All Posts: clinical trials

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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

November 6, 2019

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

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

July 29, 2019

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Georgetown Technique Using Urine Suggests Individualized Bladder Cancer Treatment Possible

July 25, 2019

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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

GUMC Stories

Georgetown’s Memory Disorders Program Marks 20th Year

(April 12, 2019) — When President Ronald Reagan announced in 1994 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, the man known as the “great communicator” tried his best to convey a sense of…

April 12, 2019

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Personalized Medicine Clinical Trial Underway for Type of Incontinence Common in Women

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 2, 2019) — A novel clinical trial aims to reverse the cause of a common problem among older women — accidental…

April 2, 2019

GUMC Stories

A Commitment To Evidence Helps Merenstein Thrive As Physician-Scientist

(February 15, 2019) —As a tenured professor and the director of research programs in the department of family medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Daniel…

February 15, 2019