Hypertension trial stopped early
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A major trial looking at the best drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good. Experts believe this could have major implications for the treatment of millions
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Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said its experimental hypertension drug failed to meet all its goals in an effectiveness study, an outcome that will delay development and may lead to a new trial.
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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 leading drug used by millions of  people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from  heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other  treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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A study of recommended blood pressure drugs has produced a result even the researchers find hard to explain: Adding a calcium channel blocker to a diuretic was associated
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The government has halted a national sickle-cell study because two children suffered strokes and more than a dozen others developed dangerous conditions that put them at high risk of having a 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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Baxter International Inc. on Thursday said it halted a late-stage European trial of a flu vaccine because of higher-than-expected rates of fever and other symptoms.
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Decode Genetics Inc. said on Thursday it was halting its late-stage clinical trial program for an experimental oral heart attack drug after a formulation problem with the tablets cropped up.
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Tablets containing a combination of the blood pressure medication aliskiren and water pill hydrochlorothiazide have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a beta-blocker  drug -- usually for high blood pressure or heart failure --  significantly reduces the risk of bone fractures, according to  findings from a large population-based study. The effect was  seen whether or not the beta-blocker was taken with a diuretic  "water pill."
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An unexpected number of deaths among patients receiving intense therapy to lower their blood sugar forced the National Institutes of Health to abruptly cut short part of a major study on diabetes and heart disease
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A major trial comparing treatments to lower blood pressure has been stopped early after one therapy proved significantly more effective in preventing heart attacks and strokes, it was announced today.
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Patients in trials of drug treatments are being left in the lurch when the research finishes, doctors say.
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Trials of a new product designed to help women protect themselves from the AIDS virus were halted on Wednesday after women using it became infected at a higher rate than women not using it, researchers said.
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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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Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.