Chinese Pla General Hospital
Clinical trials sponsored by Chinese Pla General Hospital, explained in plain language.
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Ancient herbs meet modern viruses in fight against untreatable pneumonia
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study aims to see if combining a traditional Chinese herbal formula with a special virus therapy can help people with severe pneumonia caused by bacteria that don't respond to standard antibiotics. Researchers will enroll 240 adults with this hard-to-treat infection to test …
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 23:26 UTC
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Engineered virus teams up with immune drug to attack tough liver tumors
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis early-stage study is testing the safety and initial effectiveness of a new two-part treatment for advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver and hasn't responded to standard therapies. About 25-30 patients will receive injections of a genetically engineered viru…
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 31, 2026 12:12 UTC
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Tailored treatment for seniors battling dangerous fungal lung infections
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study aims to find the best personalized dose of the antifungal drug isavuconazole for people over 60 with serious lung fungal infections. Researchers will check drug levels in the blood and see how patients respond to different doses to improve treatment safety and effectiv…
Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:32 UTC
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Sound waves target brain to stop seizures
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis early-stage study is testing a non-surgical procedure that uses focused sound waves guided by an MRI machine to treat a small area deep in the brain. The goal is to see if this approach is safe and can reduce the number of seizures in adults whose epilepsy is not controlled …
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:30 UTC
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Smart dosing aims to outsmart superbugs in the elderly
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study aims to create a personalized dosing system for a powerful antibiotic called ceftobiprole in patients aged 60 and older. It will enroll 150 older patients to measure drug levels in their blood and adjust their doses in real-time. The goal is to find the perfect dose fo…
Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:38 UTC
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Virus vs. superbug: new hope for untreatable pneumonia
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study tests a new treatment for a severe type of pneumonia that doesn't respond to antibiotics. It will involve 248 patients on breathing machines who have infections from 'superbugs.' The treatment uses special viruses, called bacteriophages, inhaled into the lungs to targe…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 24, 2026 12:03 UTC
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New drug duo targets Tough-to-Treat stomach and pancreatic cancers
Disease control Not yet recruitingThis study is testing whether combining two drugs, tunlametinib and an anti-EGFR antibody, can help control advanced colorectal or pancreatic cancer in patients whose cancer has a specific genetic change called a RAS mutation. It will involve about 90 adults whose cancer has wors…
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:16 UTC
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Spray could ease agony of surgery drainage tubes
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing if a simple spray of numbing medicine into the chest during lung surgery can reduce the sharp pain patients often feel from their drainage tubes afterward. Researchers will compare two different numbing sprays against a placebo spray in 300 adults having min…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 23:25 UTC
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Zap the ear, calm the mind? new trial tests simple device to ease surgery side effects
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing if a gentle, non-invasive stimulation of a nerve in the ear during heart surgery can help prevent post-surgery confusion (delirium) and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression. About 270 patients having planned heart surgery will be randomly assigned to re…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:34 UTC
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Anesthesia drug tested to calm minds of depressed cancer patients during surgery
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing if giving a low dose of the drug esketamine during surgery can help reduce anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients who already have mild to severe depression. It will involve 142 women undergoing breast cancer surgery. Researchers will compare those…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:30 UTC
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Ketamine during surgery: a new hope for calming cancer Patients' fears?
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing if giving a low, continuous dose of a drug called esketamine (related to ketamine) during breast cancer surgery can help reduce the anxiety and depression many patients feel around their operation. It will involve about 218 patients and will measure their em…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:28 UTC
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Ketamine cousin tested to calm minds of depressed breast cancer patients during surgery
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study aims to see if giving the drug esketamine during surgery can help reduce anxiety and depression symptoms in breast cancer patients who also have severe depression. It will involve about 240 female patients undergoing breast cancer surgery. Researchers will compare thos…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 25, 2026 14:09 UTC
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Ear stimulation during surgery aims to ease patient fears
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing if a gentle, non-invasive stimulation of a nerve in the ear during breast cancer surgery can help reduce feelings of anxiety and depression that often occur around the time of an operation. About 232 patients will be randomly assigned to receive either the r…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 24, 2026 12:02 UTC
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One device to monitor everything: new tech aims to simplify surgery monitoring
Symptom relief Not yet recruitingThis study is testing whether a single medical device called Medstrom can effectively monitor pain, sedation level, and muscle relaxation during colon cancer surgery. Currently, doctors use multiple separate devices for these measurements, which can be complicated and sometimes g…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Symptom relief
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:19 UTC
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Brain scan may predict dangerous Post-Surgery confusion
Knowledge-focused Not yet recruitingThis study aims to find out if a special brain scan taken before surgery can predict which older patients with type 2 diabetes are most likely to experience confusion and delirium after an operation. Researchers will enroll 154 patients scheduled for liver tumor surgery and measu…
Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:35 UTC
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Scientists track how pee problems predict other illnesses in seniors
Knowledge-focused Not yet recruitingThis study aims to understand the relationship between urinary function (like bladder control and flow) and the development of other common age-related health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. It will follow 500 Beijing residents aged 60 and olde…
Sponsor: Chinese PLA General Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Mar 10, 2026 12:52 UTC