UT Houston Research Shows Etanercept Proven Effective
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UT Houston Research Shows Etanercept Proven Effective
WebWire – WebWire (press release) – Jan 21, 2008
Until now no research was available to prove that Etanercept a drug that is approved for use in adults with psoriasis and for children with rheumatoid arthritis was safe and effective in treating children with psoriasis. DPublished in the January issue of the New England Journal of Medicine a one-year study tracked 211 participants some of whom were treated at The University of Texas Dermatology Clinical Research Center. Among children ages 4-17 who were treated with the drug for 12 weeks 57 percent showed at least a 75 percent improvement in disease severity scores compared with only 11 percent of those receiving a placebo. Psoriasis affects the skin and joints. It commonly causes red scaly patches on the skin. The scaly patches are areas of inflammation and excessive skin production.
ACP-ASIM Section 6
American Medical News – American Medical News (subscription) – Jan 21, 2008
Each institution that receives federal support for research on humans is required to create an institutional review board. All proposed clinical research regardless of the source of support should be approved by the local institutional review board to assure that the research plans are reasonable and that research participants are adequately protected. Although this formal system of review is designed to protect research participants the premise on which all ethical research is based is mutual trust and respect between research participants and researchers. This premise requires that physician-investigators involved in designing or carrying out research have primary concern for the potential participants in these investigations. Although the responsibility for assuring reasonable protection of human research participants resides with the investigators and the local institutional review board the medical profession as a whole also has responsibilities. Clinical investigation is fraught with opportunities for conflicts to arise.
News From Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Medical News Today – Jan 21, 2008
all from Mayo Clinic. —————————-Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release. —————————-A peer-review journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings publishes original articles and reviews dealing with clinical and laboratory medicine clinical research basic science research and clinical epidemiology. Mayo Clinic Proceedings is published monthly by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research as part of its commitment to the medical education of physicians. The journal has been published for more than 80 years and has a circulation of 130000 nationally and internationally. Articles are available online at. mayoclinicproceedings.
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