Questions tagged [clinical-study]
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Are there current studies about long term development of WPW in children?
Our daughter was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) at zero weeks age in April 2014.
I found a very interesting study from 1990 that talks about the long term development of WPW. It can be summarized as:
Among those whose…
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Do side effects spoil blind studies?
One group is given a newly developed medication X, and the other group placebo. If X has noticeable side effects, like extra sleepiness, change in appetite, tremors, etc, wouldn't the participates in group 1 realize that they're given the real…
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what is the difference between clinical trial study and clinical study?
Can every study that is focused on evaluating the effect of a drug in humans be regarded as a clinical trial study? For example: A study is conducted to find the effect of "Azadirachta indica" on hypertension in humans. Can this be called a clinical…
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How are participants in a clinical study of a new medication selected and monitored?
I don't have any background in medicine, but I'm interested. How are participants in a clinical study of a new medication selected and monitored? Do they make an announcement calling for volunteers? Do they pay the volunteers, or volunteers are…
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For a purpose of a clinical study, what is considered to be a cardiovascular death?
In the FOURIER study (to lower cholesterol with PCSK9), there is a significant reduction in different types of cardiovascular events (MI and Stroke) in the treatment group and yet the total cardiovascular mortality has not decreased compared to…
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Are there any examples of successful multi-decade prevention interventions with pharmaceuticals?
With many tests able to detect various physical abnormalities, even before symptoms develop (if ever), modern treatments may require individuals to take medications for decades. Are there any examples of such long term interventions in medicine that…
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Getting into the clinical research associate field as a vet
I’m interested in knowing the best path to get into the clinical research associate field as a veterinarian. I’ve been working as a veterinarian for about 1 year 6 months and I have been drawn to the field of clinical research associate , so I’ve…
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How do I read this graph about pneumonia death rates in the elderly?
I want to decipher this graph, but it confuses me:
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The color indicates the age bracket of the patient, but the age bracket is already in the x axis. For example, what does the gray bar in the bracket 40-49 mean? Should be over 65 according…
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A question about clinical trials for different formulations
Suppose a new antibiotic in an iv formulation exists and has been approved
When you want to test the oral formulation and phase 3 comes you should test it against what? A placebo or the iv formulation of the same drug? And what comparison would be…
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