These advances have had limited impact on community care, with current data indicating high unmet need28 - 30 and poorer quality and outcomes for community treatment compared
with efficacy studies.31, 32 We address these gaps by evaluating a quality improvement intervention aimed at improving access to evidence - based treatments for depression (particularly CBT and antidepressant medication) in primary care settings.
This led to modest reductions in depression, compared
with efficacy studies that tested more intensive interventions with restricted patient populations under controlled conditions.
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the
efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (
with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a
study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
People are less likely to be dissatisfied
with market volatility if they feel in control of their financial life, according to a
study published last month in the Journal of Behavioral Science, entitled, Market Volatility and Financial Satisfaction: The Role of Financial Self -
Efficacy.
Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and
efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and
studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance
with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated
with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Other
studies, meanwhile, are examining tryp's potential
efficacy as an antifungal agent; and as a prognostic indicator in patients
with brain cancer (as seen by increased uptake of the amino acid on a PET scan).
It may have to do
with Addyi's high pricing (on par
with Viagra at $ 26 per pill without an assistance program), its daily intake requirement (unlike Viagra, it adds up to $ 780 per month), its potentially deleterious side effects (low blood pressure and fainting), its restrictions on alcohol consumption (abstinence vs. large quantities not recommended for Viagra patients), a 10 %
efficacy rate (whereas Viagra works 50 % of the time compared to a placebo, according to a recent
study), and its subtle neurotransmitter - targeting mechanism (contrast that to the obvious hydraulics of Viagra).
Detailed 48 - week results from a Phase 3
study evaluating the
efficacy and safety of switching from a regimen containing abacavir, dolutegravir and lamivudine (600 / 50/300 mg)(ABC / DTG / 3TC) to Biktarvy, a once - daily single tablet regimen, in virologically suppressed adults
with HIV.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations
with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and
efficacy data from clinical
studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination
with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Presentations will highlight the short and long - term effects of Ingrezza on tardive dyskinesia symptoms by body region, long term safety and
efficacy data from the KINECT 4 phase 3 open label
study and also from RE-KINECT (real - world screening
study of patients
with possible TD).
Working
with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global
studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum
efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.
A Dutch
study found that among the 65 % of mothers who prevented passive smoking to some extent, success was linked
with the mother's self -
efficacy in asking others not to smoke (Crone et al, 2001).
The randomized
study, working
with 1,345 third to fifth graders (8 - 11 year olds) in nine US elementary schools, assessed the
efficacy of a three - year programme.
BY NATHAN RILEY Outraged that Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to sit on a city health department
study into the
efficacy of establishing safe places for drug users to pursue their high — facilities that are in place all over Europe
with proven track records of reducing fatal overdoses — protestors sat down in the middle of Broadway across from City Hall bringing downtown traffic to a halt.
Further
studies in animal models and patients (
with altered TRPM7 channel function) have been initiated, in order to evaluate the
efficacy and safety of magnesium as a therapeutic for this disease.
The aim of the present
study was to assess the
efficacy of aerobic exercise training (AET), resistance training (RT) and combined training (CT) on blood sugar control, blood pressure and blood fats in patients
with type 2 diabetes in a systematic review and meta - analysis.
«The
study results elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying disease progression in multiple sclerosis models, providing a basis for future clinical trials to determine safety and
efficacy of these chemical agents in humans
with demyelinating disorders,» says Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai and senior author of the
study.
«Randomized trials have confirmed the value of radiation dose escalation for prostate tumors, and the potential benefits of larger radiation doses in fewer fractions, are expected to increase the therapeutic
efficacy for men
with prostate cancer,» said Anders Widmark, MD, a professor of radiation sciences at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden and lead author of the
study.
Most
studies evaluating the
efficacy of AA are not definitive; for the most part, they associate the duration of participation
with success in quitting drinking but do not show that the program caused that outcome.
The researchers tested the pill's
efficacy in two phase 3
studies —
with promising results.
With the initial contract of $ 24.9 million over the next 18 months, Mapp Pharmaceutical will manufacture a small amount of the drug for early - stage clinical
studies to demonstrate its safety and
efficacy in people.
Exploiting the same pre-clinical model used for their
studies, the researchers are testing the
efficacy of this kind of drug candidates against cancer stem cells, and the possibility of identifying combination regimens
with standard chemotherapies
with minimized toxic effects,
with the perspective of their possible application for the treatment of human breast cancer.
Prof Fortunato Ciardiello from Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy, presented results from the CAPRI - Goim
study on the
efficacy of cetuximab plus FOLFOX chemotherapy as second - line treatment for patients
with mCRC that progressed following FOLFIRI chemotherapy and cetuximab.
Furthermore, the report accuses the British Homeopathic Association (BHA), which had submitted evidence to the panel, of cherry - picking, and even, in one case actively misrepresenting, research into the treatment (a famous
study that concluded its findings were «compatible
with the notion that the clinical effects of homeopathy are placebo effects» was cited by the BHA as evidence of the treatment's
efficacy.)
Because bazedoxifene has already undergone safety and
efficacy studies as a treatment for osteoporosis, it may be a viable near - term option for patients
with advanced breast cancer whose tumors have become resistant to other treatment options, Wardell reported.
The analysis, which comprised a total of 3 344 patients, shows that the two
studied drugs are clearly superior to placebo
with respect to antidepressant
efficacy also in patients who have not experienced any side effects.
One of the vaccines, which is based on a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus expressing the glycoprotein of the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus (VSV - ZEBOV), was recently shown to be extremely effective
with 100 per cent
efficacy against the lethal Ebola virus disease in WHO - funded
studies carried out in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Led by Bavari and Travis Warren, Ph.D., the USAMRIID team performed a series of
studies involving a lethal challenge
with Marburg virus in nonhuman primates to determine the efficacious dose and regimen of AVI - 7288, as well as to characterize the drug exposures in animals that produced
efficacy.
Medical psychologist Jack D. Edinger of Duke University and his colleagues conducted a two - and - a-half-year
study of 75 adults suffering from sleep maintenance insomnia in order to assess the
efficacy of a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), as compared
with relaxation therapy and placebo therapy.
Pharmacogenomics — the
study of how genes affect responses to drugs — is becoming more important in drug - development research and clinical trials,
with a view toward decreasing side effects and increasing the efficiency and
efficacy of drugs in patients
with the right genetic profiles.
But a new
study casts doubt on biochar's
efficacy, finding that using it only improves crop growth in the tropics,
with no yield benefit at all in the temperate zone.
«Additional
studies should certainly be considered, but we hope that medical professionals will consider the positive potential of honey as a treatment given the lack of proven
efficacy, expense and potential for adverse effects associated
with the use of DM,» said lead
study author Ian Paul, a pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics.
The
study authors looked at the
efficacy of combining the medications varenicline and bupropion SR (sustained - release) for smoking cessation, compared
with varenicline alone (monotherapy).
«The distinct neural markers associated
with cognitive performance and GWI revealed in our
study can be useful for future research to objectively measure the
efficacy of treatments for GWI as well as other brain disorders related to the same neurotransmitter system, like Alzheimer's disease.»
The safety and
efficacy of these methods have been well established through long - term clinical outcomes
studies in the field,
with the nasal lining protecting the brain from infection just as the blood brain barrier has done.
The standard pharmaceutical development path for products that target pathogens moves slowly from
studying safety, dosing, and biological responses in hundreds of people to an expensive
efficacy trial
with thousands of participants at high risk of becoming naturally infected.
In a
study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Fredrik Björck, M.D., of Umea University, Umea, Sweden and colleagues evaluated the
efficacy and safety of well - managed warfarin therapy in patients
with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
He also believes that additional research — possibly randomized, prospective
studies — should be done to compare the safety and
efficacy of PAE
with other commonly performed BPH treatments.
The results from our new
study suggest that entinostat may enhance the anti-tumor
efficacy of PD - 1 targeted therapy through MDSC targeting, potentially providing an effective combination treatment approach for patients
with solid tumors, including lung and renal cell carcinoma.»
At the same time, the new findings
with sirukumab could lead to new
efficacy studies being instigated for other inflammatory diseases, such as other forms of arthritis or other inflammatory diseases, e.g. vasculitis.
Strollo led a large
study of the new treatment, a yearlong safety and
efficacy trial involving 126 people
with moderate to severe obstructive apnea.
Connie Celum, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, who ran a large oral PrEP
study with Truvada that had 73 %
efficacy, says it will be important to compare VOICE and CAPRISA 004 for differences in sexual behaviors, sexually transmitted infections, cervicovaginal inflammation, and contraceptive use.
Studies presented today at The International Liver Congress ™ 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, demonstrate that tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) improves patient safety while maintaining
efficacy in patients
with chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection compared to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (Viread, TDF).
The current
study — conducted in three neighborhoods of Merida, Mexico — measured the
efficacy of indoor residual spraying against adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in houses treated
with either deltamethrin (to which the local mosquitoes expressed a high degree of resistance) or bendiocarb (another insecticide to which the mosquitoes were fully susceptible), as compared to untreated control houses.
In
studies to determine the
efficacy of the microspheres, Clyburn and his team contaminated two metal implants
with staphylococcus aureus bacteria and coated one in the microspheres before inserting them in animal models.
Further
studies of ALN - TTR02 are needed to examine the clinical
efficacy and safety of long - term transthyretin knockdown in patients
with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy.
A Phase III, Open Label
Study to Evaluate the Safety and
Efficacy of INSTILADRIN (rAd - IFN / Syn3) Administered Intravesically to Patients
with High Grade, BCG Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
A Phase 1/2
Study to Assess the Safety and
Efficacy of Intratumoral IMO - 2125 in Combination
with Ipilimumab or Pembrolizumab in Patients
with Metastatic Melanoma
A Phase 1b / 2a
Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and
Efficacy of AMG 232 Combined
with Trametinib and Dabrafenib or Trametinib in Adult Subjects
with Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma
A Phase III, Open Label, Randomized
Study to Assess the
Efficacy and Safety of Olaparib (Lynparza) versus Enzalutamide or Abiraterone Acetate in Men
with Metastatic Castration - Resistant Prostate Cancer who have Failed Prior Treatment
with a New Hormonal Agent and have Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Mutations.