Posts Tagged ‘trial’
Amarillo Biosciences Announces Australian Phase 2 Oral Interferon Clinical Trial Indicates Benefit In Preventing Influenza-Like Illness In Seniors
Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. (ABI) (OTCBB: AMAR) announced additional preliminary results from the recently completed Phase 2 clinical trial conducted in Perth, Australia at the University of Western Australia with Professors David Smith and Manfred Beilharz as principal investigators…
Clinical Trial: Miniature Ultrasound Device Could Revolutionize Pain Relief
It looks more like an iPod than a medical tool. But the latest miniature ultrasound device created by Cornell biomedical engineering graduate student George K. Lewis could one day introduce a whole new level of home therapy for arthritis, injury and other painful ailments…
Trigemina Conducting Phase IIa Clinical Trial In Chronic Daily Headache
Trigemina, Inc. (TI), a Mountain View based startup, has begun a Phase IIa clinical trial for its lead molecule in Chronic Daily Headache (CDH) in collaboration with Dr. Egilius Spierings at MedVadis Research Corporation located outside of Boston. The study compares intranasal oxytocin with placebo in patients suffering from at least 15 days of headache pain per month…
Third Party Reexamination Of Javelin Pharmaceuticals’ Phase III Trial Data For Ereska Yields Statistically Significant Primary Endpoint
Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: JAV – News) announced that a reexamination conducted by a third party of pain score measurements from its Phase III study of Ereska? (intranasal ketamine) showed that top line results for its primary endpoint were statistically significant…
Effect of a peer-educational intervention on provider knowledge and reported performance in family planning services: a cluster randomized trial
Background:Peer education is an interactive method of teaching or learning which is widely used for educating school and college students, in a variety of different forms. However, there are few studies on its effectiveness for in-service education. This study evaluated the effect of an educational programme including peer discussions on the providers’ knowledge and reported performance in family planning services.Methods:An educational programme was designed and applied in a random selection of half of in-charges of the 74 family health units (intervention group) in Tabriz at a regular monthly meeting. The other half constituted the control group. The programme included eight pages of written material and a two-hour, face-to-face discussion session with emphasis on the weak areas identified through a needs assessment questionnaire. The educated in-charges were requested to carry out a similar kind of programme with all peers at their health facilities within one month. All in-charges received one self-administered questionnaire containing knowledge questions one month after the in-charge education (follow-up I: 61 responses), and another one containing knowledge and self-reported performance questions 26 months later (follow-up II: 61 responses). Also, such tests were done for the peers facilitated by the in-charges one (105 responses) and 27 months (114 responses)after the peer discussions. Multiple linear regression was used for comparing mean total scores,and Chi square for comparing proportions between control and intervention groups, after defining facility as the unit of randomization.Results:The mean total percentage scores of knowledge (percent of maximal possible score) in the intervention group were significantly higher than in the control group, both at follow-up I (63%) and at follow-up II (57%); with a difference of 16 (95% CI: 11, 22) and 5 (95% CI: 0.4, 11) percentage units, respectively. Only two of the nine reported performance items were significantly different among the non in-charges in the intervention group at follow-up II.Conclusions:The educational programme including peer discussions using existing opportunities with no need for additional absence from the workplace might be a useful complement to formal large group education for the providers.
Training auscultatory skills: computer simulated heart sounds or additional bedside training? A randomized trial on third-year medical students
Background:The present study compares the value of additional use of computer simulated heart sounds, to conventional bedside auscultation training, on the cardiac auscultation skills of 3rd year medical students at Oslo University Medical School.Methods:In addition to their usual curriculum courses, groups of seven students each were randomized to receive four hours of additional auscultation training either employing a computer simulator system or adding on more conventional bedside training. Cardiac auscultation skills were afterwards tested using live patients. Each student gave a written description of the auscultation findings in four selected patients, and was rewarded from 0-10 points for each patient. Differences between the two study groups were evaluated using student’s t-test.Results:At the auscultation test no significant difference in mean score was found between the students who had used additional computer based sound simulation compared to additional bedside training.Conclusions:Students at an early stage of their cardiology training demonstrated equal performance of cardiac auscultation whether they had received an additional short auscultation course based on computer simulated training, or had had additional bedside training.
CNSBio Inc. To Present Latest Clinical Trial Data For CNSB015 At Neuropathic Pain Conference In San Francisco
CNSBio Inc. will present recent Phase IIa proof-of-concept clinical trial data for CNSB015, an orally administered potassium channel modulator used in combination with opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, at the 12th International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain on November 20-21, 2009 in San Francisco, CA. Dr.
Winston Laboratories, Inc. Announces Positive Top-line Results Of Phase II Clinical Trial Of Civamide Patch
Winston Laboratories, Inc. (“Winston Labs”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Winston Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB: WPHM) today announced positive top-line results from Study WL1001-04-03, a Phase II clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company’s patch formulation of Civamide, a novel TRPV-1 receptor modulator in the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). The study successfully demonstrated the efficacy of Civamide Patch 0.
Identifying influential young people to undertake effective peer-led health promotion: the example of A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial (ASSIST)
The objective of the study was to develop and evaluate an effective whole-community approach to identifying a diverse group of influential young people to effectively diffuse health promotion messages among their peers. A peer nomination questionnaire, developed through extensive piloting work, was completed by 10 730 Year 8 students (aged 12–13 years) in 59 schools (30 intervention, 29 control) as part of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Influential students identified in 30 intervention schools were trained to disseminate smoke-free health promotion messages through informal contacts with peers. This approach successfully identified, recruited and retained a diverse group of students, broadly representative of their year group, to undertake the role of ‘peer supporter’. Although students and staff expressed doubts about the suitability of some young people recruited as peer supporters, the intervention achieved a 22% reduction in the odds of being a regular smoker in intervention compared with control schools [odds ratio 0.78 (95% CI 0.64–0.96)]. Carefully designed and developed peer-led interventions have potential for delivering effective smoking prevention among adolescents. Paying close attention to the way in which peer educators are identified, and involving young people themselves in this process, may be the key to increasing the effectiveness of peer education.
Trial Raises Doubts Over Alternative Pain Therapy For Arthritis
Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic. Researchers conducted the first randomised placebo-controlled trial on the use of both copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps for pain management in osteoarthritis — the most common form of the condition. The devices are used worldwide for helping to manage pain associated with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.
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