and the Center for Clinical Studies (ZKS), as well as clinics in Germany, Austria, and Serbia. According to the German Medicines Act (AMG), the sponsor was MHH/ZKS. The study began in 2015 and received [...] a2415471 The study results were also presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Madrid at the end of August 2025 in the Hot Line Session, where new clinical studies that promise
register ASPIRE. The study leader is Professor Dr Marius Hoeper, Vice Director of the Department of Pneumology. Researchers compared three different patient groups In the study, the team compared three [...] pulmonary hypertension. The term "idiopathic" means that there is no tangible cause for the disease. A study group led by the Department of Pneumology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) has now taken a decisive [...] forms of pulmonary hypertension is increasing shortness of breath during physical exertion. For their study, the researchers used data from the COMPERA pulmonary hypertension register, one of the largest registers
Dittrich studies immunological mechanisms influencing inflammatory lung diseases in childhood. The focus is on inflammatory changes in bronchial asthma and cystic fibrosis. Through studies of mouse models [...] local principal investigator for a number of industry-sponsored intervention studies in the European Cystic Fibrosis Study Network (ECFS CTN). back to PFZ
students. 3.000 young people study at the MHH. Lectures and internships Since the winter semester 2005/2006, the Hanover Medical School has been offering the HannibaL model study program. Here the patient [...] year of study within the module "Diagnostic Methods I". Here, students are taught how to deal with parents and how to examine little patients on the children's wards. In the 4th year of study a two-week [...] pictures directly with the patient in small groups of 3-4 participants each. In the last year of studies, students who choose the subject pediatrics during the practical year are intensively prepared for
Study booths in the library Study booths MHH students can use the library's study booths to work on scientific papers or to prepare for exams in a concentrated manner. The lockable workspaces are equipped
and international studies at our CF center. National studies are mainly embedded in the network of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), international studies in the European CF study network ECFS-CTN [...] ECFS-CTN or the pediatric study network conect4children (c4c). In many of these studies, specific questions from us at the Hannover site are integrated. Within the DZL, we have gained a high expertise in complex [...] as washout lung functions (MBW) and MRI examinations of the lung, which we perform in our clinical study center and in collaboration with our colleagues from radiology. We also work closely with Prof. Tümmler's
affected. If left untreated, AML leads to death within a few weeks. Already last year, an international study with the participation of Professor Dr. Michael Heuser, Senior Physician at the Department of Hematology [...] of AML patients. Now the hematologist wants to investigate a similar approach in a new multicenter study. This will involve combining one of the drugs already being tested with another agent that has so [...] with chronic kidney disease. Volunteers are still being sought who would like to take part in the study. German Cancer Aid is funding the project with one million euros over four years. Combination therapy
therefore initiated a study program investigating the effect of early TPE in patients with early refractory septic shock (EXCHANGE study program). In a prospective non-randomized pilot study, we could demonstrate [...] patients with NOMI. We participate in a multi-center study to explore novel biomarkers for better diagnosing acute mesenteric ischemia (BIPAMI study). Crit Care. 2022 Apr 4;26(1):92. Therapeutic plasma [...] Nalbant and Klaus Stahl) initiated an ongoing multicenter, international, retrospective cohort study (Amanita-PEX study, NCT06187220) to investigate the effect of additive PEX compared to standard medical therapy
MHH CoCo study "The work is once again a great team success and the result of the CoCo study, which is made possible and supported by MHH employees," emphasises Professor Behrens. The CoCo study started [...] Omikron subline XBB.1.5. However, the effectiveness of the new boosters has not yet been proven. A study by the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) has now closed this [...] first paper on the new XBB.1.5-based vaccine from Biontech. As part of the "COVID-19 Contact (CoCo)" study at the MHH, 53 MHH employees who received the vaccine were examined. Their immune response was then
boys. Researchers at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) have now been able to show this in a European study. Although the mortality rate in children after kidney transplantation has fallen in recent decades [...] explain the higher mortality of girls with kidney failure," says Dr Rizky Sugianto, lead author of the study. "We show that girls with advanced chronic kidney disease are more prone to developing vascular stiffness [...] suffer more from limited kidney function and the waiting time for an organ, according to a European study they are also less likely than boys to receive a pre-emptive transplant, i.e. a transplant before