Clinical Trials

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Clinical trials are research studies that test how well new medical approaches work in people (see Question 1).
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Clinical trials evaluating Cox-2 inhibitors in combination with Camptosar are ongoing in an attempt to improve the treatment of colon cancer.
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Clinical trials involving RotaTeq showed no increased risk of intussusception associated with the vaccine.
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Clinical trials are important to the development of new lung cancer treatments. How can they help you?
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Clinical trials using various investigative approaches are under way. It is not clear if there is a role of a second debulking surgical procedure.
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Clinical trials
Your doctor may ask whether you're willing to take part in a clinical trial. These are research studies involving patients that compare a new or different type of medical care with the best treatments currently available.
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Clinical trials continue regarding the use of Zenapax in conjunction with CellCept and prednisone without cyclosporine in kidney transplant recipients as well as use in liver transplant patients.
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Clinical trials are underway and mostly concentrate upon optimizing treatment of gastric MALT lymphomas that involve H. pylori.
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Clinical trials and experimental therapies are available for patients with relapsed high-grade gliomas at specialized centers. Current trials include novel medications as well as new methods for the delivery of more traditional agents.
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In clinical trials, requirements that must be met for an individual to be included in a study.
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AIDS CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP (ACTG): A group of U.S. medical centers that evaluate treatment for HIV and HIV-associated infections.
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As with many clinical trials, placebo ('dummy') drugs were used as a way of ensuring more accurate results.1
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Of the two recorded clinical trials investigated, both were positive and suggest that Chinese herbs are more effective than a placebo. However, more trials are needed, particularly in relation to potential adverse side effects.
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The Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Research Network (ICCRN) is a product of two NIDDK programs: the Interstitial Cystitis Database (ICDB) Study and the Interstitial Cystitis Clinical Trials Group (ICCTG).
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Limited clinical trials suggest the immunity lasts for at least six years. The only significant adverse reaction detected in clinical studies was pain and redness at the injection site.
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Placebo An inert substance often used in clinical trials for comparison. Platelet (Plt) Cells in the blood that are responsible for clotting. Platelet count The number of platelets in a blood sample.
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Until recently, estrogen had been thought to reduce the incidence of heart attack and stroke in postmenopausal women, but recent clinical trials, known as the Women's Health Initiative, have thrown doubt on that theory.
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Uncontrolled Clinical Trials . A clinical trial that does not involve a control treatment. Any study that does not have a control group consisting of patients treated and followed up over the same time period as those in a treated group.
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The hormone replacement therapy (HRT) portion of a large set of clinical trials called the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was ended 3 years early because of a small but unacceptable increase in the rate of breast cancer among the women taking a ...
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Clinical trial: See: Clinical trials. See also: Inconclusive clinical trial; Negative clinical trial; Non-inferior clinical trial; Positive clinical trial.
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Four percent of women using the cervical cap in clinical trials had an abnormal Pap smear after 3 months of use, as compared to 1.7% among diaphragm users.
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Treatment of partners has not been shown in clinical trials to be effective in eradicating BV but it is sometimes suggested to women with recurrent BV.
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It is approved for use alone but clinical trials have tested the ability of the antibody to be used in combination with the purine analogs pentostatin, fludarabine, and cladribine, and rituximab, a monoclonal antibody specific for the CD20 antigen, ...
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Pravachol is the most studied statin (cholesterol-lowering drug) in clinical trials. It is used to decrease LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels and increase the HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) level.
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A person with vascular dementia needs a strong support system and a concerned, loving caregiver. There are a few medications currently undergoing clinical trials that are showing some hope for medical treatment of vascular dementia.
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