All Posts: clinical trials
33 Articles
- News Release
Advanced Melanoma Survival Improves Significantly When Immunotherapy is Given Before Targeted Therapy
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September 27, 2022
- GUMC Stories
FDA Approves Lung Cancer Drug Supported by Georgetown Lombardi Research
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September 14, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Clinical Research Staff Rise to the Challenges Posed by Pandemic
(July 31, 2020) — Running clinical research can be complicated under normal circumstances but it’s especially arduous during a pandemic. Despite the difficulties, the clinical…
July 31, 2020
- GUMC Stories
First-of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial at Georgetown Puts Mammography Technologies Under the Spotlight
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July 31, 2020
- News Release
Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is safe…
May 29, 2020
- News Release
Pressure to Endorse Use of Unproven Drugs for COVID-19 Threatens Public Confidence
WASHINGTON (April 16, 2020) — The widespread use of experimental treatments for COVID-19, including the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, represents “ill…
April 16, 2020
- GUMC Stories
Georgetown Lombardi Clinical Trial Helps Advance Use of Immunotherapy in Liver Cancer
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January 4, 2020
- News Release
Nilotinib Appears Safe in Parkinson’s Trial; Drug Thought to Allow Dopamine Replenishment
WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A clinical trial investigating the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in people with Parkinson’s disease finds that it is reasonably safe and well…
December 16, 2019