- Promote clinical research according to Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP).
- Develop national clinical research network
- Consolidate fundamental and experimental findings by the conduct of clinical research
- Provide access to new and innovative therapeutic approaches through means of a clinical study.
ACTIVITIES
145 patients enrolled in total in 14 trials covering 5 different therapeutic fields.
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3 ongoing academic trials:
A public health study (nutrition and cardiovascular disease) in collaboration with the Neurology department at Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), counting 40 patients included and followed up over a period of 4 months.
Further CIEC is supporting the IBBL (Integrated BioBank of Luxemburg) in a Lung Cancer Study in association with the CHL in means of patients’ clinical data as well as tissue, saliva and blood collections. The data and samples of 17 patients have been collected so far.
Finally a single center radio-diagnostic study using FNa18 in orthopedic diseases is in preparation in collaboration with CHL. - I5 clinical trials sponsored by Pharma Industry were initiated in Luxembourg: 3 oncology studies, 1 cardiovascular and 1 endocrinology trial, all ongoing and recruiting.
- The coordination and logistic of 5 ongoing clinical trials at the CHL was taken over by the CIEC, including 2 Investigator Initiated Trials (IIT) run in collaboration with Belgian University Hospitals.
Publications
Presentations
- Clinical research in Luxembourg: the role of the Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation Center (CIEC)
- Personalized Medicine Separating the Hope from the Hype, by Prof. Stephen Senn
- Development of Allergy Markers Dr. Christiane Hilger
- COPD clinical research in Luxembourg by Dr. Schlesser
- Optimisation of clinical intervention after knee soft tissue injuries, by Caroline Mouton
- Neuro-Oncology on the Map: Concerted Efforts for Brain Tumor Patients in Luxembourg by Dr. Frank Hertel and Dr. Simone P. Niclou
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Pro Active Follow-up of Cancer Patients in Luxembourg Chemotherapy safety follow-up: current status & opportunities for implementation of a proactive
programme in Luxembourg by Dr. Stefan Rauh - Highlighting the impact of headache in Europe by Dr.Colette Andrée
- Epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in Luxembourg findings from ORISCAV-LUX study by Dr. Ala’a Alkerwi
- Risk Factors and Disease Prevalence in 3331 Personal Check-up’s Performed in Preventive Medicine Between 2006 and 2011. Cross-sectional and Follow-up Study by Dr. Keipes
- Telemedecine Outil pour améliorer la qualité des soins dans un contexte d’extrême insécurité? L’ expérience en Somalie par Dr. L. Ayada
