Clinical Trials: Availability, Volunteers, Drug Research | Publications
Summary: The Clinical Trials: Availability, Volunteers, Drug Research section of Disabled World (DW) offers a range of publications relevant to individuals with disabilities, seniors, and anyone interested in medical advancements. These resources include information on current clinical trials, opportunities for volunteer participation, and insights into ongoing drug research. Articles cover topics such as new treatments for specific conditions, the development of assistive technologies, and research into the efficacy of various therapies. The papers and articles are often peer-reviewed or sourced from reputable institutions, providing valuable, helpful, and interesting knowledge that can inform decisions about healthcare options, increase understanding of medical research, and offer hope through the exploration of innovative solutions.
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| Phase 1 Clinical Trial for Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants A new nasal candidate vaccine could provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. | 1 Jul 2024 | |
| Promoting Health Equity: Integrating Nursing Home Residents into Clinical Trials Commentary focuses on the importance of including nursing home residents, a population with significant medical complexity, in clinical trials. | 29 Apr 2024 | |
| The PALACE Study Looks at Reducing the Penicillin Allergy Label Many low-risk patients with a penicillin allergy were able to have their penicillin allergy label removed through a procedure known as direct oral challenge as part of a world-first multicenter randomized control trial known as the Penicillin Allergy Clinical Decision Rule (PALACE) study. | 17 Jul 2023 | |
| mRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Clinical Trial A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. | 15 May 2023 27 Sep 2023 | |
| Disabled Commonly Excluded From Clinical Trial Eligibility Despite constituting the largest minority group in the U.S. and expressing interest in participating in clinical trials, people with disabilities remain excluded. | 3 Oct 2022 29 Apr 2024 | |
| New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Clinical Trial Begins Enrollment Clinical trial of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation versus Best Available Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis (BEAT-MS) begins enrollment. | 7 Jan 2020 10 Feb 2020 | |
| Clinical Trial Recognizes Needs of Severely Disabled MS Patients New clinical trial testing disease modifying drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) first in the world to recognize importance of wheelchair users retaining use of their hands. | 16 Jun 2018 | |
| Intensity Therapeutics Human Cancer Clinical Trial Update Intensity Therapeutics a private biotech firm is way ahead of big pharma and universities with human cancer immuno oncology clinical trials. | 26 Mar 2018 19 Sep 2023 | |
| Fighting Cancer As Much As Possible: Why Patients Join Phase 1 Clinical Trials The importance of early stage trials is increasing because of the pressing need for new drugs. | 23 Mar 2018 1 Jul 2024 | |
| Pediatric Neural Tumor Shrinkage Shown in Selumetinib Clinical Trial Early-phase clinical trial of selumetinib in children with common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas. | 29 Dec 2016 20 Jun 2018 | |
| Antidote: A Digital Health Company on a Mission Antidote matches the right patients with the right clinical trials, helping medical researchers make faster progress, and offering new treatment options to patients. | 22 Sep 2016 1 Jun 2017 | |
| Evaluating FDA Approach to Cancer Clinical Trials U.S. FDA is committed to meet needs of patients and health care communities in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. | 17 Sep 2016 | |
| AST-OPC1 Clinical Study for Spinal Cord Injury Patients Asterias Biotherapeutics AST-OPC1 treatment for spinal cord injury patients shown to help paralyzed patients regain function in arms and hands. | 14 Sep 2016 8 May 2021 | |
| UK Clinical Trial to Test Treatments for Vitiligo We are looking for people who have at least one patch of vitiligo that has appeared or worsened over the past year. | 18 Jun 2016 30 Mar 2026 | |
| Largest Autism Clinical Trial in History Extends Recruitment Target Mental Imagery Therapy for Autism (MITA), an early-intervention application for children with ASD, is currently being validated in the clinical trial. | 15 Jun 2016 1 May 2018 | |
| Clinical Trials of Robotic Legs Help Patients Walk Again Clinicians and engineers at University of Kent carrying out first clinical trials of robotic legs for patients. | 26 May 2016 | |
| Clinical Trials: Seeking Female Diversity It is important for more women, particularly those of diverse ethnicities, to take part in clinical trials. | 3 May 2016 | |
| First US Clinical Trial for Lewy Body Dementia HEADWAY-DLB is a phase 2b multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate investigational medicine RVT-101 for dementia with Lewy bodies. | 25 Apr 2016 | |
| SCI Researcher Seeking Volunteers with Spinal Cord Injuries Spinal cord injury researcher is seeking participants with spinal cord injuries for the final phase of her doctoral research. | 18 Apr 2016 | |
| Study to Control and Prevent Urinary Symptoms in People with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease United Spinal Association recruiting people with spinal cord injury and disease for a study to control and prevent urinary symptoms. | 19 Mar 2016 | |
| FDA Grants Therapy Designation for Ocrelizumab in Primary Progressive MS FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation for the investigational medicine Ocrelizumab (OCREVUS) for treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). | 17 Feb 2016 14 Nov 2020 | |
| Argus II Bionic Eye Clinical Trial Results Results of 3 year clinical trial study of retinal implant known as the Argus II bionic eye for people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa. | 23 Jun 2015 26 Jun 2017 | |
| Early Clinical Trials Find Powdered Measles Vaccine Safe Measles vaccine made of fine dry powder delivered with puff of air triggered no adverse side effects in early human testing and it is likely effective. | 29 Nov 2014 | |
| ELND005 Clinical Study in Youth with Down Syndrome Results Transition announce results of clinical study of neuropsychiatric drug candidate ELND005 in young adults with Down syndrome. | 20 Nov 2014 13 Oct 2021 | |
| IMC-1 Fibromyalgia Treatment Reduces Pain and Symptoms IMC-1 oral medication proves highly effective at reducing pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) in patients in a recent clinical trial. | 20 Nov 2014 13 Dec 2020 | |
| Pain Relief for Knee Osteoarthritis with Traumeel and Zeel Intra-articular Injections This study supports clinical feedback from healthcare professionals regarding positive outcomes with Traumeel and Zeel injections in knee osteoarthritis. | 19 Nov 2014 22 Nov 2020 | |
| Glyder Device Offers Non-Fusion Option for Facet Pain The Glyder Facet Restoration Device provides long-term relief from lumbar facet joint pain through a minimally invasive non-fusion procedure that preserves spine anatomy. | ✓ ✓ | 12 Nov 2014 10 Dec 2025 |
| Human Clinical Trial of Ebola Vaccine Started Researchers at NIAID are conducting early phase trial to evaluate VSV-ZEBOV Ebola virus vaccine. | 1 Nov 2014 25 Jan 2018 | |
| Clinical Trial of Rett Syndrome Drug Shows Promise Clinical trial finds a growth factor known as IGF1 can help treat some symptoms of Rett syndrome. | 23 Jun 2014 | |
| Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trial Using Cord Blood Stem Cell Therapy Recruiting efforts are underway to enroll children between the ages of 2 and 10 diagnosed with cerebral palsy in an FDA regulated clinical trial using stem cell therapy. | 19 Apr 2014 9 Aug 2021 | |
| EPA Experiments Seek to Harm People States AAPS Association of American Physicians and Surgeons states EPA is soliciting senior Americans to volunteer for experiments where the purpose is to harm people. | 11 Apr 2014 16 Apr 2014 | |
| Drugs Show Promise Against Aggressive Medulloblastoma Childhood Brain Tumor Study identified with potential to improve treatment of a high-risk childhood brain tumor are now part of pediatric clinical trial. | 27 Mar 2014 | |
| Therapeutic Target for Treating Huntington's and Parkinson's Disease Research from Western University has revealed a possible new target for treating movement disorders such as Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease. | 8 Jan 2014 3 Jan 2022 | |
| BrainGate Trial to Restore Movement for People with Paralysis Experts in muscle stimulation technology and brain-computer interfaces working to restore movement for people with paralysis. | 22 Feb 2013 23 May 2021 | |
| Autism Clinical Trial Regarding Cord Blood Stem Cells First FDA approved clinical trial to evaluate use of child's own cord blood stem cells to treat patients with autism. | 25 Aug 2012 4 Aug 2021 | |
| Landmark Clinical Study in Spinal Cord Injury Phase 2 clinical trial of SUN13837 an investigational medication developed to improve neurological function in patients with newly diagnosed acute spinal cord injury. | 23 Apr 2012 30 Mar 2026 | |
| Oral Laquinimod Drug May Ease Multiple Sclerosis Disability Laquinimod has been shown to be effective in treating the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for patients with relapsing remitting forms of the disease. | 4 Apr 2012 26 Sep 2021 | |
| New HIV Vaccine - Human Trials Initiated The trial funded by the Wellcome Trust called MUCOVAC2 is evaluating a vaccine that contains the HIV trimeric gp140 protein CN54 representative of Clade C strains of the virus. | 21 Dec 2011 1 Aug 2013 | |
| Artificial Pancreas System Clinical Trials - FDA Outlines Flexible Approaches Draft guidance designed to help investigators and manufacturers to develop and seek approval for artificial pancreas device systems to treat type 1 diabetes. | 2 Dec 2011 | |
| New Cancer Vaccine Receives Approval for Clinical Tests and Secures Substantial Financing Immunicum which is developing cancer vaccines has received approval to test the vaccine on humans for the first time. | 26 Nov 2011 14 Jun 2013 | |
| ACTEMRA Monotherapy Improves Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis Data from Phase III clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis patients who received ACTEMRA (tocilizumab) as monotherapy and those who received ACTEMRA plus antirheumatic drug (DMARD), including methotrexate (MTX). | 7 Nov 2011 10 Jun 2022 | |
| Examining Meds to Treat Social Withdrawal in Autism Children and adults with social withdrawal due to Fragile X syndrome or autism may benefit from an experimental drug under study. | 23 Jul 2011 3 Feb 2022 | |
| Investigational Treatment for SCI and TBI Acorda plans to study AC105 as an acute treatment for patients who have suffered neurological trauma such as spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. | 1 Jul 2011 22 Feb 2022 | |
| Trial of SBC-102 in Adults with Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency Clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of SBC-102 as an enzyme replacement therapy for cholesteryl ester storage disease (CESD). | 6 Jun 2011 29 Mar 2026 | |
| First Ever Clinical Trial Approved for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy approval from FDA to commence a Phase I safety study for RG3039 formerly called Quinazoline495 developed for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. | 19 May 2011 | |
| Encouraging Results of SAR 1118 Dry Eye Disease Study We are encouraged by the clinical effects of SAR 1118 in improving both signs and symptoms of dry eye. | 4 May 2011 1 Apr 2023 | |
| Joining a Clinical Trial Clinical trials are research studies in which people help doctors find ways to improve health and cancer care. | 1 May 2011 | |
| Clinical Trial of SB623 Cell Therapy for Stroke Disability Phase 1/2a clinical trial testing safety and efficacy of Allogeneic cell therapy SB623 on patients suffering from stable deficits resulting from previous stroke injuries. | 21 Apr 2011 17 Apr 2022 | |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial Collaboration NeuroVive announced agreement with European Brain Injury Consortium to conduct clinical trial of NeuroSTAT for neuro-protection in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). | 8 Mar 2011 | |
| Clinical Trial to Find Best Way of Treating Arm Pain More than 500 people suffering from lower arm pain are to take part in a new UK-wide clinical trial. | 10 Feb 2011 | |
| Neuralstem ALS Clinical Trial Update Neuralstem reports the progress of ongoing Phase I human clinical trial of spinal cord stem cells in the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. | 10 Feb 2011 6 Jun 2022 | |
| Clinical Trial For Rett Syndrome Launched Study marks the emergence of disease-modifying treatments for autism spectrum disorders. | 16 Dec 2010 | |
| Can Aspirin Prolong a Healthy Life The Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly study will assess whether aspirin can prolong life and if it can prolong a life free of physical disability and dementia for healthy older people. | 7 Nov 2010 | |
| Curemark Adds Two Autism Trial Sites in California Curemark announces it has added two sites in California to its Phase III clinical trial program for CM-AT autism treatment. | 28 Oct 2010 | |
| Parents Experience Difficulty with Pediatric Cancer Trials Consent Process Compared with adult cancer patients parents of children with cancer were more likely to be dissatisfied with consent process for participating in clinical trials. | 22 Oct 2010 | |
| Reovirus Appears to Have a Redemptive Quality - The Ability to Kill Cancer Reovirus that can cause coughing and mild diarrhea appears to have a major redemptive quality - the ability to kill cancer. | 20 Oct 2010 | |
| Novartis Once-Yearly Reclast Preserves Bone Mass and Fracture Protection in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Long-term data show novartis once-yearly reclast preserves bone mass and provides fracture protection in postmenopausal osteoporosis. | 17 Oct 2010 | |
| Successful Phase 2 Trial of Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease New Details Presented at the World Parkinson Congress on Neurologix's Successful Phase 2 Trial of Gene Therapy for Parkinsons Disease. | 3 Oct 2010 | |
| Genital Herpes Vaccine Ineffective in Women An experimental vaccine intended to prevent genital herpes disease in women although generally safe and well-tolerated proved ineffective. | 1 Oct 2010 | |
| Abatacept Ineffective in Non-life Threatening Lupus Treatment Abatacept found ineffective in treatment of non-life threatening lupus further trials needed to determine clinical application of drug in SLE. | 29 Sep 2010 | |
| Drug Trial Offers Hope for Heart Attack Patients New findings from major drug trial a step closer to developing a drug which could prevent thousands of deaths from heart attacks. | 13 Sep 2010 | |
| First Clinical Trials Successfully Completed on Potent New hepatitis C Drug First clinical trials on a new drug being developed to treat infections caused by Hepatitis C virus successfully completed. | 3 Sep 2010 | |
| Success Stops Apixaban Drug Trial Evidence of success of apixaban in prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation who are unsuitable for treatment of warfarin. | 31 Aug 2010 | |
| Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Trial - Neuralstem Files FDA Application Phase I safety clinical trial for chronic spinal cord injury with its spinal cord stem cells. | 25 Aug 2010 26 Aug 2010 | |
| Comparing Tapentadol Extended Release Tablets to Oxycodone Controlled Release Tablets Study found tapentadol ER was associated with a lower overall incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events than oxycodone CR. | 19 Jul 2010 15 Mar 2014 | |
| Clinical Trial Matching Service for Alzheimer's The Alzheimer's Association announced today the launch of Alzheimer's Association TrialMatch. | 12 Jul 2010 | |
| Trial of Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Successful Neurologix Announces Successful Phase 2 Trial of Gene Therapy for Parkinsons Disease. | 22 Jun 2010 22 Sep 2017 | |
| Curemark Begins Autism Trials at Two More Sites Curemark is a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological and other diseases. | 1 Jun 2010 | |
| New Hepatitis C Drug Trials Begin Clinical trials have started on a new drug which is being developed to treat infections caused by Hepatitis C virus. | 14 May 2010 | |
| Total Spine Arthroplasty System Trial First approved clinical study for a Total Spine Arthroplasty system in the U.S.. | 22 Apr 2010 | |
| MS Patients Receiving Alemtuzumab Remain Free of Clinically-Active Disease Multiple sclerosis (MS) trial showed 71 percent of alemtuzumab treated patients remain free of clinically-active disease for three years. | 14 Apr 2010 | |
| Cordis Trial of New Stent Graft System First patients enrolled in cordis trial of new stent graft system to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm. | 9 Apr 2010 18 Mar 2015 | |
| Stroke Treatment Passes Safety Stage of Clinical Trial Clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage. | 10 Mar 2010 | |
| VLP Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Study - Novavax Immunogenicity data from Pivotal 2009 A/H1N1 VLP pandemic influenza vaccine study in Mexico. | 19 Feb 2010 | |
| Stroke Clinical Trial in UK First-in-man clinical trial with its ReN001 stem cell therapy for stroke. | 11 Feb 2010 | |
| TOPICA'S Luliconazole IND to Begin Clinical Trials in Onychomycosis Trial for use of luliconazole in patients with onychomycosis nail and nail bed fungal infections. | 1 Feb 2010 | |
| Treatment of Advanced Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia - Clinical Trial Positive Phase 2 Study Results of Perifosine as Single Agent for Treatment of Advanced Waldenstroms Macroglobulinemia. | 27 Jan 2010 3 Feb 2017 |
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