PBI76 EVOLUTION OF INTERVENTIONAL TRIALS FOR GENE THERAPIES

Interventional Therapies

Interventional therapies, including nerve blocks, drug infusions, and implantable pain treatment devices have all been advocated for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). This section will present information about the role of each block or technique individually and present an algorithm for a “best practices” utilization of these procedures to treat CRPS, citing the best avai...

Interventional therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the third most common cause of cancer-related death. In the past few years, staging systems have been developed that enable patients to be stratified into treatment algorithms in a multidisciplinary setting. Several of these treatments involve minimally invasive image-guided therapy that can be performed by radiologists.

Persian Medicine Herbal Therapies for Osteoarthritis: a Review of Clinical Trials

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is one of the important medical complications in elderly peoples. Various pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies are described for treatment of knee OA, but considerable side effects especially in old populations are the limiting factors. Traditional, complementary and integrative medicines have a long history in treatment of chronic diseases such as O...

Trials and tribulations: the cost of developing gene therapies.

Evolution of practice during the Interventional Management of Stroke III Trial and implications for ongoing trials.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We explored changes in the patient population and practice of endovascular therapy during the course of the Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III Trial. METHODS Changes in baseline characteristics, use of baseline CT angiography, treatment times and specifics, and outcomes were compared between the first 4 protocols and the fifth and final protocol. RESULTS Co...