clinical trial

Researchers Discover New Risk Factor For Cardiovascular Disease,...

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:36 -0600

Scientists have discovered that having high levels of particular protein puts patients at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The results of the study were so conclusive that the clinical trial had to be stopped before its scheduled completion date.

Science in the News - Monday 3 November 2008

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0600

Hundreds of motor neurone disease sufferers are to be given a daily lithium pill in a clinical trial of a possible treatment for the devastating condition.

Clinical Trial For New Tuberculosis Vaccine

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:30:09 -0500

With annually 2 million deaths and 9 million new cases, there are more victims of tuberculosis than of any other infectious disease, apart from AIDS. Worsening the situation, many strains of tuberculosis are so resistant that they no longer respond to traditional treatment, making the necessity of a new tuberculosis vaccine more urgent than ever. For the first time in 80 years, a promising live tuberculosis vaccine has reached the clinical trial stage in Germany.

Clinical trial for new tuberculosis vaccine

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) With annually 2 million deaths and 9 million new cases, there are more victims of tuberculosis than of any other infectious disease, apart from AIDS. Worsening the situation, many strains of tuberculosis are so resistant that they no longer respond to traditional treatment, making the necessity of a new tuberculosis vaccine more urgent than ever. For the first time in 80 years, a promising live tuberculosis vaccine has reached the clinical trial stage in Germany.

Novel tuberculosis vaccine in Germany in clinical phase

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) For the first time in more than 80 years a promising live vaccine against tuberculosis has passed into the clinical phase in Germany: Since Monday of this week the new vaccine, which goes by the designation "VPM1002", has begun safety testing on volunteers in a Phase I clinical trial in Neuss, Germany.

For Coronary Artery Disease Patients, B Vitamins May Not Reduce ...

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:15:22 -0500

In a large clinical trial involving patients with coronary artery disease, use of B vitamins was not effective for preventing death or cardiovascular events, according to a study published in the Aug. 20 issue of JAMA.

First Gene Therapy For Heart Failure Offered In Clinical Trials

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:30:23 -0500

Could injecting a gene into a patient with severe heart failure reverse their disabling and life-threatening condition? Physician-scientists are setting out to answer that question in a first-ever clinical trial of gene therapy to treat severe heart failure.

Are HIV Prevention Gels Safe For Pregnant Women, Their Babies?

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:10 -0500

Clinical trials hoping to identify a vaginal microbicide that is safe and effective against HIV have all but skirted questions befitting evaluation of an approach intended primarily for sexually active women of childbearing age: What if a woman gets pregnant while using a product? Can exposure during pregnancy pose a risk to the fetus? Researchers will begin addressing these and other questions in the first clinical trial of a candidate vaginal microbicide in pregnant women.

Blood Substitute's Effectiveness And Safety Addressed In Large C...

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:45:20 -0500

A blood substitute's effectiveness and safety was addressed in a large Phase III clinical trial by academic and industry researchers.

Trial is first to see if HIV prevention gels are safe for pregna...

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Microbicide Trials Network) Clinical trials hoping to identify a vaginal microbicide that is safe and effective against HIV have all but skirted questions befitting evaluation of an approach intended primarily for sexually active women of childbearing age: What if a woman gets pregnant while using a product? Can exposure during pregnancy pose a risk to the fetus? Researchers will begin addressing these and other questions in the first clinical trial of a candidate vaginal microbicide in pregnant women.