Latest clinical trials

  • 2 days ago: Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Condition: Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Interventions: Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]; Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]; Drug: placebo; Drug: placebo; Drug: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
    Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
    Not yet recruiting - verified September 2010
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  • 4 days ago: Gestational Hypertension
    • Condition: Gestational Hypertension
    Interventions: Procedure: Intervention is blood pressure management approach; Procedure: Intervention is blood pressure management approach.
    Sponsors: University of British Columbia; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); The Centre for Mother, Infant and Child Research (CMICR), University of Toronto
    Recruiting - verified August 2010
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  • 8 days ago: Epilepsy
    • Condition: Epilepsy
    Intervention: Drug: USL255
    Sponsor: Upsher-Smith Laboratories
    Not yet recruiting - verified August 2010
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  • 9 days ago: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
    • Condition: Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
    Intervention: Drug: OMP-21M18
    Sponsors: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novotech (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Not yet recruiting - verified August 2010
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  • 9 days ago: Pancreatic Cancer
    • Condition: Pancreatic Cancer
    Intervention: Drug: OMP-21M18
    Sponsors: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novotech (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Not yet recruiting - verified August 2010
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  • 9 days ago: Colorectal Cancer
    • Condition: Colorectal Cancer
    Intervention: Drug: OMP-21M18
    Sponsors: OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Novotech (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Not yet recruiting - verified August 2010
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  • 14 days ago: Cardiac Arrest
    • Condition: Cardiac Arrest
    Interventions: Device: Automated CPR; Device: ECMO; Procedure: Coronary angiography; Procedure: Therapeutic Hypothermia
    Sponsors: Bayside Health; The Alfred; Ambulance Victoria; Zoll Medical Corporation
    Not yet recruiting - verified August 2010
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Dr Thomas Beddoes was an English scientist, physician, and activist for democracy during the French Revolution (1760 - 1808). He studied chemistry
at Oxford and medicine at Edinburgh. He made European scientific literature accessible to his colleagues and published practical advice for the public.

Dr Beddoes understood that:

  • Lifestyle, diet and physical activity profoundly influenced health
  • Pharmaceutical innovation was essential for the treatment of disease
  • Good evidence was the only basis of sound clinical judgement
  • Hospital care had to be linked closely to cost-effective community care
  • Effective treatments required patients' compliance and at times social change
  • Community wellness would follow practical and accessible public education
Two centuries ago Thomas was first in grasping and proclaiming many of these ideals. Today, the Beddoes Institute proudly carries on his work.