Clinical trials are a form of clinical research that follow a defined protocol that has been carefully developed to evaluate a clinical question. Clinical research is a type of study of clinical or biomedical questions through the use of human subjects. Clinical trials are divided into five types:
- Treatment trials
- Prevention trials
- Diagnostic trials
- Screening trials
- Quality of life trials
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- Ultrasound Waves, Bone Marrow Cells Show Promise in Heart Failure Patients
- Common Heart Drug Linked to Cancer Risk in Study
- Many U.S. Blacks Eager to Take Part in Medical Research
- Less Salt, More Potassium = Millions of Lives Saved
- Laser Therapy Switches Cocaine Addiction On, Off in Rats: Study
- U.S. Spends More on Dementia Care Than Heart Disease or Cancer: Study
- Antidepressant Lessens Chemo-Related Pain
- More Evidence Shows Hormone Therapy May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
- FDA Approves 1st in New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Drugs
- Tecfidera Approved for Multiple Sclerosis
- FDA Approves New Multiple Sclerosis Drug
- Oral Allergy Treatment May Ease Asthma, Hay Fever, Study Finds
- Inhaler Approved for Cystic Fibrosis Patients
- Lymphoseek Approved to Help Locate Lymph Nodes
- Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise, Study Finds
- New Drugs Might Give Heart Patients an Edge
- Med School Students Still Get Gifts From Drug Companies: Survey
- Mini-Organ Would Mimic Pancreas to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
- No Risks to Pregnancy Seen With Morning Sickness Drug
- High-Antioxidant Diet May Not Prevent Stroke, Dementia, Study Finds
- Daily Dialysis Has Risks, Benefits for Kidney Disease Patients
- PET Scans Helpful, But Not Definitive for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
- U.S. Launches Extensive Alzheimer's Studies
- Implanted Heart Devices Have Real-World Benefits: Study
- Fish Oil Supplements Won't Prevent Irregular Heart Beat: Study
- Avastin Shows No Benefit for Earlier Colon Cancer: Study
- Healthy Diet Helps Damaged Hearts
- New Drug Regimens May Slow Advanced Breast Cancer
- Healthy Diet May Prevent Additional Heart Trouble
- Diabetes Drug Metformin May Fight Cancer
- Cometriq Approved for Rare Thyroid Cancer
- Statins Plus Exercise Best at Lowering Cholesterol, Study Finds
- 'Worm Therapy' Might Help Ease Colitis, Monkey Study Shows
- Herceptin May Carry Higher Heart Risks for Women Than Thought
- Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Does Tamiflu Work? Questions Continue
- New Drug to Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol Shows Promise
- Steroid Shots for Sciatica: Benefits Only Brief, Analysis Finds
- Women Don't Fare as Well as Men With Implanted Defibrillators: Study
- Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
- New Arthritis Drug Xeljanz Gets FDA Approval
- Flu Vaccines May Protect the Heart Too
- Millions May Be Taking Vitamin D Unnecessarily, Analysis Suggests
- Many Studies' 'Wow' Results Usually Fade in Follow-Up
- Fycompa Approved for Epileptic Seizures
- Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C May Thwart Liver Cancer
- Jetrea Approved to Treat Eye Condition
- Is a New Crohn's Disease Treatment on the Horizon?
- Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise as Weight-Loss Aid, Study Says
- New Gene Test Predicts Whose Mouth Lesions Might Be Cancerous
- Scientists ID 'Genetic Signatures' for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- Teva's High-Dose Generic Wellbutrin XL Withdrawn
- Fresh Blood as Good as Older Blood for Preemie Transfusions: Study
- Missing Data May Skew Clinical Trials
- HPV Vaccine Found Safe in Large Study
- Children Underrepresented in Clinical Drug Trials: Study
- Screening Tool Reveals Two Multiple Sclerosis Types
- Research Lacking on Drugs for Older Children With Autism, Study Finds
- Year of Taking Risky Blood Thinners May Be Unnecessary After Stent Surgery
- Scientists Focus on Factors Behind Asthma Attacks
- Drug Shows Promise Against Fragile X Syndrome, Possibly Autism
- Experimental MS Pill Continues to Show Promise
- Parkinson's Drug Mirapex Under Safety Review
- Weight Loss Pill Qsymia Now for Sale
- New Antibiotic in the Works for Dangerous C. Diff
- Missed Dose? Truvada Still Prevents HIV in Men
- U.S. Panel Rejects Ovarian Cancer Screens for Low-Risk Women
- New Leukemia Drug Bosulif Approved for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Breast Cancer Drug May Harm the Heart More Than Thought
- Discovery May Improve Diagnosis of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
- FDA Approves New Once-a-Day HIV Pill
- Breast Cancer Drug Might Help Men on Prostate Cancer Therapy
- Obesity May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery
- Alzheimer's Drug Shows Some Promise in Trials
- Excess Pounds Raise Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence, Death: Study
- PSA Testing Linked to Improved Prostate Cancer Survival
- Statins Won't Hurt, Might Even Help, Your Pancreas: Study
- Stroke Risk Higher After Bypass Than Angioplasty: Analysis
- Experimental Drug May Cut Severe Asthma Attacks: Study
- Retinal Device Restores Sight to Blind Mice
- Drug May Aid People With Advanced Thyroid Cancer
- Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements May Pose Risks for Men With Prostate Cancer
- New Swine Flu Outbreak: Case Count Rising
- Study Compares Safety of 'Biologic' Meds for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Generic Singulair Approved
- New Swine Flu Outbreak Worries CDC
- Alzheimer's Progression Slower After 80: Study
- Spray-on Skin May Promote Wound Healing
- Study: PSA Testing Cuts Worst Prostate Cancers
- Experimental Drug Suppresses Appetite in Mice: Study
- More Drug Trials Needed for Conditions Affecting Kids: Review
- AIDS Cure Possible, Top Scientists Say
- Qsymia, Belviq: New Weight Loss Drugs Compared
- Multiple Sclerosis Drugs May Not Delay Disability
- Obesity Might Hinder Treatment of Some Breast Cancers
- FDA Approves First Drug for HIV Prevention
- Nutrient Drink Might Boost Memory in Early Alzheimer's: Study
- Massage Right After Muscle Injury May Boost Healing
- Statins May Work Better in Men Than in Women
- Infant Vaccination 'Delays' Triple in Oregon: Study
- New Sleeping Pill Suvorexant Works in Early Studies
- FDA Approves Horizant for Post-Shingles Pain
- Drinking Coffee May Delay Alzheimer's Disease
- New Drug Effective for Rare Genetic Skin Cancer: Studies
- Skin Cells Turned Into Brain Cells in Lab Study
- Financial Worries Add to Cancer Patients' Burden
- Study Finds Soy Supplements Don't Boost Thinking Skills
- Little Short-Term Risk of Repeat Bout of Shingles, Study Finds
- Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Certain Breast Cancers
- Older Drug for Advanced Breast Cancer Beat Newer, Pricier Meds
- For Juvenile Arthritis, Pill May Work as Well as Needle
- Re-Routing Spinal Cord Signals Restores Movement in Paralyzed Rats
- Exercise, Vitamin D Can Lower Fall Risk in Elderly
- Doubt Cast on Usefulness of 'Sensory' Therapies for Autism
- Tight Blood-Sugar Control Shows Mixed Results for Health of Kidneys: Study
- Panel: Don't Get PSA Prostate Cancer Screen
- Sigmoidoscopy Cuts Colon Cancer Cases, Deaths
- FDA Issues Warning on Controversial MS Treatment
- Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure
- Only Half of Meds Taken by Kids Have 'Adequate' Safety Info: Study
- New Diet Drug Lorcaserin Wins Vote From FDA Panel
- New Drug Shows Promise for Myeloma Patients
- Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement Works for Elderly: Study
- New Guidelines for Kidney Disease Due to Lupus
- Better Ways Needed to Track Drug Safety: Report
- How That Glass of Red Wine Might Help You Live Longer
- For Breast Cancer Care, Radiation of Whole Breast May Be Best
- Analysis Finds Clinical Trials Often Small, of Poor Quality
- Health Care Disparities Might Affect Black Kids' Cancer Survival
- Rate of Statin-Linked Muscle Woes Unclear, Study Suggests
- FDA Approves New Erectile Dysfunction Drug Stendra
- Children Usually Excluded From Clinical Drug Trials: Study
- Extra Vitamin C May Help Lower Blood Pressure
- Shingles Vaccine Deemed Safe in Large Study
- New Psoriasis Drugs Not Much Better Than Standard Therapy, Study Finds
- Avastin No Benefit to Older Lung Cancer Patients: Study
- Brain Tumor Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial
- Experimental Gel May Help Those With Advanced Parkinson's
- Experimental Pill for Multiple Sclerosis Shows Promise
- HIV Prevention Pill Cost-Effective for High-Risk Men: Study
- Role of Screening, Monitoring in Early Kidney Disease Unclear
- Drug Approved to Treat High Blood Pressure
- Drug May Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Earlier
- Health Highlights: April 3, 2012
- Experimental Chemo Combo for Colon Cancer Disappoints
- Drugs Previously Thought to Be Toxic May Stop Spread of Cancer
- HPV Vaccine May Help Women With Cervical Conditions
- Ob/Gyn Visit a Good Time to Screen for Heart Disease: Study
- Biologic Drug Lowers LDL Cholesterol
- FDA Approves 'Dry' Nose Spray for Allergy
- New Device Approved for Lingering GERD
- Antioxidants May Not Help Alzheimer's Patients
- New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Helps Lower Blood Sugar: Study
- FDA OKs Generic Boniva for Bone Loss
- Experimental Pill May Ease Multiple Sclerosis Disability
- Detailed Gene Scan Might Help Guide Leukemia Treatment
- Childhood Leukemia Survival Rates Reach 90 Percent
- FDA Panel Recommends Second Chance for New Class of Painkillers
- Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Cushing's Disease
- Woman's Recovery From Advanced Melanoma Could Help Guide Research
- Melanoma Patient Tumor Free in T-Cell Clone Study
- Statin Risks Outweighed by Statin Benefits
- Alzheimer's-Like Memory Loss Reversed in Mice
- Stents Overused in Stable Heart Patients
- Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Type 2 Diabetes
- Health Highlights: Feb. 22, 2012
- FDA Panel Votes in Favor of Weight Loss Pill Qnexa
- Kidney Damage Greatly Raises Diabetics' Risk for Death
- Dietary Help Can Boost Cancer Patients' Nutrition, But Not Survival
- Back Problems May Cut Into Retirement Savings
- Antibiotics Do Not Reduce Symptoms of Sinus Infection
- More People Need Training in Lifesaving Epinephrine Use, Advocates Say
- FDA Approves No-Comb Treatment for Head Lice
- Certain Cancer Drugs May Have Fatal Side Effects: Analysis
- Antidepressants May Not Raise Suicide Risk in Youth: Study
- Health Highlights: Jan. 31, 2012
- Exercise a Good Pick-Me-Up After Cancer Treatment: Study
- First Drug to Target Cause of Cystic Fibrosis Approved
- Statins Equally Effective in Women and Men
- Health Highlights: Jan. 24, 2012
- Health Highlights: Jan. 23, 2012
- Enriched Milk May Ease Gout
- More Evidence for Oxaliplatin as Colon Cancer Chemotherapy
- Health Highlights: Jan. 22, 2012
- Melanoma Drug's Link to Other Skin Cancers Identified
- Vaccine Against Bacterial Meningitis Shows Promise
- Knee, Hip Replacements Carry Blood Clot Risk
- Exercise, Talk Therapy by Phone May Help Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
- Surgery Seems Most Effective for Herniated Discs
- Anti-Estrogen Treatment Shrank Lung Tumors in Mice
- New Blood Thinner Linked To Higher Heart Attack Risk
- Why Don't Some People With Asthma Respond to Medication?
- Licorice Root May Cut Cavities, Gum Disease
- Herpes Drugs Don't Stop Herpes Spread
- Could Daily Aspirin Harm Seniors' Eyes?
- Health Highlights: Dec. 21, 2011
- 40 Years On, the Triumphs and Challenges of America's 'War on Cancer'
- Midlife Blood Pressure Predicts Future Heart Risk
- Dengue Fever Cases Subside in Florida, But Threat Remains
- FDA Seeks to Get More Women Into Trials of Medical Devices
- Electronic Cigarette Makers Must Prove Safety of Products: Report
- Are Too Many Older People Screened for Cancer?
- Blinking May Yield Clues About Autism
- CDC Issues New TB Treatment Guidelines
- British Study Suggests Mammograms May Do More Harm Than Good
- Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May Be Less Risky Than Thought
- New FDA Guidelines for Testing Artificial Pancreas
- Macular Degeneration Drug Eylea Approved
- Health Highlights: Oct. 26, 2011
- FDA: Chantix Benefits Still Outweigh the Risks
- Guidelines Suggest Less Frequent Screening for Cervical Cancer
- Many Patients Don't Take Part in Cancer Studies
Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 11/4/2016
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