Participants Left Uninformed in Some Halted Medical Trials
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Drug and medical device makers will not be forced to disclose the results of clinical trials on some products that never reached the marketplace.
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A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.
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A combination of industry secrecy, lack of money and shortage of time is keeping the results of many clinical cancer trials locked away and depriving doctors of crucial information, campaigners said on Monday.
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&quot;In a survey of 660 patients who had cut back on their medications because they could not afford them, the majority didn&#39;t tell their physicians,&quot; said lead researcher John Piette, a career
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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The Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials, a federal investigator has found.
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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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Pre-clinical trial results are mixed, but mark a major step forward for developing human treatments.
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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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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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A study testing whether naproxen would reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease was halted after researchers noted an increase in heart attack and stroke among participants who were taking the pain reliever.
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Scientists and consumer groups say current patents are hindering research in a field that holds great medical promise.
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Because of PfizerÂs failed trial, drugs similar to torcetrapib from other companies could face greater scrutiny Â and delays Â in getting to market.
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A specific combination of drugs produced such encouraging results in blacks with heart disease that the trial was halted early so all the participants could take advantage of the therapy.
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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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News of the suspension of a study of the effects of two common pain relievers on elderly patients at risk of Alzheimer&#39;s disease evoked mixed reactions from area physicians and residents.
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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