Sentences with phrase «treatment slows the progression»

There is currently no preventive measure for HCM itself, although early detection and treatment slows the progression of the disease, hopefully sparing the patient its more serious complications, such as FATE.

While treatment doesn't cure chronic feline renal failure, treatment slows its progression, making symptoms more manageable.

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Despite decades of scientific research, there is no treatment that can slow the progression of Alzheimer's.

That delay followed the failure of a trial in November of Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's treatment solanezumab, which the company had hoped would be the first medicine approved to slow progression of the disease.

He contributes to other large - scale clinical trials including SAVE (evaluating whether treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with continuous positive airways pressure can reduce the incidence of serious CV events in patients with established CVD), and CREDENCE, a randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled trial assessing whether canagliflozin can slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

There's currently no treatment for Alzheimer's that can slow or stop the disease's progression, so catching it early can't currently improve a patient's outcome.

The new study, called FOR - DMD (Finding the Optimum Regimen of Corticosteroids for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), will determine whether daily steroid treatment or an alternative regime is more effective in slowing the disease progression and managing side effects.

Next up: a larger trial in hundreds of patients to see if lowering mutant Htt protein slows progression of the disease, then a trial in healthy people who carry the mutant HTT gene to see if antisense treatments could prevent Huntington's altogether.

In addition to suggesting that creatine could slow the progression of HD, these results also imply that neuroimaging may provide a useful biomarker of disease modification in studies of other potential treatments.

«The search for treatments that slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases has gradually shifted from ameliorating symptoms to finding agents that reduce the progression of the disease,» said Gary Lynch, PhD, who studies neurodegeneration at the University of California, Irvine, and was not involved with this study.

A drug which has already been in use for decades to treat liver disease could be an effective treatment to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered.

Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus's progression, there is no known cure.

In the end, the identification of microbial species or metabolites that are altered in Parkinson's disease may serve as disease biomarkers or even drug targets, and interventions that correct microbial imbalances may provide safe and effective treatments to slow or halt the progression of often debilitating motor symptoms.

«While significant effort is being put into developing treatments to slow or block the progression of Alzheimer's dementia, little work has been done to get the medical system ready for such an advancement,» said Jodi Liu, lead author of the study and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

The studies not only point to the future possibility of specific microRNAs as a treatment for colorectal cancer, but also to the importance of external metabolic events conducted outside the cancer cell in the progression of the disease — factors that could someday be targeted to help slow metastasis, or even block it entirely.

No existing treatments can slow the disease's progression, and most victims die by midlife.

«Obviously, treatment can slow down the progression.»

«This study also highlights the potential use of this anti-estrogen or miRNA in patients with recurrent prostate cancer, for whom there is no treatment, and raises the possibility of using anti-estrogen or miRNA treatments in preventing or slowing progression for primary prostate cancer.»

«It is unclear whether any treatment could slow progression of the disease if it was recognised early.»

MEDICAL RESOURCES • The progression of Alzheimer's disease might be slowed down by treatment using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).

«We do not yet have treatments that can slow the progression of Huntington's disease but, when we do, measuring the mutant protein in CSF could guide clinical decisions such as the best time to start a treatment,» said Dr Douglas Macdonald at CHDI.

Current treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are limited to steroids and physical therapy that slow disease progression and lessen symptoms.

«There could be a significant increase in prostate cancer death rates if more people are diagnosed with metastatic disease, because treatments can only slow progression, it's not curable,» Schaeffer said.

If men present with metastatic prostate cancer, treatments are not curative and only slow disease progression.

«We still need more studies to determine if there are other treatments that can be used to slow the progression of kidney disease specifically in individuals with sickle cell trait.»

The research goal, as we are putting it out there today, is to develop an effective treatment strategy, delay the onset and slow the progression of the disease.

At the moment, the only treatments are drugs such as interferon beta - 1a and glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), both of which merely slow the progression of the disease.

New research findings indicate that an early onset of dietary treatment may slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

In the drug trial, researchers have shown that treatment with a type of sugar molecule called cyclodextrin slows progression of the disease.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common dementia type, with no treatment to slow down the progression of the disease currently available.

Current rheumatoid arthritis treatments focus on intercepting the immune system's misdirected attack on the lining of affected joints to alleviate the debilitating symptoms, reduce inflammation and slow the progression of the disease.

To the degree that poor sleep promotes the development of Alzheimer's disease, treatments for poor sleep or efforts to maintain healthy sleep patterns may help prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer disease,» said Spira.

«Our findings suggest that restricting dietary intake of methionine and tryptophan might help slow tumor progression and improve treatment outcomes,» says first author and OSUCCC — James researcher Kamalakannan Palanichamy, PhD, research assistant professor in Radiation Oncology.

«If we can identify infants with NPC early, we could direct these children to clinical trials, potentially beginning treatment before they have begun to show symptoms of neurological damage, hopefully slowing disease progression and improving quality of life.»

However, Dr. Kissler's group discovered that reducing levels of the RGS1 protein did not slow the progression of the disease in mouse models, suggesting that it may not offer much potential for human treatment.

Treatment with miglustat, an inhibitor of lipid synthesis that is approved outside the U.S. for treatment of NPC, has shown evidence of slowing disease proTreatment with miglustat, an inhibitor of lipid synthesis that is approved outside the U.S. for treatment of NPC, has shown evidence of slowing disease protreatment of NPC, has shown evidence of slowing disease progression.

Current treatments do not slow the disease progression and provide little relief from symptoms.

«There are currently no treatments that are able to stop or slow the progression of Alzheimer's or protect the brain from the damage of the disease.

Christophe Benoist, M.D., professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School, (who spoke on behalf of Diane Mathis, Ph.D., also a professor in the same department) discussed a molecule called I - BET that, when used as a treatment in animals during pre-diabetes or in the early stages of clinical type 1 diabetes, seemed to slow the progression of the disease.

Huntington's is ultimately fatal, and there are no treatments to stop or slow its progression.

They found that early phenformin treatment causes increased survival and slower tumor progression in tumors lacking LKB1, but had no significant benefit for tumors with alterations in other lung cancer genes.

«Current treatments can slow these diseases» progression, but they can't replace lost retinal cells.

Current treatments for COPD can improve symptoms and reduce exacerbations but neither cure the disease nor slow its progression.

Many neurological disease symptoms worsen over time, making the primary goals of treatment the control of symptoms and slowing the progression of the disease.

Thus, J147 is an exciting, new compound with strong potential to be an AD therapeutic by slowing disease progression through neuroprotection as well as providing rapid cognition benefits by reversing cognition deficits following short - term treatment.

«Treatment for HIV currently relies on drugs which target the viruses cell - cycle to slow HIV replication (and the progression to AIDS)(called antiretroviral therapy (ART).

«We are excited about this treatment, because we think this has the potential to slow the disease progression,» said Steve Rose, chief research officer of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, a nonprofit that invested about $ 2 million in early animal testing of the treatment, but is no longer directly involved.

There are currently no disease - modifying treatments that have been shown to slow the progression or delay the onset of HD in humans; however, several compounds have demonstrated promise in animal models of HD.1 Robust and sensitive markers of disease progression are required to assess their efficacy in humans.

Many of the treatment options focus only on temporarily slowing disease progression and managing symptoms.

There is currently no cure for MS, only treatments that can help slow its progression and manage symptoms — which is why the disease can use all the attention it can get.