<i>Clinical Therapeutics</i> Journal Club
Editor-in-Chief
Philip D. Watson, MD
University of Cincinnati and Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Office of Clinical Trials

Welcome to CTJC

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DIABETES

Effects of 1 Year of Treatment with Pioglitazone or Rosiglitazone Added to Glimepiride on Lipoprotein (a) and Homocysteine Concentations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial

Giuseppe Derosa, MD, PhD; Arrigo F.G. Cicero, MD; Angela D’Angelo, BD, PhD; Antonio Gaddi, MD; Leonardina Ciccarelli, MD; Mario N. Piccinni, MD; Sibilla A.T. Salvadeo, MD; Fabio Pricolo, MD; Ilaria Ferrari, MD; Alessia Gravina, MD; and Pietro D. Ragonesi, MD

HEPATITIS

Entecavir for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

S. James Matthews, RPh, PharmD

FEVER

Antipyretic Efficacy and Tolerability of a Single Intravenous Dose of the Acetaminophen Prodrug Propacetamol in Children: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Philip D. Walson, MD; Jim Jones, PharmD; Russell Chesney, MD; and Alexander Rodarte, MD

SLEEP

Patient Characteristics and Patterns of Drug Use for Sleep Complaints in the United States: Analysis of National Ambulatory Medical Survey Data, 1997-2002

Robert J. Morlock, PhD; Maudrene Tan, MS; and David Y. Mitchell, PhD