Sentences with phrase «used in this subset of patients»

This, in turn, amplifies the effectiveness of fulvestrant, a drug commonly used in this subset of patients.

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Zytiga's approval was based on trials showing a 38 % reduction in the risk of death in this subset of patients, an improvement that's clearly influencing doctor's use of the drug.

Using a novel combination of technologies, including trio exome sequencing of patient / parental DNA and genetic studies in the tiny larvae of zebrafish, the EuroEPINOMICS RES consortium found that mutations in the gene CHD2 are responsible for a subset of epilepsy patients with symptoms similar to Dravet syndrome — a severe form of childhood epilepsy that is in many patients resistant to currently available anti-epileptic drugs.

A clinical trial studying the use of Verapamil (a drug currently in use for cardiovascular disease and cluster headache) in alleviating chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps revealed significant improvement in the symptoms of this subset of patients.

When Dillon and colleagues used a global proteomics approach to compare all proteins in the blood from a subset of the patients, CRP emerged with the strongest association to postoperative delirium.

Therapies that prevent tumor blood vessel growth are often used in clinics to fight cancer — but they are only effective in a particular subset of patients.