Tag: clinical trials
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Stem Cell Treatments Show Benefit for ALS Patients
A clinical trial testing the safety of treatments derived from patients’ stem cells shows patients with ALS were able to slow the progression of their disease.
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FDA Approves MRI, Ultrasound Device for Tremors
FDA approved for marketing a device that combines ultrasound and MRI to treat essential tremors, a disorder marked by involuntary shaking of the hands.
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Leukemia T-Cell Trial Stopped After Patients’ Deaths
FDA halted a clinical trial testing engineered T-cells as a treatment for leukemia, after 3 participants died. Update: Juno to resume engineered T-cell trial.
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More Device Approvals, Higher Risks in Europe than U.S.
29 June 2016. An analysis of regulatory approvals and outcomes shows medical devices are reviewed and approved faster in Europe than the U.S., but also face more safety issues later on. A team from Kings College London and Harvard University published its findings yesterday in the journal BMJ. Researchers led by Aaron Kesselheim, a bioethicist…
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App Evaluates Chest Pain Patients for Discharge
A new iPhone app helps emergency physicians decide whether a patient with chest pain can be safely discharged from a hospital or needs further tests.
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Trial Shows Personalized Alzheimer’s Treatment Effects
A pilot test offers evidence of a personalized treatment combining changes in diet, exercise, brain stimulation, and medications can reverse cognitive decline.
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Glucose Drug Reduces Heart Disease in People with Diabetes
14 June 2016. A drug to reduce glucose levels was shown in a clinical trial to reduce serious heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes also at high risk of heart disease. Results of the late-stage trial testing the drug liraglutide, marketed by drug-maker Novo Nordisk under the brand name Victoza, appear in yesterday’s…
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Trial Underway Testing Drug to Reduce Chronic Cough
14 June 2016. A clinical trial testing a drug treating chronic cough — coughs continuing for 8 weeks or more — will begin recruiting participants in the U.K. to join other sites in the U.S. The U.K. sites are under the direction of National Institute for Health Research, testing a small molecule, or low molecular…
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FDA Approves Cholera Vaccine
13 June 2016. Food and Drug Administration approved for marketing the U.S. a vaccine to prevent cholera for travelers to regions in the world where contaminated food or water is causing the disease. Vaxchora by PaxVax Inc. in Redwood City, California is the first vaccine approved by the agency to prevent cholera. According to World…
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Clinical Center, Mobile Developer Partner on Diabetes Apps
9 June 2016. A clinical center specializing in metabolic disorders is collaborating with a designer of mobile diabetes software on research to upgrade and enhance the company’s apps. Financial terms of the agreement between Profil Institute for Clinical Research in Chula Vista, California and mySugr GmbH in Vienna, Austria were not disclosed. The company mySugr…