Internal Medicine
A study of an investigational oral (taken by mouth) drug for treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Men’s Health Studies
A study to determine the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug in the treatment of BPH (enlarged prostate) in men.
Neurology
A research study to determine if a recently FDA approved drug, used as an add-on treatment for patients with partial onset seizures (epilepsy), will lessen the frequency of the patient’s seizures and to also gain additional information about how the recently approved drug may be used to treat patients in the future.
A study of an investigational device for Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation to determine if it is safe and effective in the treatment of painful osteoporotic compression fractures of the spine.
Oncology
A research study of an investigational drug for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The study is trying to determine if the Investigational Drug, combined with gemcitabine, results in a better outcome for patients than treatment with gemcitabine alone. Gemcitabine is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Rheumatology
A study of an investigational medication for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (there are currently two studies open).
A study to test the ability of etanercept (also called Enbrel®) to bring about control of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with moderately active rheumatoid arthritis who are already taking at least one “disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug” (also called a DMARD; DMARDs are drugs like methotrexate or azathioprine).
Women’s Health Studies
A study of an investigational drug for pregnant women who have previously had a preterm birth (when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy ) to determine if the investigational drug will safely reduce the rate of early delivery.
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