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In a multivariate analysis of 154 patients receiving chemotherapy, baseline CA19-9 was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) (HR 1.8; 95% CI: 1.3-2.5, P = 0.0004). The 1-year OS was 19 and 46%, respectively, for patients with a baseline CA19-9 above or below the median value. A fall of 20% in CA19-…

Preterm delivery is the major determinant of infant mortality and there is a lack of treatments for this condition. Women presenting for prenatal care with a history of a spontaneous preterm delivery were assigned 17 alpha-progesterone caproate (17P) 250 mg/week i.m. between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation or placebo unti…

Longitudinal data present statistical problems of interest in clinical trials and epidemiologic studies. In this article, we consider a dental clinical trial in which the outcome measurements are taken on each subject at two follow-up times, and the primary interest is in the dependence of the outcome variable on covar…

Drug-induced toxicity in chronic alcoholics who participated in a 4-month placebo (Pl)--controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of calcium carbimide (CC) is reported. Daily monitoring of patients' compliance indicated that 85% of study medications were taken, and very little drinking took place during the study. Pati…

In this single-blind comparative study 97 patients suffering from activated gonarthrosis were treated with either 4 x 40 mg of diclofenac gel or 4 x 5 mg piroxicam gel. Owing to protocol violations, 28 patients were not included in the statistical evaluation. During the course of the treatment, a marked decrease in sig…

Surgical removal of nasal polyps is associated with discomfort and risks for the patient, but is the treatment of choice to most otorhinolaryngologists. Medical treatment alone has been little investigated. In a prospective clinical trial surgical removal followed by continuous topical steroid treatment has been compar…

During 90 days of elimination diet nineteen children with food allergy manifesting atopic dermatitis were treated with either 120 mg/day of thymomodulin (10 subjects) or placebo (9 subjects) in a double blind design. After this period an improvement in skin lesions was observed in both groups. Subsequently a food chall…

A multicentre double-blind clinical trial comparing two nasal solutions of naaga (magnesium salt of N-acetyl aspartyl glutamic acid-rhinaaxia) and of disodium cromoglycate (LOMUPREN) has been performed on 91 patients suffering from an acute symptomatic seasonal rhinitis treated for 28 days. Nasal, ocular and bronchial…

The pain-relieving efficacy of naproxen and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in tonsillectomized patients was compared in a double blind parallel clinical trial comprising 83 patients, among whom 42 were treated with naproxen and 41 with ASA. The patients were treated post-operatively for two days with either naproxen suppos…

Bivalent, live attenuated intranasally administered influenza A vaccines were compared to inactivated, parenterally administered influenza A vaccines in a double-blind clinical trial in 55 children and young adults with cystic fibrosis. No qualitative or quantitative difference in symptomatology between the group recei…

An example of multidimensional assessment procedure applied to the study of treatment effects in a type of pathological aging is presented in this paper. Data discussed here come from a clinical trial performed to evaluate the effects of an ergot derivate, dihydroergocristine, in CCVD memory deficits. The multidimensio…

A placebo-controlled, double-blind cross-over trial was conducted to assess whether 16 men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would benefit from orally taken corticosteroids. Two weeks of treatment with 40 mg of prednisone daily did not result in improvement of pulmonary symptoms or function in the group…

A double-blind clinical trial has been carried out with 40 patients hospitalized for thoracic pathology requiring surgery (cancer of the lungs, hamartoma, pleural mesothelioma, bullous dystrophy or emphysema of the lung). The purpose was to determine the effectiveness of the drug in preventing and in treating postopera…

The safety and efficacy of human insulin (Novo) were evaluated in a double-blind, parallel, multicenter trial in which 47 insulin-dependent diabetic patients were randomly divided into two equal groups and treated with either purified pork or human insulin (Actrapid and Monotard, Novo) for 12 wk. Mean levels of fasting…

This paper describes the basic features of an ongoing double masked, randomized, controlled clinical trial which studies the changes in corneal and visual function that result when contact lenses are fitted in a manner designed to alter myopic refractive error. Subjects are randomly allocated to either a treatment or c…

A coordinated clinical trial (phase II) of preparation VM-26 supplied by Sandos (Switzerland) was carried out at 5 clinics in a total of 61 patients with lymphoma. Two regimens of VM-26 administration were employed: (1) 5-day courses of 30 mg/m2 iv with 7-14 day intervals, or (2) two injections of 50 mg/m2 a week, with…

A randomized clinical trial designed to compare the effectiveness of cytoxan (CTX) alone versus a combination consisting of CTX, vincristine (Oncovin) and methotrexate (COM) in the treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) was carried out. Nineteen patients were selected at random to receive CTX alone while 21 received COM.…