Clinical Trials Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 6th, 2003
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Breast Cancer - Can healthy bones help prevent metastasis?
Head and Neck Cancer - Faster radiotherapy more effective
Alcoholism - Chronic drinking increases cortisol during intoxication and withdrawal
Breast Cancer - Researchers develop model for early detection of breast cancer
Hip Replacement - 80% of patients eligible for minimally invasive surgery
Parkinson Disease - New clinical research study evaluates novel cell therapy
AIDS Therapy - Study: Patients can benefit from simplified antiretroviral treatments
Adverse Drug Effect - Vaginal natamycin treatment during pregnancy does not harm the fetus
Angina - Heart patients may benefit from VEGF gene transfer
Angiology - Fibrinolytic factors are not useful in predicting risk of thromboembolism
Anticancer Drugs - Marine-derived anticancer agents are evaluated in clinical trials
Aspergillosis - Better outcomes and cost savings for life-threatening fungal infections
Breast Cancer - Docetaxel and capecitabine improve survival in metastatic breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Phase II clinical trial of MDX-010 launched
Breast Cancer - Study tests examestane for use after 5 years of preventive tamoxifen
Cancer Immunotherapy - GeneMax Corp. announces agreement for the production of TAP cancer vaccine
Cancer Metastasis - Zoledronic acid is effective in managing metastatic bone disease
Cancer Therapy - Javlor (Vinflunine) enters in phase III clinical trials
Cardiac Arrhythmia - FDA grants approval to start atrial fibrillation study
Cardiac Arrhythmia - Patient enrollment completed in cryoblation study
Caregiver Health - Learning skills greatly limits stress for family caregivers, study finds
Colorectal Cancer - A medical nutriment has supportive value in the treatment of colorectal cancer
Diarrhea - Trial shows Probactrix is effective for treating diarrhea caused by antibiotics
Drug Delivery - AERx pain management system study data published
Endocrinology - Triphasic oral contraceptive decreases bone turnover in premenopausal women
Finance - Med-eMonitor developer completes bridge financing
Geriatrics - Alzheimer drug trials should include a brain biopsy for beta-amyloid level
Heart Disease - Acetaminophen may be best for patients on cardioprotective aspirin therapy
Hemophilia B - Clinical trials of Coagulin-B to resume
Hyperparathyroidism - New drug application submitted for cinacalcet HCl
Immunology - Two phase II clinical trials for Vitaxin begin
Information Technology - Alliance to bring added automation to Oracle clinical users
Legal Issues - Patent issued covering cremophor-free taxanes
Lung Cancer - Combined CPT-11 and ifosfamide is effective in relapsed SCLC
Market Analysis - Driving market uptake through successful physician messaging
Melanoma - Phase II study demonstrates vaccine effectiveness in half of patients
Melanoma - Positive results reported in phase III trial of Genasense plus chemotherapy
Melanoma - Two clinical milestones achieved for Vitaxin
Ovarian Cancer - New phase of Northern Ireland screening trial launched
Ovarian Cancer - Paclitaxel temporarily adds to the sensory neurotoxicity of cisplatin
Ovarian Cancer - Royalty rights to R1549 obtained by U.K. biotech company
Pain Relief - NWT 4000 preparing for clinical trials, expects to seek FDA approval
Pain Therapy - Positive phase III results for bicifadine, a novel, non-narcotic analgesic, announced
Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer - Financing secured for the development of cancer vaccines
Parkinson Disease - Company to assist Neurologix in management of gene therapy trial
Parkinson Disease - FDA response provided on special protocol assessment for Altropane
Personnel - Gennevois named VP of medical affairs at cardiovascular device company
Personnel - Zelefsky named to board of directors at pharmaceutical firm
Pharmaceutical Approvals - European Union approves Humira; FDA approves Depakote ER
Pompe Disease - Myozyme development program expanded
Prostate Cancer - Promising results reported on new protease activated therapy
Psoriasis - Clinical trials for Psoraxine initiated
Psoriasis - Design of trials in psoriasis provides lessons for clinical practice
Restenosis - Angioplasty device company starts clinical studies of catheter
Schizophrenia - FDA approves ABILIFY (Aripiprazole) sNDA
Staphylococcus - Company successfully completes StaphVAX immunogenicity study
Staphylococcus - Phase I study of Aurexis finished
Telemedicine - Home care trial planned for heart failure patients
Vitamin C - Vitamin C supplementation reduces constitutive ICAM-1 expression
West Nile Virus - Clinical trial of West Nile virus patients begins
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