Tag: clinical trials
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Foundation Medicine, Sarah Cannon Partner on Cancer Trials
Foundation Medicine, a cancer diagnostics company, and Sarah Cannon Research Institute plan to apply genomic testing of patients’ tumors in clinical trials of personalized treatments.
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Preventive Drugs Offer No Benefit for Children’s Migraine
A clinical trial testing drugs for depression and seizures, but sometimes prescribed to prevent migraines, shows the drugs to be no better than a placebo in preventing migraines among children.
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Skin Patch Shown to Increase Peanut Tolerance in Children
A skin patch worn by children with peanut allergies was shown in a clinical trial to increase the wearers’ tolerance for peanuts by 10 times after 1 year.
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Trial to Test Drug Combination for Hospital Infections
A clinical trial scheduled for early 2017 plans to assess the activity of two drugs to treat antibiotic-resistant infections often found in health care facilities.
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ALS Soy Peptide Trial Completes Enrollment
A clinical trial testing a peptide found in soy as a potential treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS completed its enrollment of 50 participants.
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Clinical Trial Network for Lupus Formed
A network of medical researchers is being assembled to conduct clinical trials to test new therapies for lupus and drugs approved for other disorders that may also treat the disease.
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Trial Testing Retina Cell Implants for Glaucoma
A new clinical trial is testing implants to treat glaucoma made of genetically engineered retina cells that release hormones promoting optic nerve growth.
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Trial Shows Ovarian Cancer Drug Safety, Therapy Potential
A clinical trial shows an experimental therapy addressing a common cancer-causing mutation is safe, with early indications of its efficacy against ovarian cancer.
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Grant Funding Study of Gut Microbe Protection Drug
A biotechnology company developing drugs that protect the natural microbial balance in the gastrointestinal tract is receiving funds to learn how its drugs affect antibiotic resistance.
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Adverse Effects Reports in Cancer Trials Seen Lacking
A review of clinical trials testing targeted treatments or immunotherapies for cancer show most of the studies got low scores on a standard scale for reporting adverse side effects.