Results: 471

Moderate to severe psoriasis treatment challenges through the era of biological drugs

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5), 2017
Abstract: Biological therapy has revolutionized moderate to severe psoriasis treatment. However, despite being more effective than conventional systemic treatments, some patients do not respond or lose response to biotechnological treatments or develop drug-antibodies, interfering with its safety and eff...

Necesidad de capacitación sobre ensayos clínicos en los profesionales de la Atención Primaria de Salud

Edumecentro; 9 (3), 2017
Fundamento: se precisa que cada investigador que participa en ensayos clínicos esté cualificado para realizar su labor. Objetivo: diagnosticar las necesidades de capacitación sobre ensayos clínicos en profesionales de la Atención Primaria de Salud. Métodos: se realizó una investigación descriptiv...

Brazilian consensus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Part 1: diagnosis, steroid therapy and perspectives

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (8), 2017
ABSTRACT Significant advances in the understanding and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) took place since international guidelines were published in 2010. Our objective was to provide an evidence-based national consensus statement for multidisciplinary care of DMD in Brazil. A combination o...

Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: a Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (6), 2017
El Comité Internacional de Editores de Revista Médicas (ICMJE) ha tomado la posición que el compartir los datos generados por los ensayos clínicos es una obligación ética, por cuanto los participantes en esos estudios se colocaron en riesgo al aceptar su inclusión. En esta editorial el ICMJE expre...

Data Sharing: A New Editorial Initiative of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Implications for the Editors´ Network

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (5), 2017
Abstract The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides recommendations to improve the editorial standards and scientific quality of biomedical journals. These recommendations range from uniform technical requirements to more complex and elusive editorial issues including ethical...

Ethical issues on the "synthetic" phosphoethanolamine clinical trial

Summary Notwithstanding its approval by the National Committee for Ethics in Research (Conep) on April 19, 2016, a trial of the so-called "synthetic" phosphoethanolamine (syn-phospho) pill in cancer patients raises ethical concerns. An analysis by a laboratory contracted by the Ministry of Science, Techn...

Declaración de la Academia Chilena de Medicina sobre el Título V de la Ley 20. 850 (Ley Ricarte Soto) y su proyecto de reglamento "De los ensayos clínicos de productos farmacéuticos y elementos de uso médico"

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (2), 2017
In Chile, high cost treatments required by selected medical conditions are financed by the State, according to Law 20.850. A bylaw under discussion by the Senate regulates clinical trials, posing complex issues that will endanger local interest in front-line research: 1) The exclusive and mandatory contr...

Declaración de la Academia Chilena de Medicina sobre el Título V de la Ley 20. 850 (Ley Ricarte Soto) y su proyecto de reglamento “De los ensayos clínicos de productos farmacéuticos y elementos de uso médico”

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (3), 2017
In Chile, high cost treatments required by selected medical conditions are financed by the State, according to Law 20.850. A bylaw under discussion by the Senate regulates clinical trials, posing complex issues that will endanger local interest in front-line research: 1. The exclusive and mandatory contr...