2741 Thursday Thirteen: Thirteen Medical Studies

Medical trials have writing groups, steering committees, policy committees, safety boards, statisticians, coordinators, and investigators. But what do they call the committee or group who comes up with a snappy name for the Trial, a name that can be spelled and pronounced? A name that can go down in history? I don’t know! But here’s some recent trials reported in the medical literature. They are not in alphabetical order, which is unusual for me, but in the order in which I noticed them.

1) International Study of Salt and Blood Pressure (INTERSALT)

2) Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)

3) Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)

4) ALiskiren Observation of heart Failure Treatment: (ALOFT)

5) Valsartan In Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (VALIANT)

6) TRial Of Preventing HYpertension (TROPHY)

7) Telithromycin, Chlamydophila and Asthma Trial (TELICAST)

8) Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)

9) Rescue Angioplasty After Thrombolysis (REACT)

10) Medical, Epidemiological and Social Aspects of Aging (MESA)

11) Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q)

12) Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR)

13) Metaanalysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE)

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