Insights: Clinical Trials May Not Represent Population
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The randomized clinical trial, widely considered the most reliable biomedical research method, can have significant drawbacks, a new study suggests.
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The outcome of a clinical trial that failed to show that Zetia has any medical benefits adds to concerns over the popular drug.
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Fools can draw too many conclusions from too little data.
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A report to be released on Friday finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical trials, The New York Times reports.
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The medical profession has a costly, little-known secret: Many treatments don&#39;t work all that well for many -- even most -- people.
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Doctors are missing key information they need to make decisions for cancer patients because some drug companies are not publishing clinical trials.
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Academic institutions and researchers are often seen as impartial actors in drug trials, but sometimes independence comes with strings attached.
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NEW YORK  - Despite being at increased risk   for illness and death, renal disease patients are frequently   excluded from randomized trials looking at treatments for   cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a report released   this week.
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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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Web data that showed a risk for a diabetes drug is likely to spur more efforts to publicly disclose drug study results.
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Cancer patients are being put at risk because of the refusal of drug companies to publish the results of clinical trials, scientists claimed yesterday.
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Often outsourced to developing countries with low-paid workers and few regulations, clinical trials are cheaper to conduct -- but there's a downside. In Bodyhack.
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We have today been informed of new clinical trial data for celecoxib (Celebrex), showing an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death (relative to placebo).
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.
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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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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer treatment trials that are funded by drug companies are more likely to show positive results than studies sponsored by other sources, new research suggests.
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More than a decade ago, a howl went up about the way new drugs were tested. Virtually all trials were limited to white males, even though some medical differences based on race are widely acknowledged.