Sentences with phrase «recent large trial»

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The results, which mirror those of similar, small - scale studies of the illegal drug in recent years, come as MDMA is about to enter larger, Phase 3 trials this summer.

Recent sex discrimination cases resulting in large settlements, in some cases awards of multi-million dollars, to be split with aggressive trial attorneys, are the latest examples of misusing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Three years of brilliant performances make Jones the 100 - and 200 - meter favorite at the trials, especially with Miller — who has not looked sharp in recent European races — saying last week that she is running merely to make the team in Sacramento, with victory in Sydney as her larger goal.

Plenty of respected research supports the safety of planned home birth (most recent large prospective trial published in the British Medical Journal), but for women who need to deliver in a hospital due to a complication, the midwife stays by your side and adopts a doula role.

In addition, there was no effect on breastfeeding duration when the pacifier was introduced at 1 month of age.280 A more recent systematic review found that the highest level of evidence (ie, from clinical trials) does not support an adverse relationship between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration or exclusivity.281 The association between shortened duration of breastfeeding and pacifier use in observational studies likely reflects a number of complex factors such as breastfeeding difficulties or intent to wean.281 A large multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 1021 mothers who were highly motivated to breastfeed were assigned to 2 groups: mothers advised to offer a pacifier after 15 days and mothers advised not to offer a pacifier.

COIB's announcement of the fines, and Stringer's scrutiny of Department of Correction spending, comes the same day that a jury is reportedly deadlocked in the corruption trial of former correction union president Norman Seabrook, who is accused of making a deal with a hedge fund to pocket $ 60,000 in exchange for agreeing to steer union money into the fund, which has since been revealed as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent memory.

Malliotakis sought to focus attention on recent testimony of de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook, in which Rechnitz said he donated large amounts of money to Mayor de Blasio in exchange for special treatment.

The value of stock in a multiple sclerosis drug company - which includes large holdings by members of Congress - collapsed Tuesday when company officials announced the drug failed during recent clinical trials.

In a recent clinical trial on patients aged 75 and older, 90 percent of the 219 participants were able to read two lines or more on an eye chart, and 75 percent could read large - print books.

These findings are generally consistent with those from recent systematic reviews, some of which also included trials of statins for secondary prevention.47,51 - 53 Similar to other meta - analyses of primary and secondary prevention trials, 54,55 this review found no association between use of statins and increased risk of muscle - related harms, although some observational studies and randomized rechallenge trials found statins associated with increased risk of myopathy or joint - related symptoms.56 - 58 The large HOPE - 3 trial found statins associated with increased risk of cataract surgery, an unanticipated finding.14 No other trial of statins for primary prevention evaluated risk of cataracts or cataract surgery.

Because not only is γ - tocopherol responsible for scavenging RNS, but large doses of α - tocopherol displace γ - tocopherol in plasma and other tissues, the current wisdom of vitamin E supplementation with α - tocopherol alone may produce an imbalance that contributes to cancer and heart disease.13 Adding support to this hypothesis, a recent clinical trial of individuals suffering from coronary heart disease showed decreased serum levels of γ - tocopherol, but not α - tocopherol.14

Recent large gasification - based pre-combustion capture trial plants (e.g., the Kemper plant in Mississippi) have not gone well.

In recent years, former Trial Attorney David C. Larkin has compiled an enviable record of large - sum awards and settlements, which increases his efficiency and strengthens his advice to small business, his review of potential claims, contracts and disputes for small business and employment clients:

His recent work includes Ocean Rig (acting with Michael Todd QC for the opposing creditors in a $ 3.7 billion Cayman Islands restructuring), TPD Investments (acting with Michael Todd QC in a shareholder dispute concerning the affairs of a company owning two of the UK's largest hotels) and First Names v IFG (acting as sole counsel for the successful claimants in the Commercial Court trial of an SPA indemnity claim raising several issues of Jersey company law).

The high - profile collapse of recent trials due to disclosure failings appears to be the latest symptom of a system on its knees — one in which proceedings remain viable, or in which miscarriages of justice may be avoided, only due to large amounts of unpaid or grossly underpaid work on the part of the practitioners within it.

This was one of the largest trials before the English court in recent years.

Clinical trials have become increasingly costly in recent years, fuelled by rapid technological innovation, growth of data science and larger trial sizes.

Another meta - analysis reached similar conclusions about the equivalence of CBT and BT1 and a recent large - scale clinical trial of BT showed that it was as effective as antidepressant medication for depression.3 While BT and CBT were equally as effective for lower - levels of depression severity, patients with severe depression specifically benefited more from BT than CBT.3 Behavioural activation, which involves graded activity and goal scheduling, is the central component of BT for depression and may be related to a more general mechanism of change that is operating in many different treatments for depression, especially CBT.

A recent review offers ambiguous support for the relation between home visitation and reductions in child maltreatment.2 The findings from several large - scale home - visitation efforts have shown disappointing short - term results in reducing family violence and child maltreatment.4, 9 A 15 - year follow - up study of the Elmira trial families, however, provided the first evidence from a randomized trial for the long - term effects of home visitation on reducing child maltreatment.10 Results from the follow - up showed that nurse - visited families had half as many child maltreatment reports as families in the comparison group.

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18