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A phase-I clinical trial of a murine monoclonal antibody that specifically suppresses growth of human gastrointestinal tumours in athymic mice was conducted in four patients, who were given 15-200 mg purified antibody. The monoclonal antibody persisted in the circulation for more than a week when more than 15 mg was gi…

To determine the efficacy of perioperative cefazolin in preventing pelvic and wound infections after elective non-radical hysterectomy, a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial was done. Among 86 patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy, those who received three perioperative 1 g doses of cefazolin…

A controlled prospective clinical trial of cephaloridine chemoprophylaxis in resection of the large intestine was undertaken between 1974 and 1978. Data were available on 159 of 177 unselected patients. All were operated on by one surgeon. Three groups were studied: intraabdominal resection and anastomosis (102 patient…

In order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of FOY injectable ([ethyl-4-(6-guanidinohexanoyloxy) benzoate] methane sulfonate) on acute pancreatitis, a comparative clinical study was carried out using Trasylol as the control at 38 hospitals in Japan. Favourable results were obtained in 60 (71%) out of 84 patients in th…

A dose range study in 18 patients suffering from intestinal amoebiasis and treated with doses of panidazole between 1.0 and 2.0 g per day for six days revealed that the best therapeutic results were obtained with the higher dose. This dose was then compared with metronidazole, at the same dose, in a clinical trial in 1…

1. Nomifensine (8-amino-2-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,4,-tetrahydroisoquinoline) is a new antidepressant which displays an interesting pharmacological profile and acts as a potent dopaminergic agonist. 2. In a double-blind clinical trialnomifensine was compared with a standard and widely tested antidepressant amitriptyline.…

A clinical trial of levamisole, an orally effective modifier of the immune response, is reported in women with primary inoperable breast cancer (stage III). After being rendered clinically disease-free by radiotherapy to the breast, supraclavicular area, and axilla, patients were allocated alternately to a control grou…

59-64.A therapeutic trial was conducted in a medium-sized engineering works on patients suffering from back pain with its accompanying tenderness and hyperaesthesia. The patients were randomly allocated to two treatment groups, () manipulation, and () de-tuned (i.e., simulated) short-wave diathermy, the latter acting a…

PURPOSE: This clinical trial determined the outcomes of a simple syllable-timed speech (STS) treatment for school-age children who stutter. METHOD: Participants were 10 children, ages 6-11 years, who stutter. Treatment involved training the children and their parents to use STS at near normal speech rates. The techniq…

Imiquimod is the first of a new class of drugs (immune response modifiers) to become commercially available. It is approved in many countries for the treatment of genital warts caused by the human papilloma virus infection. However, there are reports of its use in a variety of dermatological conditions, such as basal c…

The Lung Health Study is a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Participants are smokers aged 35-60 with spirometric evidence of moderate lung function impairment. The objective of the trial is to determine whether a program of smoking intervention and use of an inhaled bronchodilator can slow the rate of decline in…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a structured, behavioural change, smoking cessation intervention designed for use within general practice. DESIGN: Randomised controlled clinical trial. SETTING: General practices in Newcastle, Australia. PATIENTS: 311 Patients identified as smokers by a screening question were enrolled in the…

The efficacy of clonidine, methadone, and guanfacine in rapid detoxification of heroin inpatients was assessed in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Signs and symptoms of abstinence and of side effects were analysed in 90 heroin addicts successfully completing a 12-day inpatient trial. All patients fit DSM-III cri…

A multicenter open clinical evaluation of 0.05 percent betamethasone dipropionate in optimized cream vehicle for the treatment of psoriatic lesions was conducted to investigate its efficacy. There were 348 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis who completed the three-week clinical trial. Three hundred and ten pati…

Forty-four patients with symptomatic endoscopically proven mild to moderate reflux oesophagitis were enrolled in a single-centre, double-blind, clinical trial comparing trimoprostil 750 micrograms taken 4 times daily with placebo. Patients treated with trimoprostil but not placebo experienced a significant reduction in…

In order to compare the safety and the antiemetic effectiveness of tetracosactide (TCS) or beta 1,24 ACTH with those of dexamethasone (DXM) as an adjunct to high-dose metoclopramide, diphenhydramine and clorazepate, 33 patients receiving cisplatin based cancer chemotherapy were enrolled in a double-blind cross-over cli…

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…

This paper focuses on the follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial of inpatient family intervention (IFI) that emphasized psychoeducation. Results for the sample of 169 psychiatric patients suggested that adding family treatment to standard hospital treatment was effective; however, the statistical interactions…

A clinical application of a previously developed technique for absolute quantitation of organ uptake of radioactivity is presented. The method, which is based on single photon emission computed tomography involving correction for scattering and attenuation of photons, enables an accurate in vivo determination of the am…

Serial assessments of Karnofsky performance status (KPS) and of the Functional Living Index--Cancer (FLIC) have been used to estimate the quality of life (QOL) of patients in a prospective, randomized trial of supportive care versus supportive care given with combination chemotherapy to patients with metastatic non-sma…