective and safe as standard clinic-based medical abortion care among women…
- Trial name
- OPTIMISE (NCT07868991)
- Testing
- no-test medical abortion, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- 10 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 978 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
COVID 19, Respiratory Synctial Virus
COMMUNITY - the COVID-19 Immunity Study
The principal aim of the COMMUNITY study is to investigate immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or vaccination in healthcare workers and hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
- Conditions
- COVID 19, Respiratory Synctial Virus, Influenza Virus, SARS-CoV-2 Virus
- Trial name
- COMMUNITY (NCT06784739)
- Testing
- Blood sampling, Mucosal sampling, PCR-test
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danderyd Hospital
Wrist Osteoarthritis
Web-based Rehabilitation After Surgical Salvage Procedures for Wrist Osteoarthritis
Wrist osteoarthritis is often caused by past trauma to the wrist. The primary symptom is joint pain. Salvage surgery is the final solution if exercise therapy, analgesics, orthoses, or cortisone injections fail to relieve pain.
- Trial name
- NCT06814821
- Testing
- Web-based rehabilitation, Standard rehabilitation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Hypotension (MeSH: D007022)
Carotid Artery Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Cardiac Output During Anesthesia in Children Aged 0-5 Years
Blood pressure is routinely monitored during anesthesia in children, but blood pressure alone may not accurately reflect blood flow to vital organs.
- Trial name
- CARFLOW (NCT07847203)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Stroke, Acute Ischemic Stroke
Mobilisation After Endovascular Stroke Treatment
The goal of this observational study is to learn how the timing of mobilisation after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) affects complications in patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Acute Ischemic Stroke AIS, Endovascular Thrombectomy
- Trial name
- MAESTRO (NCT07860333)
- Testing
- Mobilisation
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Intensive Care Patients, Intensive Care Unit Patients
The Intensive Care Platform Trial
Among critically ill patients, many die, and many of the survivors and their family members struggle for years with reduced quality of life. Critically ill patients are treated in intensive care units (ICUs).
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Patients, Intensive Care Unit Patients, Critical Illness
- Trial name
- INCEPT (NCT06667999)
- Testing
- Albumin, No albumin use, LMWH in weight-adjusted dose
- Where
- 40 sites in Austria, Denmark and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Anders Perner
PostCovid
Interprofessional Rehabilitation for Patients With Post-COVID Condition
Since 2020, millions of individuals have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus and a substantial proportion continue to experience persistent symptoms that impair functional capacity, limit daily activities, and negatively affect…
- Trial name
- Post-COVID (NCT07821385)
- Testing
- Interprofessional cognitive group rehabilitation
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Danderyd Hospital
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Overweight and Obesity
Dietary Strategies for Remission of Type 2 Diabetes
In this project, the investigators will perform a multicenter randomised controlled trial to determine whether advice to consume a moderate, whole food-based low-carbohydrate high-fat (LCHF) ad libitum diet (CarbCount program)…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Overweight and Obesity, Hypertension, Glucose Intolerance
- Trial name
- CARBCOUNT (NCT04943926)
- Testing
- Energy restricted diet, Low carbohydrate high fat diet
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Breast Cancer Survivorship
To Live Better After Breast Cancer Treatment
The most common cancer among women in Sweden is breast cancer. Advances in treatment have improved survival, but these advances have come at a steep price since most treatments impose substantial morbidity and burden on patients…
- Trial name
- NCT06471452
- Testing
- Interaktor
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Hyperkalemia, Chronic Kidney Disease (Stages 4 and 5)
Safety of a Healthy Plant-based Diet With Higher Potassium Content, Compared to a Healthy Plant-based Diet With Limited Potassium Content in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study
For many years, people with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been advised to limit their intake of potassium, a mineral found in many foods such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and nuts.
- Trial name
- SAFE-K (NCT07494266)
- Testing
- Healthy plant-based diet (healthy-PBD), Potassium-restricted plant-based diet
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
Molecular and Clinical Studies of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
The goal of this observational study is to learn whether tumors of bone and soft tissue can be sorted into groups by their genes. Today these tumors are named mainly by how they look under a microscope.
- Trial name
- NCT07822204
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
HDV, HDV Infection
D-SOLVE Cohorts (Cohort A and B)
Hepatitis D is by far the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis, frequently leading to liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma and death.
- Conditions
- HDV, HDV Infection, Chronic Liver Disease
- Trial name
- HDV750 (NCT06160635)
- Where
- 4 sites in Germany, Italy and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 750 people
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
Vulvar Cancers
Comparative Trial Between Open and Single-port Robotic-assisted Groin Lymphadenectomy in Vulvar Cancer
Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma is a rare cancer that is usually treated with surgery. Some patients need removal of lymph nodes from one or both groins, called inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy.
- Trial name
- SP-RAIL (NCT07853287)
- Testing
- Inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Cervical Cancer Screening, HPV Infection
Risk of Cervical Cancer Following Incident, Persistent and History-unknown HPV Detection
The goal of this register-based retrospective observational study is to understand the risk of cervical cancer following incident, persistent and history-unknown HPV detection by HPV genotype in healthy women participating in…
- Trial name
- NCT07850128
- Testing
- No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 130,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Acute Kidney Injury
Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Children Undergoing Major Non-cardiac Surgery
This project aims to conduct an international, prospective, multicentre, observational study to determine the incidence of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury (PO-AKI) in hospitalized children after noncardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- POAKIDS (NCT07351149)
- Where
- 16 sites in Australia, Brazil and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Advanced Ovarian Cancer
The IPLA-OVCA Trial, Intra-Peritoneal Local Anaesthetics in Ovarian Cancer
Surgery and chemotherapy combined constitute first line treatment in women with advanced ovarian cancer. The aim of surgery apart from staging is cytoreduction, i.e. surgical resection of tumour.
- Trial name
- IPLA-OVCA (NCT04065009)
- Testing
- Ropivacaine, Saline Solution
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Acute Kidney Injury
Frailty and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Receiving CRRT
This nationwide observational cohort study will investigate the association between frailty, chronological age, and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in Sweden.
- Trial name
- CRRT-AF (NCT07837219)
- Volunteers
- 22,000 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Food Allergy, Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergy
Slow Multiallergen Oral Immunotherapy in Young Children
The aim is to study whether a multiallergen oral immunotherapy (OIT) strategy with slow up-dosing and low treatment dose against food allergy in young children (0.5-3 years) is safe and effective, a method to cure food allergy…
- Trial name
- InFO (NCT06533462)
- Testing
- Multiallergen powder
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
RSV Immunisation
RSV Immunogenicity Study in the Elderly (RISE)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infections leading to hospitalizations in infants and in elderly.
- Trial name
- RISE (NCT07203365)
- Testing
- This study examines immune response differences Arexvy between individuals aged 80+ and adults aged 60-65
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karin Karin Loré
Hip Osteoarthritis
MOVE-HIP: Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Versus Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Activity Monitoring
MOVE-HIP is a pragmatic, multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing ceramic hip resurfacing arthroplasty with contemporary total hip arthroplasty in adults with symptomatic hip osteoarthritis who are considered clinically…
- Trial name
- MOVE-HIP (NCT07839403)
- Testing
- Ceramic-on-Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty, Contemporary Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Danderyd Hospital