Tag: clinical trials
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Long-Acting Drug Blocks Opioid Effects, Withdrawal
Findings from a clinical trial show a formulation of the drug buprenorphine given once a week blocks effects of subsequent opioid exposure and withdrawal symptoms.
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FDA Approves Skin Infection Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug that treats serious bacterial skin infections, including those often resistant to current antibiotics.
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Brain-Computer Device Tested with Consciousness Patients
Tests of a device designed for people with consciousness disorders to provide basic feedback to questions show the system can elicit and capture responses from these individuals.
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Symptom Alerts Linked to Longer Cancer Survival
A clinical trial shows cancer patients using an online system to report their symptoms have somewhat longer survival times than patients not using this service.
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Acne Drug Shown to Treat Early Multiple Sclerosis
A clinical trial in Canada shows a common and inexpensive antibiotic to treat acne can reduce the chance early-stage multiple sclerosis becomes a full-blown disease.
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Precision Medicine Trial Shows Reduced Pain, Opioid Use
A large-scale clinical trial tracking pain treatments guided by genetic testing shows large majorities of participants report less pain, with fewer individuals using opioid drugs.
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Trial Begins of Freeze-Dried Blood Plasma
A clinical trial is underway testing the safety and practicality of using a person’s own freeze-dried blood plasma for transfusions, substituting for frozen or liquid plasma.
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Smartphone Test Results Speed Hospital Patient Release
Results of lab tests sent to doctors’ smartphones can speed the release of emergency room patients by nearly a half-hour, according to a newly published study.
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Trial to Test Spherical Nanotech Brain Cancer Drug
An early-stage clinical trial will soon begin testing spherically-shaped nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Patent Awarded for COPD Dry Powder Inhaler Formula
A formulation for dry powder inhalers to treat respiratory diseases that its developers say delivers medication to the lungs more efficiently received a U.S. patent.