Clinical trials as of January 24 2009

[ramana]

I was doing a check of clinical trials and to my surprise found a couple of drug related trials. There is even a surgical trial (??) Anyone has more information on these?

a) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0 ... pen&rank=1
b) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0 ... pen&rank=7
c) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0 ... en&rank=14 (surgery)

This one is using a device
d) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0 ... pen&rank=3

[webslave]

c) http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0 ... en&rank=14 (surgery)

Beware. See viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6037

[ramana]

Thanks webslave...

So how do these people get grants then from the government? I would assume that there would be quite an uproar in the medical community if such unproven and potentially disastrous procedures received funding.

[webslave]

So how do these people get grants then from the government?

Where do you see that they have grants from the government?

Sponsors and Collaborators
The Krongrad Institute

From the front page of clinicaltrials.gov:

ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.

I see this trial as little more than an advertisement for Krongrad.

[calman]

Ramana - I have to second webslave here and say beware. Please try the higher dose (5,000 iu/day during the winter) of vitamin D for three months before you even consider any kind of surgery. Surgery cannot be undone and may lead to further pain. But I understand. I considered it in the past myself. Not any more.