However, parents and patients really need to understand that there is no proof that PRP will prevent surgery, relieve their symptoms, or be
better than standard treatment options.
When clinical trials show that a new treatment is
better than the standard treatment, the new treatment may become the standard treatment.
There are no guarantees that the experimental treatment will be
better than the standard treatment and in some instances it may be less effective.
Imagine for a moment that you are a researcher testing a new treatment for some health issue, and you believe it is
better than the standard treatment:
Not exact matches
REINVENTING THE CLINICAL TRIAL Research Track Traditional clinical trials ask one question: Does an experimental
treatment work
better than nothing at all — or, the very least, the
standard therapy offered patients.
[2] Plus, the study compares PRP to saline or salt water, so it is basically saying that PRP is
better than doing nothing, but not comparing it to
standard treatments covered by insurance.»
Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated
well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States obtain their drinking water from unregulated
wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the
wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water from private
wells that fail to meet the federal drinking - water
standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger
than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater -
treatment discharges (a source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7
Results showed that significantly more participants receiving the enhanced placebo SMT indicated
good to excellent outcomes
than those receiving
standard placebo SMT or no
treatment.
No one knows why the three - drug combination is
better than the
standard two - drug
treatment.
Ibogaine's promise is that it works
better than standard drug addiction
treatments, though it has serious dangers and is illegal in many countries, including the United States.
«This is a promising
treatment option that may prove not only to be more effective
than chemotherapy alone prior to surgery, it may also be
better than chemotherapy and
standard radiation,» said lead study author Kimmen Quan, MD, a radiation oncologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
«The study shows that the anti-VEGF medication therapy is substantially
better than standard laser
treatment alone for this condition, which affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide,» said Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and DRCR.net's inaugural Chair.
Although clinical trials offer no guarantees, physicians have a strong belief that the study drug or cancer
treatment will provide benefits equal to or
better than the current
standard therapies.
Further research shows tapping works
better than the current gold -
standard treatment for weight issues.
The
treatment may not be enough for some buyers, who will seek out aftermarket shops to darken the few bits of chrome left on the Wraith or add more power to its already potent engine, but Black Badge should
better resonate with young, successful, alternative individuals who enjoy shaking up established norms
than, say, a
standard Wraith would.
By continuing to modernize waste
treatment, help NGOs raise citizen awareness of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), build more incentives for the industry to improve, reduce and recycle materials (think of Bill McDonough's idea), and
better enforce
standards for waste disposal, Chinese cities like Beijing have a shot at dealing with their growing trash pile — and making much more money
than Beijing's freelance recyclers make now.
As a result, you have a much smaller chance of determining whether the new
treatment is any
better than the
standard one.
In our analyses of change trajectories measured via weekly assessments, and with an initial Bonferroni correction applied, youths in modular
treatment showed significantly faster improvement
than youths in usual care, on overall and parent - reported BPC total and TPA Problems measures, and modular
treatment also outperformed
standard treatment, on overall and youth - reported BPC total and TPA measures as
well as on the parent - reported BPC total score.