Feds Halts Sickle Cell Study Due to Stroke
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A study aimed at determining if some children with sickle cell anemia could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy has been halted because two young patients who stopped getting the procedure suffered strokes and others developed a high chance of strokes.
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group of leading medical journals yesterday released a plan to stop publishing the results of clinical trials unless a test is registered at its outset in a public database.
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Pfizer Inc. on Friday said a government-sponsored cancer-prevention trial of its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking it had more than
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A government-sponsored trial of Pfizer Inc.'s  blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was halted after patients taking the medicine had more than twice as many heart attacks as patients taking a placebo, the company said on Friday.
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ATLANTA Doctors have halted a study on children with sickle cell anemia because two of the young patients have suffered strokes. The study was designed to determine whether children with the disease could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy.
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Unexpected number of deaths forces NIH to abruptly halt part of major diabetes study.
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Researchers in the US have halted a government study involving a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug known as Naproxen, brand Aleve, after data indicated possible increased heart risks associated with the painkiller.
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Roche Holding AG had ended its study of heart transplant patients after a higher than expected rate of acute organ rejection was found, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.
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Bayer HealthCare, a U.S.-based unit of Bayer AG  , stopped a late-stage trial of Nexavar in patients  with non-small cell lung cancer, after an independent data  monitoring committee concluded that the study would not meet  the main goal of improved overall survival.
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An international trial comparing blood-pressure lowering treatments has been stopped early due to the significantly better performance of one of the treatments in the trial.
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A study testing whether Celebrex or naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted Monday after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking naproxen, an over-the-counter pain reliever on the market for nearly 30 years.
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Troubled hospital products maker Baxter  International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage  European trial of its experimental flu vaccine because of  higher-than-expected rates of fever.
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A clinical trial of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex was shut down yesterday after researchers found an increase in the risk of serious heart disease and strokes in those taking the
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A specific combination of drugs produced such encouraging results in black patients with heart disease that the trial was halted early so all the participants could take advantage of the therapy.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The U.S. government announced Friday it has  halted the use of Celebrex in a cancer trial because of heart risks, and it is reviewing the safety of all its clinical trials using similar painkillers.
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Production of the blood-thinning drug heparin was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it.
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NEW YORK  - A new red blood cell substitute improved the survival of mice with sickle cell disease that were subjected to conditions to simulated a sickle cell crisis, Canadian researchers report in the medical journal Anesthesiology.