In its first proof - of -
concept clinical trial in humans, the device was easy for surgeons to use, even with patients who required complicated surgical reconstruction.
And, indeed,
small clinical trials in humans have shown patients report less fatigue and fewer gastrointestinal symptoms while fasting during chemotherapy treatments.
These new treatment approaches have extended survival and improved the quality of life for dogs with TCC, and these studies in pet dogs have resulted in
clinical trials in humans with bladder cancer.
Studies in animal models of MS have been a success, and the latest version of the compound is due to start
clinical trials in humans by mid-2012.
But sometime within the next few years, Min and Rhee plan to
run clinical trials in humans to see whether FlaB - enhanced bacteria could work as a safe, effective anticancer therapy.
«The ultimate goal of this research will be to advance HIF - 1alpha stabilizers
toward clinical trials in humans, using versions of the drug that can be taken orally and reach the urinary tract,» Nizet said.
And findings
from clinical trials in humans can, conversely, generate hypotheses that need to be further investigated in cells or animal models in the lab.
In 2010, the lab made the exciting breakthrough that dopamine neurons could be grown from human iPS cells and transplanted effectively to mitigate disease, setting the stage for
forthcoming clinical trials in humans.
«Our next goal is to replicate these experiments and test their safety in larger mammals, such as pigs, before
considering clinical trials in humans,» added Dr. Srivastava, who is also a professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with which Gladstone is affiliated.
«We want to move therapies into the clinic; knowing how treatments impact specific functional parameters in the mice could give us a way to
guide clinical trials in humans.»
«If the findings are supported by
future clinical trials in humans, then voluntary exercise could be considered as a way to improve the intellectual functioning of these children.»
She said: «This skin assay offers an accurate and rapid alternative to animal testing and provides the bridge between the laboratory tests for novel drugs and the first stage
of clinical trials in humans.
The experimental drug J147 is something of a modern elixir of life; it's been shown to treat Alzheimer's disease and reverse aging in mice and is almost ready
for clinical trials in humans.
An experimental drug called ZMapp has also shown promise in helping cure Ebola in monkeys, although it has not yet been tested
in clinical trials in humans.
The clinical trial in humans was based on positive results of a study in mice published in Nature Communications in Sept. 2015.
The study may lead to
clinical trials in humans.
A few drugs have shown promise in cell culture or animal models, but
clinical trials in humans are time consuming because of the slow onset and progression of the disorder's clinical symptoms.
Hale's group is now testing the new BMP scaffold in animals;
clinical trials in humans are about five years away.