Safety of 25- and 50-mg capsules in the initiation of zonisamide therapy in patients with epilepsy: an uncontrolled, open-label study.

abstract：:An open multicentre trial was carried out in 13 hypertensive patients, who had responded satisfactorily to and been stabilized on treatment with 400 mg acebutolol daily in divided doses, to assess the effectiveness and tolerance of the same daily dosage given as a single morning dose. On admission, patients were chang...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ashton WL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of alcaftadine 0.25% ophthalmic solution, a new topical anti-allergic agent for the prevention of the signs and symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis induced by conjunctival allergen challenge (CAC). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:This two-ar...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Torkildsen G,Shedden A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare retinal thickness before and after treatment with the fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) 190 µg intravitreal implant in people with diabetic macular edema (DME) using data from the Iluvien Clinical Evidence study in the UK (ICE-UK). METHODS:For this retrospective cohort study, data on people attending ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Currie CJ,Holden SE,Owens DR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate costs associated with prostaglandin analogs among newly-diagnosed glaucoma patients in a managed-care population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:A cost minimization model compared annual costs for patients initiating therapy with one of the three prostaglandin analogs (bimatoprost, latanoprost, trav...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Schmier JK,Covert DW,Robin AL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:PREDICTIVE is a multi-national, prospective, observational study, assessing the safety and efficacy of insulin detemir in patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:The European cohort includes 20,531 patients with diabetes (7420 type 1) from 11 countries. A subgroup of 4782 type 1 patients were tra...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Dornhorst A,Lüddeke HJ,Honka M,Ackermann RW,Meriläinen M,Gallwitz B,Sreenan S,PREDICTIVE Study Group.

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of cimetidine given as 400 mg twice daily was compared to that of cimetidine given as 1.0 g daily in 4 divided doses (200 mg 3-times daily and 400 mg at night) in two groups of 25 patients (total 50 patients) with active duodenal ulceration. After 4 weeks, healing rates of 72% and 76%, respect...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Papadopoulos C,Kalantzis N,Rekoumis G,Kanaghinis T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open study was carried out in 41 children with mild to moderate psoriasis to assess the effectiveness and tolerance of treatment with a 0.1% dithranol plus 17% urea preparation applied twice daily. Thirty-four patients completed 6-weeks' treatment and 8 of them continued for a further 4 to 6 weeks. The results show...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Guerrier CJ,Porter DI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Non-peer-reviewed manuscripts posted as preprints can be cited in peer-reviewed articles, which has both merits and demerits. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors guidelines mandate authors to declare preprints at the time of manuscript submission. We evaluated the trends in pharma-authored research p...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Subramanian K,Nalli A,Senthil V,Bhat A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxofylline (7-(1,3-dioxalan-2-ylmethyl) theophylline) is a novel xanthine bronchodilator which differs from theophylline in that it contains a dioxalane group in position 7. Similarly to theophylline, its mechanism of action is related to the inhibition of phosphodiesterase activities, but in contrast it appears to h...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Dini FL,Cogo R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from phase III clinical trials suggest that high dose chemotherapy (HDC) is currently not indicated for any stage of breast cancer. Therefore HDC should only be considered within the context of clinical trials. Furthermore, there is no significant evidence to support the routine use of taxanes in women with metas...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mokbel K,Elkak A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting an estimated 1.5 million patients in the US. The condition is associated with a substantial health and economic burden. An economic model was developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of tofacitinib (a novel oral Janus k...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Claxton L,Taylor M,Gerber RA,Gruben D,Moynagh D,Singh A,Wallenstein GV

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：MOTIVATION:The American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) guidelines advise use of enteral nutrition (EN) for critically ill hospital patients requiring nutritional support, but no studies have comprehensively estimated economic benefits from adherence to this recommendation. METHODS:We systematicall...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Cangelosi MJ,Auerbach HR,Cohen JT

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consensus health panels, including the Joint British Societies (JBS), have established increasingly stringent cholesterol goals. However, in clinical settings, most patients do not achieve even the less stringent goals. OBJECTIVE:To provide descriptive data on the proportion of patients in the United Kingdo...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Rajagopalan S,Alemao E,Finch L,Yin D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer was the focus of several presentations during the 27th European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress held in Nice. Fulvestrant seems to be equally effective to tamoxifen as a first-line therapy in hormone-sensitive advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women. However, it may be more effective t...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mokbel K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of an interleukin (IL)-12/23 monoclonal antibody (mAb) in subjects with a relapsing form of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:A phase I, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential dose escalation study was conducted in 20 subjects with MS. Subjects wer...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Kasper LH,Everitt D,Leist TP,Ryan KA,Mascelli MA,Johnson K,Raychaudhuri A,Vollmer T,Multiple Sclerosis Investigators.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase inhibitors, which act by inhibiting the degradation of acetylcholine in the brain, form the mainstay of therapy for AD. Predominant adverse events are cholinergic in nature, the most frequent being gastrointestinal side effects. Here we present a case series of patients with dementia who were treated wi...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Venkatesh K,Bullock R,Akbaş A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial was carried out on 116 patients with lower respiratory tract infection and systemic manifestations. One group received co-trimoxazole (480 mg. trimethoprim and 2,400 mg. sulphamethoxazole daily), and the other group received 2 g. tetracycline daily. The trial, as judged by clinical improvements, t...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Sallam MA,Sallam IA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) is a compound acting as an intracellular carrier of acetyl groups across inner mitochondrial membranes. It also appears to have neuroprotective properties and it has recently been shown to reduce attention deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) after long-term treatment. We perform...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Bianchetti A,Rozzini R,Trabucchi M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The CCP signature test (Prolaris) quantifies a patient's risk of disease progression and prostate cancer specific mortality using a gene-expression-based cell cycle progression (CCP) score. This study evaluated the potential clinical utility of the CCP test in a US-based clinical setting. METHODS:Urologists ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Shore N,Concepcion R,Saltzstein D,Lucia MS,van Breda A,Welbourn W,Lewine N,Gustavsen G,Pothier K,Brawer MK

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To assess the efficacy of a mixed intervention, educational, and reminder calendar of the intake, as a strategy to improve therapeutic adherence with dabigatran in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Methods This was a prospective, longitudinal, multi-center study, carried out in 110 speci...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Márquez-Contreras E,Martell-Claros N,Márquez-Rivero S,Hermida-Campa E,Gracia-Diez C,Sanchez-López E,Gil-Guillén V,Compliance and Inertia Working Group, Spanish Society of Hypertension (SEH-LELHA).

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the proportion of patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) whose initial dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP4-i) dosage was concordant with prescribing information (label) recommendations in the United States. METHODS:Adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Huang H,Shetty S,Bauer E,Lang K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind study of 102 patients with a mean age of 79 years, zopiclone was compared to flunitrazepam. The patients rated their sleep in a diary. There was no statistically significant difference between the relatively low dose of 5 mg zopiclone and 1 mg flunitrazepam for eleven out of the twelve variables meas...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Dehlin O,Rubin B,Rundgren A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternaria alternata (AA) sensitisation is a common cause of respiratory allergies such as rhinitis and asthma. So far there are no controlled double-blind trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of specific sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) in AA allergies. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of SLIT treatm...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Pozzan M,Milani M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Short-term clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of pregabalin in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This study examined long-term safety and tolerability of pregabalin in patients with GAD, social anxiety disorder (SAD), or panic disorder (PD). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHO...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Montgomery S,Emir B,Haswell H,Prieto R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In May 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration approved pegvaliase-pqpz (Palynziq*), the first enzyme substitution therapy for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU). This article provides an overview of the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic properties, clinical efficacy, and the safety and tolerability ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mahan KC,Gandhi MA,Anand S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trial was carried out in 30 patients to assess the effectiveness of indanyl carbenicillin in acute or chronic urinary tract infections, many of which were complicated by a pathological urological or medical condition. In all patients, infection was due to a single species of pathogen: E. coli (19), Proteus (6), and ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Giamarellou E,Papazachos G,Piperakis G,Daikos G

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new benzodiazepines, potassium clorazepate (15 mg. at night), and lorazepam (1 mg. t.d.s.) were compared in 50 patients presenting with anxiety in general practice. The response to treatment was assessed clinically and for patient acceptance. The single-dose regime of potassium clorazepate was significantly better...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Harris PG

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Osteoarthritis is one of the most common forms of arthritis seen in primary care. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) play an important role in the management of osteoarthritis. However, gastrointestinal (GI) side effects limit their use. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective inhibitors exhibit better...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Pareek A,Chandanwale AS,Oak J,Jain UK,Kapoor S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is one of the most potent vasodilatory factors in the human feto-placental circulation. The expression of CRH was significantly down-regulated in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). METHODS:One hundred pregnant women diagnosed with ICP at 34-34(+6)...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Zhou F,Zhang L,He MM,Liu ZF,Gao BX,Wang XD

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin) is a highly active molecule and as such is used at very low therapeutic concentrations that require stabilisation. Commercially available epoetins differ in the stabilisers used in their formulations, which result in variations between epoetin preparations in storage and hand...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Haselbeck A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00