"Investigational therapy" refers to a type of medical treatment or intervention that is still being studied and researched. It is not yet approved or widely used but is being tested to determine its effectiveness and safety.
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Pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act: the posting of policies by manufacturers and distributors shall not serve as a guarantee of access to any
specific investigational therapy by any individual patient.
It appears that FL118 will be an outstanding model on which to base new analogs that will represent even more
promising investigational therapies for personalized cancer treatment.»
Like most phase - I trials, this therapy will be tested first in patients with disease that has not responded to standard or
other investigational therapies.
At NYU Langone, we provide a full range of clinical trials in the treatment of IBD, making
new investigational therapies available to our patients who have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
These doctors are experienced in the care of veterinary cancer patients using state - of - the - art conventional treatments and
novel investigational therapies.
Phoundry enhances Intarcia's internal efforts to build upon the differentiated clinical success of its Phase 3
investigational therapy, ITCA 650, the first injection - free GLP - 1 therapy with the potential to deliver up to a full year of treatment from a single placement.
Future studies with more patients will help determine whether this type of detailed T - cell analysis is useful for predicting which peanut - allergic individuals are most likely to benefit from
this investigational therapy.
Advanced clinical trials are underway for at least 10
investigational therapies that have shown promise in slowing or blocking development of Alzheimer's disease.
Twenty - four of the patients were transplanted successfully after receiving
the investigational therapy.
It is still
an investigational therapy, in combination with other medications, for treating aplastic anemia and other forms of bone marrow failure.
November 21, 2013 David T. Rubin to head digestive diseases at University of Chicago Medicine David T. Rubin, MD, a nationally recognized authority on digestive disease,
investigational therapies and medical ethics, has been named interim section chief of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Chicago Medicine.
Murphy underwent outpatient treatment with
an investigational therapy — a newer agent called interleukin - 4 — but had to stop treatment because of side effects.
«Tocagen's
investigational therapy, Toca 511 & Toca FC, is a representative example of the culmination of many technological advances that have come to pass during the last three decades,» said Carter.
Treatment options include chemotherapy, Phase 1
investigational therapies, radiation therapy (both conventional and proton), bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy.