Clinical trial

The healthcare industry’s perennial reliance on pharmaceuticals, from giants like Roche or Pfizer, while bolstering the quality of life for well-developed nations, often overshadows upcoming advances or developments in therapeutic treatment. A rather niche approach, bioelectronic medicine, is particularly attractive to the field of biomedical engineering, relying less on biochemistry than an integration of device and neurology. Georgina Casey, nursing lecturer at Auckland University of…

Brain tumors are responsible for a lot of deaths in children and adults. Indeed, even with advances in surgery, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy, numerous patients determined to have a threatening cerebrum tumor survive just months to weeks. Cerebrum tumors in the US, and, at present, normal survival is around 14 months for patients bearing the most harmful gliomas and treated with the standard treatment of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Quality treatment incorporates the transport…

publications, around 40–80% of medical information provided by healthcare practitioners is forgotten immediately” (Wasserzuga, Oshri, et. al.). This was proved through a clinical trial that was done to see how much information parents retained after going through the informed consent process for their child. “Based on our clinical experience, we hypothesized that parents do not comprehend all the information that is given to them by the surgeon at the time of the consent process” (Wasserzuga,…

1. a) Heroin is an illegal drug which is highly addictive. b) Steroid is a drug used by athletes to make them perform better. c) Statin is a medical drug which is used to reduce cholesterol levels. 2. a) What is the purpose of the Phase 1 trial? The drug should pass laboratory first. This is to check if they are toxic and if they could treat disease. After that they will be tested on cells and whole organs to see how they react on chemicals. After that a drug will be tested on animals, to find…

This was the first study to investigate the pharmacoeconomic impact of voriconazole versus posaconazole as antifungal prophylaxis in patients with AML. It showed that posaconazole is more cost-beneficial prophylactic agent than voriconazole. The cost per patient associated with initial prophylaxis was higher for voriconazole as compared with posaconazole. This difference in cost was mainly due to the fact that while posaconazole was only received as an oral formulation, three patients on…

Of all of the alternative therapies we researched, we expected it to have the least amount of clinical studies, definitely more than acupuncture. Unexpectedly, after researching the clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness of energy therapy, as well as better understanding the process behind the results, our initial feelings have been replaced by curiosity. We were surprised to find that…

the success and scientific evidence, some people still consider vaccines harmful. This belief has lead to a decline in vaccination rates and negative publicity towards vaccines. To ensure the safety of vaccines, vaccines must go through extensive clinical tests before…

Clinical Question Is citicoline effective in improving the recovery of acute ischemic stroke versus placebo? Evidence-Based Answer Six randomized, placebo-controlled trials have been conducted evaluating the efficacy of citicoline in improving the recovery in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The first study revealed citicoline to be more effective than placebo in patients with moderate to mild ischemic stroke. The following three trials by Clark et al focused on finding an effective dose…

Research based practice is an important element in nursing. Research supports our knowledge base and answers questions of clinical concern (Kearney-Nunnery p.88). Nurses need to ask questions of their environment and seek out knowledge on how to fix those problems. One way to encourage such practice amongst staff is to, hold monthly staff meetings and allow for open discussion about issues or concerns. Specifically in my department I would ask for volunteers for a committee to be made up of…

“dummy pill”. Basically, it’s false medication. According to the American Cancer Society website, it defines placebo as “a substance or other kind of treatment that looks just like a regular treatment or medicine, but it’s not. Placebos are used by clinical professionals to make individuals believe that they’re getting help from a “dummy pill”. Many people believe that placebos work because the consumer doesn’t know that it’s fake. This kind of thing is abundantly used and tested to make people…