Insel Gruppe Ag, University Hospital Bern

This study is testing if a procedure called renal denervation can reduce episodes of atrial fibrillation (AFib) in patients whose irregular heartbeat keeps coming back after a standard ablation treatment. The procedure targets nerves near the kidneys to calm the nervous system, w…

This study is testing whether a simple, automated computer alert can help doctors in a hospital use antibiotics more appropriately. The alert reminds doctors to review a patient's antibiotic prescription after 72 hours to see if it's still needed or can be changed. Researchers wi…

This study is testing a new, shorter radiation treatment for men whose prostate cancer has come back in the area where the prostate was removed. The treatment involves just five high-dose radiation sessions, combined with six months of hormone-blocking drugs. Researchers want to …

This study compares two different medical procedures used to treat a common type of irregular heartbeat called paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Both procedures work by isolating the problematic heart veins, but one uses a newer pulsed field energy method while the other uses the s…

This large international study aims to improve treatment for people receiving heart devices like pacemakers. Researchers want to identify which patients are most at risk of developing heart damage from their devices before implantation happens. By creating a personalized risk sco…

This study aims to understand how the community of bacteria in the gut changes during abdominal surgery and whether these changes are linked to infections at the surgical site. Researchers will observe 120 patients undergoing planned abdominal surgery, collecting samples from the…

This study aims to better understand how blood flow in the urethra relates to urinary control. Researchers will use advanced ultrasound imaging on 35 people with stress urinary incontinence and 35 people without it. The goal is to gather knowledge that could improve future diagno…

This study aims to find the best emergency technique to create an airway in infants when standard breathing tubes fail. Doctors will practice and compare two different methods on rabbit models designed to mimic a real, stressful emergency. The goal is to see which technique is fa…