Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 17, 2008
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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An updated analysis of data from studies of anemia drugs used with cancer treatments showed that they increase risk of death and blood clots, an industry newsletter reported on Friday.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Therapeutic vaccines to fight ovarian and breast cancer are in the first stage of clinical trials to determine their safety and effectiveness, researchers report.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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Human Genome Sciences, Inc. announced today that it has begun dosing patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial of HGS-ETR1 (agonistic human monoclonal antibody to TRAIL Receptor 1) in patients with advanced ...
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New data, from the landmark ATAC (âArimidex&#39;, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) trial, is presented today at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, USA.
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More than 200,000 heart tests from  patients in prescription drug trials will be collected in a  database so scientists can search for clues about potentially  dangerous cardiac side effects, U.S. health officials said on  Wednesday.
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More than 200,000 heart tests from   patients in prescription drug trials will be collected in a   database so scientists can search for clues about potentially   dangerous cardiac side effects, U.S. health officials said on   Wednesday.
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BioSante releases more info on the pivotal studies for its lead drug.
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NEWS: In 2002, weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research about the drug, nevirapine, was flawed
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The world's leading drug companies have promised to publish more data about clinical trials into new medicines to reassure the public about their safety.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers may be able to determine the effectiveness of anti-angiogenic cancer drugs by measuring levels of a type of blood cell.
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China&#39;s SARS vaccine trials are expected to be completed by January as clinical experiments are going smoothly, state media reports.
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Many clinical cancer trials are not published in order to keep industry secrets. A British cancer research group calls for all studies to be published -- even those with marginal results -- so doctors are not misled.
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THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that the timing of when a woman receives the breast cancer drug Herceptin can influence its effect on her heart.
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MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Little more than one in eight phase II cancer clinical trials with encouraging results go forward to the larger, phase III stage that&#39;s needed to bring a new therapy to patients, a new study finds.
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In a clinical trial of about 200 patients, an experimental drug from Eli Lilly lessened schizophrenia symptoms without the serious side effects of current treatments, according to a paper published Sunday in the journal Nature.