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CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service |
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Designed
to be of interest both to patients wishing to participate in clinical
trials and to research professionals, this site includes:
- Listing of clinical trials: an international list of more than 7500
trials currently recruiting patients;
- Listing
of NIH Studies: Government-funded clinical research being
undertaken by the various National Institutes of Health at the Warren
Grant Magnuson Clinical Centre, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Centerwatch gateway to PDQ®,
NCIs cancer clinical trial listings: contains over 1700 actively
enrolling cancer trials across the US and abroad.
Centerwatch is a publishing company focusing on the clinical trials
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In
addition there is information on newly approved drug therapies,
publications and services, industry news and jobs, profiles of research
centers and industry providers, and details of further resources
(including web sites) of interest to patient and professional. The
resources are sub-divided into disease area (see Comments section below). |
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Both
listings are organized by geographic region, and in 21 different disease
categories, as follows:
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Cardiology/Vascular
Diseases
Dental/Maxillofacial Surgery
Dermatology/Plastic Surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Musculoskeletal
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology |
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Phase I Healthy Patient Studies
Psychiatry/Psychology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
Rheumatology
Trauma/Emergency Medicine
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The
Quick Search facility has clear instructions for undertaking keyword
searches of the four main sections of the site, including the clinical
trial listings. The Clinical Trials Listing is said to be updated
regularly, the NIH listing weekly. Each trial has contact details for
further information, and the site provides facilities for patients to be
notified of new trials.
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