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Clinical trials sponsored by Niguarda Hospital, explained in plain language.
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New back position could make kidney tumor surgery faster and less painful
Disease control Recruiting nowThis study aims to find out if lying on your back is better than lying on your side during robotic surgery to remove small kidney tumors. Researchers will compare the newer 'on your back' position to the traditional 'on your side' position in 124 patients to see which leads to fe…
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:32 UTC
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Hidden heart clots: can new scans stop second strokes?
Diagnosis Recruiting nowThis study aims to see if advanced heart scans (MRI or CT) can find hidden blood clots in the heart that a standard ultrasound might miss in people who've had a certain type of stroke. Finding these clots could help doctors decide if a stronger blood-thinning medicine is needed t…
Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital • Aim: Diagnosis
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:42 UTC
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Blood test could replace risky heart biopsies
Diagnosis Recruiting nowThis study is testing whether a simple blood draw, called a liquid biopsy, can accurately tell if a mass in the heart is cancerous or not. It will involve about 26 people aged 12 and older who have been diagnosed with a heart mass. The goal is to see if this blood test can match …
Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital • Aim: Diagnosis
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:42 UTC
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Scientists decode liver Cancer's invisibility cloak
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study aims to understand why the body's immune cells sometimes fail to attack liver cancer. Researchers will analyze tumor tissue samples from 270 patients to identify the molecular signals that help cancer cells evade detection. The goal is to gather knowledge that could in…
Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:30 UTC
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Do Life-Saving blood filters also remove Life-Saving drugs?
Knowledge-focused Recruiting nowThis study aims to measure how much antibiotic medication is removed from the blood when ICU patients with severe septic shock and kidney failure are treated with a special blood-filtering machine. Researchers will enroll 20 adult patients to take blood samples before and after t…
Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:17 UTC