The investigators are now conducting a randomized, controlled clinical trial of RAGE Control in the outpatient clinic at Boston Children's that adds a cooperative component.

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There, Schering-Plough and Merck seemed to have too much control over the delayed clinical trial, called ENHANCE.

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Though faecal transplantation for C. difficile has still to undergo a formal clinical trial, with a proper control group, it looks a promising (and cheap) answer to a serious threat.

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The research team plans another clinical trial to test whether letting children take RAGE Control home, to play with parents and siblings, will increase its effect.

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In fact, clinical trial subjects--even those who are in the control arm--are closely monitored and get the best care available.

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