All Posts: clinical trials

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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

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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

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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

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Nearly One-Quarter of Completed Lung Cancer Clinical Trial Results Are Not Published

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November 6, 2019

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Virtual Review of Cancer Clinical Trial Treatment Options Quicker Than Conventional Methods

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October 9, 2019

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Georgetown Offers Multiple Clinical Trials for People with Lewy Body Dementia

WASHINGTON (October 8, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center, a Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) Association Research Center of Excellence, is now offering three clinical trials…

October 8, 2019

GUMC Stories

The Right Place, the Right Time, the Right People, Thanks to Cancer Center Collaboration

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July 29, 2019

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Georgetown Technique Using Urine Suggests Individualized Bladder Cancer Treatment Possible

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July 25, 2019

News Release

Clinical Trial for Men With Osteoporosis Now Open for Volunteers

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 4, 2019) — Enrollment in a clinical trial testing a new treatment for men with osteoporosis is now open at…

June 4, 2019