New centrally acting agents for appetite control: from biological mechanisms to clinical efficacy.

abstract：:Five-year results are reported of a controlled long-term comparative study to assess the effects of ergoloid mesylates (1.5 mg 3-times daily) and placebo on medical, psychological and electrophysiological variables. Initially, 148 healthy elderly volunteers of both sexes were included. Eighty-nine subjects (48 on ergo...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Huber F,Köberle S,Prestele H,Spiegel R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relative efficacy and safety of extended-release tramadol HCl 75 mg/acetaminophen 650 mg (TA-ER) and immediate-release tramadol HCl 37.5 mg/acetaminophen 325 mg (TA-IR) for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain following total knee replacement. METHODS:This phase III, double-blind, p...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Park YB,Ha CW,Cho SD,Lee MC,Lee JH,Seo SS,Kang SB,Kyung HS,Choi CH,Chang N,Rhim HY,Bin SI

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin 0.3%/dexamethasone 0.1% (CIP/DEX) otic suspension with that of neomycin 0.35%/polymyxin B 10,000 IU/mL/hydrocortisone 1.0% (N/P/H) otic suspension in patients with acute otitis externa (AOE). STUDY DESIGN:Randomized, observer-masked, parallel-group, multic...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Roland PS,Pien FD,Schultz CC,Henry DC,Conroy PJ,Wall GM,Garadi R,Dupre SJ,Potts SL,Hogg LG,Stroman DW,Ciprodex Otic AOE Study Group.

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired red cell deformability has been found in patients suffering from chronic peripheral vascular disorders, the implication being that microcirculatory blood flow is hindered and tissue hypoxaemia is aggravated. Measurement of erythrocyte deformability by a standard filtration technique for whole blood was carri...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Angelkort B,Maurin N,Boateng K

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of midline shift on neuroradiologic studies in brain tumor patients represents mass effect from the tumor and surrounding edema. We hypothesized that baseline cerebral edema as measured by midline shift would increase postoperative nausea (PON). We studied the incidence of PON in brain tumor pat...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ouyang MW,McDonagh DL,Phillips-Bute B,James ML,Friedman AH,Gan TJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective management of influenza depends on early recognition of influenza in the community and on rapid diagnosis. Early recognition is achieved by integrated clinical and laboratory based surveillance programmes in representative populations. The recent introduction of 'near patient tests' for influenza provide inc...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Fleming D,Wood M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer cells can develop resistance to standard hormonal treatment and chemotherapy with the activation of the mTOR pathway; this is supported by results of preclinical and clinical studies. In clinical trials, the addition of everolimus to hormonal treatment or anti-HER2 treatment improved the outcom...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Sendur MA,Zengin N,Aksoy S,Altundag K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open clinical evaluation was carried out in 736 African out-patients suffering from rheumatic and inflammatory disorders to assess the efficacy and tolerability of tenoxicam in relieving the signs and symptoms of their condition. On entry, all previous treatment was discontinued and patients received a simple daily...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ibrahima K,Kodjo G,Issa S,Seye L,Cisse F,Eassey G,Rietiker S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In gouty patients, urate lowering therapies (ULTs) are recommended to bring serum uric acid (SUA) levels below 6.0 mg/dL, with the aim of dissolving urate depositions, thereby reducing disease impact. However, patients with hyperuricemia often present with other conditions associated with cardiovascular (CV) risk, suc...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Johnson RJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind trial was carried out in 76 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis to compare the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of 3 g. alclofenac with 4.8 g. aspirin daily over a 6-week period. All patients selected showed reversible inflammatory swelling of the finger joints. Of the 60 patients successf...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Bedi SS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate the relationship between different levels of medication possession ratio (MPR) attained and achievement of clinically meaningful reductions in lipid levels. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of 4691 new statin users from the Department of Veteran Affairs ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Watanabe JH,Bounthavong M,Chen T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exenatide, an incretin mimetic for adjunctive treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), reduced hemoglobin A(1c) (A1C) and weight in clinical trials. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of > or = 3 years exenatide therapy on glycemic control, body weight, cardiometabolic markers, and safety. ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Klonoff DC,Buse JB,Nielsen LL,Guan X,Bowlus CL,Holcombe JH,Wintle ME,Maggs DG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In clinical practice, persistence with statin therapy is poor. While little is known about relative persistence to specific statins, previous studies have observed greater persistence in patients who achieve greater degrees of lipid lowering. Identification of statin therapies which improve patient persisten...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Foody JM,Joyce AT,Rudolph AE,Liu LZ,Benner JS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Self-reported healthcare resource utilization (HRU), medication out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures and impact of OOP expenses on HRU were assessed for respondents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) or elevated cardiometabolic risk. METHODS:The 5-year longitudinal SHIELD study surveyed a stratified sample of ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Fox KM,Grandy S,SHIELD Study Group.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is unclear how well different outcome measures in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) perform in predicting real-world cancer survival. We assess the ability of RCT overall survival (OS) and surrogate endpoints - progression-free survival (PFS) and time to progression (TTP) - to predict real-world OS acros...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Shafrin J,Brookmeyer R,Peneva D,Park J,Zhang J,Figlin RA,Lakdawalla DN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of methodological choices in a meta-analysis of real-world evidence (RWE) comparing three non-vitamin-K antagonist oral anticoagulants with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for the treatment of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Methods: Th...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Briere JB,Wu O,Bowrin K,Millier A,Toumi M,Taieb V,Levy P,Coleman CI

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health economic analysis from a healthcare and societal point of view was conducted to assess the cost-effectiveness of insulin degludec (IDeg) after switching from other basal insulins in people with type 1 diabetes. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This was a prospective, open-label, single arm, observational follow-...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Landstedt-Hallin L,Gundgaard J,Ericsson Å,Ellfors-Zetterlund S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open, multi-centre, non-comparative study was carried out in general practice to assess the efficacy and tolerance of piroxicam in 159 patients with osteoarthritis and 27 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Initial dosage ranged from 10 to 40 mg piroxicam and all but a few patients continued treatment with 20 mg on...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Gow PJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early involvement of specialists is associated with improved survival in ovarian cancer patients. However, only 33-60% of patients are currently being referred. A more effective strategy to get patients with an elevated risk of ovarian cancer to gynecologic oncologists is needed. The objective of this study w...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Eskander RN,Carpenter BA,Wu HG,Wolf JK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aliskiren is the first in a new class of orally effective direct renin inhibitors approved for the treatment of hypertension. This multiple-dose study investigated the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions between aliskiren and three drugs, each predominantly eliminated by a different clearance/metabolic...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Ayalasomayajula S,Tchaloyan S,Yeh CM,Bizot MN,Dieterich HA,Howard D,Dole WP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the prognostic significance of several risk factors on the outcome of coronary heart disease (CHD) in 639 cardiovascular disease-free subjects with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). During the 15-year follow-up, 53 (18%) men and 34 (9.8%) women had a CHD event (men vs women, p < 0....

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Panagiotakos DB,Pitsavos C,Skoumas J,Chrysohoou C,Toutouza M,Stefanadis CI,Toutouzas PK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over a century, there has been considerable interest in the management of regional lymph node metastasis in patients with primary breast cancer. Since the advent of sentinel lymph node biopsies, there has been renewed interest in the management of patients with metastasis to the internal mammary nodes. The appropr...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Jatoi I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anemia is a complication of chronic kidney disease and may contribute to adverse clinical outcomes. Early identification and treatment of anemia may improve cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. No large-scale population data are available specifically for patients with chronic kidney disease regarding prev...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： McClellan W,Aronoff SL,Bolton WK,Hood S,Lorber DL,Tang KL,Tse TF,Wasserman B,Leiserowitz M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Detection of β-thalassemia trait or carriers (β-TT) depends significantly on an increase in Hemoglobin A2 (HbA2) levels, which is found at low levels (<3%) in normal healthy individuals and elevated levels (≥3.5%) in β-TT individuals. The study was designed to evaluate the reliability of the diagnostic par...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Al-Amodi AM,Ghanem NZ,Aldakeel SA,Ibrahim Al Asoom L,Rafique Ahmed N,Almandil NB,Naserullah ZA,Al-Jarrash S,Shakil Akhtar M,AbdulAzeez S,Al-Ali AK,Borgio JF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver transplantation is currently a standard therapy for patients with end-stage liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma. Given that liver transplantation has undergone a thriving development in these decades, the survival rates after liver transplantation have markedly improved as a result of the critical advanc...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mu J,Chen Q,Zhu L,Wu Y,Liu S,Zhao Y,Ma T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glomerular and tubular function of 7 patients with a spectrum of renal impairment was measured before, during and after 4-days' treatment with cefuroxime and gentamicin. Neither the mean plasma urea nor creatinine concentrations of the group increased after combined treatment, nor was the excretion of cefuroxime s...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Cockram CS,Richards P,Bax RP

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims: We sought to investigate the reasons for, and rates of, novel oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy discontinuation.Methods: This was an observational cohort study of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) referred to a regional DOAC outpatient clinic between February 2013 and October 2017. The study population cons...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Mitrovic D,Folkeringa R,Veeger N,van Roon E

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Docetaxel and paclitaxel show significant clinical activity in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and have been approved for MBC by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but it is still unclear whether a paclitaxel-based regimen improves outcomes over a docetaxel-based regimen in patients with MBC. We therefore...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Qi WX,Shen Z,Lin F,Sun YJ,Min DL,Tang LN,He AN,Yao Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States, and are characterized by higher rates of obesity and diabetes compared to Whites. The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in Latinos is two-fold higher than in Caucasians, and Latinos suffer from higher rates of diabetic complications and mortali...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Gonzalez AB,Salas D,Umpierrez GE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the equivalent efficacy of temazepam 7.5 mg and temazepam 15 mg for the treatment of transient insomnia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:This was a double-blind, parallel group, multicenter study. Healthy male and female subjects with previous but not current complaints of transient insomnia were ...

journal_title：Current medical research and opinion

authors： Erman MK,Loewy D,Scharf MB

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00