This approach lowered the rate of death to 31%, compared to 51% for patients on standard therapy.
But slightly more patients died on Simdax than those who received standard therapy.
Moreover, the drug also prevented emergency room visits, and reduced hospitalizations by more than 90% as compared with standard therapy.
Half the patients taking Vidaza were alive at the end of two years, compared to 26% of those who received the standard therapy.
In one study, only two of 767 patients on Xolair were hospitalized, compared to 18 hospitalizations for 638 asthma patients on standard therapy.
The studies diagnosed patients with active lupus and randomized them to receive Benlysta plus standard therapy, or an inactive infused solution (placebo) plus standard therapy.
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One trial is pitting the drug against standard therapy among colon cancer patients with liver metastases, looking to slow the time it takes the cancer to progress.
The drug, Avastin, could hit the market by year-end, joining existing anticancer chemicals and radiation as standard therapy for colon cancer--and it could end up working against other cancers.
The study had important limitations, including the small number of patients and the lack of a control group that was followed with standard therapy to compare benefits and side effects.
The new 7000 patient showed the drug did not kill people, nor did it help very much in preventing symptoms either, when compared to patients that were treated aggressively with standard therapy.
"It looks like we've got a drug that will finally be able to kill resistant staph better than our standard therapy, " says Ralph Corey of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, one of the outside doctors who helped analyze the data.
The METEOR study, (Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis Research) demonstrated no significant difference in functional improvement after 6 months between patients who underwent surgery with postoperative physical therapy compared with those who received standard physical therapy alone.
Investigators said the Mississippi case may change that practice because it highlights the potential for cure with early standard antiretroviral therapy, or ART.
Investigators say the Mississippi case may change that practice because it highlights the potential for cure with very early standard antiretroviral therapy (ART).
It would be useful to develop a future trial to evaluate patients who undergo surgery, but who do not receive standard physical therapy, but rather a home based program of exercises.
After surgery, half received a standard breast cancer therapy, known as FAC, and the other half treatment containing Taxotere.
One group, with 19 children, received standard treatments for anger including cognitive-behavioral therapy, presentation of relaxation techniques and social skills training for five consecutive business days.
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"The finding here suggests acupuncture may be useful as a complementary therapy for people who are already on standard treatments, but not getting full relief, " he told the BBC News website.
And until there are larger studies with antibotics, the group says children with Pandas should get standard care for OCD and tics, typically antidepressants and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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