Sentence examples for discontinuation phase from inspiring English sources

Therefore, no interim analysis to stop the study prematurely has been planned in the discontinuation phase.

Two consecutive positive evaluations that meet the criteria for response are required to enter into the randomised discontinuation phase.

The Verslype et al. study also demonstrated early evidence of antitumor activity in a randomized discontinuation phase II study.

The long-term treatment phase will be followed by two subsequent phases: a discontinuation phase and a restabilization phase, identical to those described in Study 1.

This phase is then followed by a 16 week open-label, long-term stabilization phase and a subsequent double-blind discontinuation phase.

This is done in order to ensure all subjects receive open label lithium for 24 weeks prior to possible participation in the Discontinuation Phase.

In human xenograft models sorafenib resulted in prolonged growth stabilisation rather than tumour response, perhaps forewarning the negligible clinical activity in melanoma patients who were treated within a discontinuation phase-II trial (Karasarides et al, 2004; Eisen et al, 2006).

Without the use of a placebo control group, we cannot rule out the possibility that the raters were unintentionally biased to see positive results (in both the maintenance and discontinuation phases) in all patients.

In a systematic review, Nguyen et al. have identified 43 validated self-report adherence scales, excluding those that were not in English [ 38]. 40 out of these 43 scales have weighed the extent of implementation of a dosing regime, including the initiation, implementation, and discontinuation phases.

All studies had wash-out periods (up to 4 weeks) for discontinuing psychotropic medications followed by randomization and a 2-week, post-treatment, drug-discontinuation phase.

We did not find in the literature any study exploring the post-discontinuation phase of neuromuscular blocking agent apart the fact that blood oxygenation improved after interruption of cisatracurium infusion.