What Are Clinical Trials, and How Do They Work?

A New York Times health reporter explains what clinical trials are, why they are important and how they can help inform us.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - University at Buffalo

Clinical Trials: The Bridge Between Discovery, Practice

Clinical trials are considered the cornerstone of health care research because they provide the most reliable and scientifically rigorous method for evaluating new medical interventions.
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A randomised, double blind, phase II clinical trial of maintenance cabozantinib following chemotherapy for metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC): Final analysis of the ATLANTIS ...

CALYPSO: A three-arm randomized phase II study of durvalumab alone or with savolitinib or tremelimumab in previously treated advanced clear cell renal cancer. Updated overall survival outcomes in ...
Nasdaq

A Milestone Phase I Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial Demonstrates High-Dose Niagen®, Patented Nicotinamide Riboside (NR), Supplementation Induces a Potent NAD+ Response ...

Building on a growing body of research showcasing NR as a potential therapeutic strategy for PD, this is the first clinical study to showcase the safety, tolerability, and beneficial metabolic effects ...
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Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Global Phase III Trial of Talimogene Laherparepvec Combined With Pembrolizumab for Advanced Melanoma

Adjuvant Therapy of Nivolumab Combined With Ipilimumab Versus Nivolumab Alone in Patients With Resected Stage IIIB-D or Stage IV Melanoma (CheckMate 915) Patients with stage IIIB-IVM1c unresectable ...
Neuroscience News

Lithium Fails to Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s

A new meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials shows that lithium supplementation does not significantly slow cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease ...