text: The second weekend of the Sundance Film Festival is the one where the celebrities have all gone home, and much of the frenzied excitement of the first weekend has died down. The focus is on film and that's not a bad thing.I spent the second weekend enjoying films with my wife, who except for a screening of "Anita" on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, had avoided Park City and the festival. While I had spent much of the week at the Broadway Theatre downtown watching the 3 p.m. films (and getting especially bored through most, but I'm not complaining seeing movies on work-time is a privilege) and my wife was slaving away at work, it was nice to finally enjoy three films with her during the final weekend all in Salt Lake City, where we live. And she usually helps me out with explaining parts of films I don't understand.Friday evening after work, we went to the Beehive Tea Room, which was packed, so we didn't get to see the ukelele-playing musician in the room with the stage. We each ordered a pot of tea I ordered an herbal called something like Bella Colla, which was fruity and sweet especially with 17 packets or so of Splenda. (I hope scientists don't someday discover that Splenda causes severe hemorrhoids for decades.) I ordered a tomato-and-cream cheese sandwich on rye. The most excitement at the Tea Room was when two fancy-looking people (who were much better dressed than I or my wife) walked through the Room and I speculated that one of them was Amanda Seyfried, and my wife whispered that she looked more like Dakota Fanning. I couldn't confirm that either was famous, but that's the nice thing about blogs you can speculate all you want without worrying too much about the truth in regards to whether that blonde in a Tea Room was really famous or not. I'll tell my family it was probably boththey'll never know the difference. In the end, that's all we did for the rest of the evening, even though I had to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes for the rest of the night. (Drinking a whole pot of tea can do that to you.)On Saturday, we caught the 3:30 p.m. screening of "Austenland" at the Rose Wagner Theatre, which was mobbed. After seeing films all week that revolved around dysfunctional, mopey people in some sort of downward spiral, it was nice to see a comedy. Director Jerusha Hess told everyone in the audience beforehand to not search for any hidden meaning or deeper message, and I followed my instructions. And I didn't feel sleepy in the least, especially during the Q-and-A afterward, which was one of the most entertaining Q-and-A's I have ever seen after a film. There weren't too many artsy-fartsy questions where the question-askers tried to be super smart or clever, and the question-answerers (Hess and author of the book that inspired the movie, Shannon Hale) were quick-witted and amiable. Hale said one of the actors kinda looked like Joseph Smith, and she kept waiting for him to have a vision. And she also admitted that she had a life-sized cut-out of Colin Firth (as Mr. Darcy) in her room, much like how Jane in the film has one.) There was a cameo from Hess' husband as a travel agent, though the filmmakers said they were hoping to cast Firth in the role.After dinner with friends at Red Rock Brewery (fried green tomatoes and a Reuben), we caught the 9 p.m. screening at the Broadway of "Fill the Void," which was a gamble because we knew absolutely nothing about it when we bought tickets. The only reason we bought tickets was because my wife has visited Israel and the film was set in Israel. After there was no Q-and-A, the film was mobbed and it turned out to be one of the better things I had seen all week. (And by the end of the 10 days, I had seen 13.) The film told the story about the aftermath of a young woman dying in childbirth, and the possibility of the young widow marrying the younger sister of his late wife. It was a look at a Hasidic Jewish world that was illuminating, the struggles and pressures of the younger sister were portrayed in a sympathetic way. What was even better was talking about the film with my wife after stopping at Wendy's I thought the movie had a happy ending, but my wife believed the film had a sad ending. She's usually right.)Sunday we caught the third and final screening of "Jobs," the film that had debuted Friday night at the Eccles Center in Park City. Ashton Kutcher and anyone involved with the film were no-shows at the Rose Wagner, but I believed Kutcher pulled off the role. While the film wasn't innovative in any way, I frankly knew next to nothing about Jobs beforehand and found myself being engrossed by the film. With the highs and lows of Jobs' life, it would be hard to make a film about him that would make me sleepy. For more well-educated people than me who knew much more about him than I did, it might have seemed to be devoid of any inventive insight into what make Jobs tick (and be a prick).As we left the screening, snow was falling and our Sundance weekend was over. I have a ticket to see the "Best of the Fest" screening of "Afternoon Delight" Monday night at the Rose Wagner, though I might just end up giving that ticket away to someone in the office who hadn't caught any films. Having the festival in our state is one of the pleasures we have found in Utah since moving here five and one-half years ago, and even though severe hemorrhoids might one day result from my Sundance experiences, it will all be worth it. OK. Almost worth it. David Burger


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'The cocaptain, who led the Sabres in scoring during the regular season and is pacing them in the playoffs, didn't register a shot. It was the first time he was kept at zero in the postseason and just the 10th time in the 94 games since October. He left HSBC Arena without comment despite media requests.'
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Underpowered, off the pace, and ordered off the track:
Hinch looked promising early but never really challenged late:
I suspect TK got everything out of his car today:
In the things that make you go hmmmm category... Conway slides into his pit askew and hits a couple of crew members. In the photo he's not yet stopped and you see one crewman in the air and another about to be hit in front. Supposedly, this damaged the front wing but they went back out without repairing it and allegedly that led to Conway getting into the wall and collecting Will Power as well. Power wasn't happy.
Marco had a very Andretti day. Led the most laps I believe... grew frustrated with his team.... and ultimately didn't even finish the race.
Ed Carpenter seemed to have everything falling his way until a late spin. He didn't hit anything but the spin cost him a great finish possibility, including the possibility of being in contention for the win at the end.
Pagenaud's team makes a pit stop:
Graham Rahal:
I never really noticed Hilderbrand ever really being a factor.
The pits can be a busy place:
Will Power:
RHR- Lost power and that ended his day:
Townsend Bell. Fairly quiet compared to a normal Townsend Ball month of May.
If racing was more like a parade then the best looking car would get an award. Sea Bass would certainly be in contention for that award:
Pole sitter Ryan Briscoe:
Heading for the checkered flag... under caution...
Dario Franchitti heads down Pit Row after winning 2012 Indy 500
Sato has a habit of brain fades so it's hard to say for sure if there was any way the circumstances could've played out differently for him but I suspect if the track could've went green just a tad sooner and given him a few more laps to ride in second after passing Dixon either himself or himself with the help of his team could've strategized that last lap better. Dario gave him room enough. In fact, it almost looked like Dario baited him into making that early (and rushed) move. He saw a hole and took it before really considering if he should.
I never really got a good feel for the crowd today. I did see the speedway has finally admitted defeat and simply removed those lousy seats that no longer sell along the pit entrance.
It was a very entertaining race. I think just the fact Danica wasn't there was a plus for me. I hope she never comes back but I'm sure she will... as soon as her schtick wears off in Nascar and she comes back with her tail between her legs... And she'll find out the sport moved on without her just fine. But as long as her marketing machine is in gear someone will accept her money.
I'm guessing the new engines Honda loaded in the cars weren't just clones of their earlier incarnations. As soon as I saw how quickly Dario and Dixon were able to get to the front, even after Dario had the issue in the pit, I knew this wasn't going to be a Chevy party like pole day was.
My sincerest thank you to Beaux Barfield for keeping the pace car on the track until the T4 pit entrance. That's the proper way to start and restart the Indy 500. Also glad to see that they got the Loti off the track quickly when it was obvious they were going to be rolling chicanes (and the call was made before letting them get too much in the way of the leaders rather than waiting for the leaders to have trouble with them and THEN making the Milka call). Simona came in quickly but Alesi stayed out an extra lap or two after the call was made. Not sure if they stopped scoring the Loti or what because technically if Simona came in first she would be 33rd and Alesi, having an extra lap under his belt, would be 32. But track scoring had them listed opposite of that.
Also, except for the Marco accident (and that might be perception more than reality) it seemed the track went back to green fairly quickly today. That's the way it ought to be. IIRC there was a lot of chatter on the radios trying to get the cars in the correct order for the restart after Marco's accident.
As for the heat... Whatcha talking about? Our shaded seats in the Paddock Penthouse with a continual breeze were actually pretty comfortable.
And honestly that is true... but for those out there on that aluminum with no shade. OUCH.


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We have an app on our site with a search form that has two <select> items, with the contents of the second one being dependent on what's chosen in the first.
The original app had a problem with the way the database was designed so that all searches were done as wildcard text searches. I've since normalized that database, and would like to change this form to pass numerical values instead of text ones.
For the first <select> that's easy, because it's generated from a db query. The second one however is done with Javascript, and I'm pretty horrible with JS. The current JS for the second <select> goes like this:
function populateSubdisciplines() {
var o = document.getElementById("discipline");
d = document.getElementById('subdiscipline');
var mitems=new Array();
mitems['114']=['[all]', 'Category One', 'Category Two', 'Category Three', 'Category Four'];
mitems['115']=['[all]', 'Category One', 'Category Three', 'Category Four', 'Category Seven'];
// Clear any entries in the subdisciples list box
if (o.selectedIndex === -1) { return; }
var cur = mitems[o.options[o.selectedIndex].value];
for(var i=0;i<cur.length;i++) {
d.options[i].text = cur[i];
d.options[i].value = cur[i];
This renders the following:
<select name="second">
<option value="Category One">Category One</option>
<option value="Category Two">Category Two</option>
<option value="Category Three">Category Three</option>
<option value="Category Four">Category Four</option>
What I'm trying to get is this:
<select name="second">
<option value="23">Category One</option>
<option value="71">Category Two</option>
<option value="98">Category Three</option>
<option value="125">Category Four</option>
So I need to figure out how to modify the JS above to do that. Ideally, I'd make my code build the JS from the database so that editing the JS wouldn't be needed when new options are added, but maybe I can figure that out once I figure out how to pass the IDs with the names.
This is the line that you need to change:
d.options[i].value = cur[i];
It seems that o.options[o.selectedIndex].value is used to select the numeric index from the mitems array, so try the following:
d.options[i].value = o.options[o.selectedIndex].value
Thanks Paul! I'll give that a try as soon as I'm back in the office tomorrow.
Do you know if there's any hope of retaining the selected option on the second box after the form has been submitted (the page with the form submits to itself). The old JS doesn't.
It is possible to submit the form without reloading the page. That would allow the options to remain as they currently are. Is that what you're wanting to achieve?
Well that would certainly work. I'm trying to retain the selected options and keywords in the form after the first search is performed, so that the user doesn't have to pick all the options again. So far I can retain them all except for that second <select>.
Well as a second option, which may indeed be easier - why don't you run that populateSubdisciplines function when the page loads? That would allow the second set of options to appear for you again.
Hmm, alright. It seems like I probably need to change these lines too, no?
mitems['114']=['[all]', 'Category One', 'Category Two', 'Category Three', 'Category Four'];
mitems['115']=['[all]', 'Category One', 'Category Three', 'Category Four', 'Category Seven'];
Since they look like they're what builds the new options.
Now you have me confused. What makes you think that those lines need to be changed? I thought that they were indicative of what each subcategory may be, depending on the value of the main category is.
Well, the 114 at the beginning of that line is the parent category ID from the first <select>, and I want the second dropdown to have the child ID as the value= and the child name as the text for the option, like in the example <select> I pasted up above.
I'm thinking I should have something like this:
mitems['114']=['[0, all]', '[23, Category One]', '[71, Category Two]', '[98, Category Three]', '[125, Category Four]'];
But of course the JS doesn't work well with that.
Ahh yes - you can achieve that by using an object structure.
mitems[114] = [
{id: '0', value: 'all'}, {id: '23', value: 'Category One'}, {id: '71', value: 'Category Two'}, {id: '98', value: 'Category Three'}, {id: '125', value: 'Category Four'}
So, item = mitems[114][2] would give you {id: '71', value: 'Category Two'} from which you can get the id with item.id and the value with item.value
If you want to define multiple sets of items at a time, it can be done with:
mitems = {
'114': [
{id: '0', value: 'all'}, {id: '23', value: 'Category One'}, {id: '71', value: 'Category Two'}, {id: '98', value: 'Category Three'}, {id: '125', value: 'Category Four'},
'115': [
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Good start by Drummond.
PS: And as I was typing this he missed an open dunk
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Good start by Drummond.
PS: And as I was typing this he missed an open dunk
Daye has pretty good handles for his height.
Brandon Knight on the other hand seems to be way out of control.
Well, he certainly ain't a 4
True, he is way to slight.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Drummond handles real bigs. He has some nice tools and looks to be playing hard.
Say what you will about his offense, but drummonds defense is so much fun to watch. This is what I wanted to see from him this week. Completely shut down the paint.
He's only 18. He will have extreme highs like today and lows like yesterday.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
Reggie Jackson...want.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
i don't think OKC is going to move Jackson. I think they will send us Fish though.
Don't forget about Maynor.
Whenever I watch Brandon Knight, his cealing screams back up pointguard on good team. LMAO at pistons fans arguing at the beggining of last season that he is gona be better then Kyrie Irving.
Really? Do us all a favor and bring up which posts we said that here...
I love Brandon knight. He has been crap all week, but I'll put more stock into his all-rooke 1st team season than a few meaningless exhibition games. Thanks.
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
I didnt said you said that here so I m not gona search posts but I clearly remember there was lots of msgs about that on messege boards.
And just because of that I thought, maybe on Kentucy he was used wrongly or I just watched his bad games, and I tried to watched Pistons to check him.
He lacks ballhandling,playmaking,courtvision,decision making,left hand, consistant shot and he turns the ball lot. Ye he is young and gona improve but for me he just dont has it. Pistons should use Monroe passing ability more this season.
Yeah. Knight is terrible. He can't play the game of basketball. That's why he started 60 games last season and was an all rookie first teamer.
If he could not do all of those things, he would not even have gotten a scholarship, let alone be an NBA player.
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
Drummond will need 3 things offensively:
1) Finish strong at the rim. He shouldn't miss uncontested dunks. He will get open at the pro level as defenses focus on Monroe so he needs to be able to take care of those.
2) Hit the occasional jumper. He doesn't need to become a mid range threat of course. He just needs to be able to hit the side / elbow jumper when the defenses focus on Monroe. Greg is a good passer and he'll be able to get the ball to him when he is double-teamed. All that he needs to do is keep the defenses honest.
3) Hit his free throws. And that's his main problem and what he should aim to improve. Drummond will get fouled quite a lot in the pro level. He'll mainly play under the basket and he will either the dunk the ball or get fouled. 29% is not going to cut it. Make it 60 - 65% and he is golden.
That's it. He doesn't need to develop a post-up game. Monroe is the go-to post-up guy and Drummond will mostly score off of him.
A few points I'd like discussed:
1. Who has impressed you so far in the Summer League that should get a camp invite?
I've liked Mavunga and been a fan of N'daiye since his Rutgers days.
2. Lance's defense:
Also think Lance needs to learn from Ben how to get around/through a screen. Stephenson is too easily picked and while has had great offensive games, what's the point if Lance's man gets wherever he wants/penetrates so well?
3. Plumlee/Hibbert front court this season?
Plumlee has impressed. His athleticism shows his ability to defend the PnR very well. Against OKC, a commentator (Bulls former player Gill?) said he could project a Plumlee/Hibbert front court this season. I wonder if his rebound numbers are low because switching on the PnR pulls him away from the basket? How would you feel about a Plumlee/Hibbert front court?
I do find it odd that Detroit brought Knight and Austin Daye to summer league, but whatever works for you I guess.
I am glad to say Plumlee playing well, but don't foget, Tyler was a stud during summer league a few years ago. Look where that has gotten him.
I still don't like the pick, but I am glad to see he is playing well, unlike some....(looks at Jeff Pendergraph)
Knight is only 20 years old and needs to play with his franchise center. If drummond wasn't here, I'd agree it would be pointless.
Daye...whatever. I guess he's auditioning for other teams here more than his own.
We have Prince, Singler, Jerebko...Daye is as low as you can get on the SF depth chart. He's trade bait at best.
Didn't Travis Diener have a fabulous Summer League game once? Like 30 plus points? Or am I thinking of someone else?
I'm looking forward to watching the Drummond/Monroe frontcourt next season. I like what I see from Drummond, and Monroe is super overlooked.
He does switch on the PnR and sticks with the man he covers. That's quite true. He seems to have good lateral quickness. He is certainly better than West, Hibbert and Hans in that aspect although that does not say a lot.
He does not have low rebound numbers per se. He had 10 in the first game and 8 in the third. He had a bad second game rebound-wise, though.
His rebounding problems mostly stem from his inability to perform a second leap. He does not seem to attempt to jump for a board after a block attempt. His wingspan does not really help either as most second leapers are really long guys in reality (like Hibbert).
He has to set some priorities, imo. He needs to know when to contest and when to jump. And he also needs to learn to jump a second time.
As I've said before his rebounding is a bit weird. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. He has good potential as a rebounder but he also has some flaws. Luckily, they can be fixed.
With one game to go the Pacers have 2 top 10 scorers. Lance is 1st with 20 ppg. Miles is 10th at 14 ppg. (Looks like Miles is 3rd in scoring among rookies).
Miles is a lot better offensive player than I expected. He's "miles" ahead of Jeff Foster in that regard. I've seen him score in a variety of ways and he's shot a high percentage (.526).
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Study of NGX-4010 for the Treatment of Painful HIV-Associated Neuropathy
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|Pain HIV Infections Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
|Drug: NGX-4010, 8% capsaicin patch Drug: 0.04% capsaicin patch
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Study of NGX-4010 for the Treatment of Painful HIV-Associated Neuropathy
- The Primary Measure of Efficacy Was the Percent Change in the "Average Pain for the Past 24 Hours" Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Score From Baseline During Weeks 2 to 12. [ Time Frame: Weeks 2-12 ]Efficacy was assessed by daily Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) capturing "average pain for the past 24 hours" for painful HIV-associated neuropathy area(s) at approximately 9 PM every evening throughout the 12-week study period. The NPRS is an 11-point scale (0 to 10) with 0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating the worst possible pain.
- Absolute Change in the Mean "Average Pain for the Past 24 Hours" Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Score From Baseline During Weeks 2 to 12. [ Time Frame: Weeks 2-12. ]
- Proportion of Subjects Reaching 30% Decrease in Their Mean "Average Pain for the Past 24 Hours" Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Score From Baseline During Weeks 2 to 12 [ Time Frame: Weeks 2-12 ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: NGX-4010, 60 minutes
Drug: NGX-4010, 8% capsaicin patch
Up to 4 NGX-4010 patches of 280 cm^2 each were applied to the feet (2 per foot) for 60 minutes.
Other Name: the brandname of NGX-4010, 8% capsaicin patch is Qutenza.
|Experimental: NGX-4010, 30 minutes
Drug: NGX-4010, 8% capsaicin patch
Up to 4 NGX-4010 patches of 280 cm^2 each were applied to the feet (2 per foot) for 30 minutes.
Other Name: The brandname of NGX-4010, 8% capsaicin patch is Qutenza.
|0.04% conc. capsaicin patch, 60 min.
Drug: 0.04% capsaicin patch
Up to 4 control patches of 280 cm^2 each were applied to the feet (2 per foot) for 60 minutes.
Other Name: NGX-4010
|0.04% conc. capsaicin patch, 30 min.
Drug: 0.04% capsaicin patch
Up to 4 control patches of 280 cm^2 each were applied to the feet (2 per foot) for 30 minutes.
Other Name: NGX-4010
Detailed Description:
Study C119 was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled evaluation of the efficacy and safety of NGX-4010 for the treatment of painful HIV-associated neuropathy. Eligible subjects had painful HIV-associated neuropathy resulting from HIV disease and/or antiretroviral drug exposure in both feet, with average numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) scores during screening of 3 to 9 (inclusive). Up to four patches covering an area of up to 1120 square centimeters could be used during a single treatment administration in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive active NGX-4010 patches (8% capsaicin) or low-concentration control patches (0.04% capsaicin) identical in appearance, at doses (patch application duration) of either 30 or 60 minutes, according to a 2:1:2:1 allocation scheme.
Subjects could be on stable chronic oral pain medication regimens, but could not be using any topical pain medications on the affected areas. NPRS scores for the average pain in the past 24 hours were recorded daily in the evening, beginning on the day of the Screening Visit (usually on Day -14). Subjects continued to record NPRS scores in a take-home diary from the evening on the day of treatment through the evening before the Termination Visit at Week 12. Subjects returned for interim follow-up visits at Weeks 4 and 8 following study treatment.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented evidence of HIV-1 infection
- Documented diagnosis of painful HIV-associated distal symmetric polyneuropathy resulting from HIV disease and/or antiretroviral drug exposure To be confirmed based on symptoms of pain, burning or dysesthetic discomfort in both feet for at least 2 months prior to Screening Visit, AND absent or diminished ankle reflexes OR at least one of following: distal diminution of vibration sensation or pain or temperature sensation in legs
- Average NPRS scores during screening period of 3 to 9, inclusive
- Life expectancy of 12 months or longer per Investigator's judgment
- Intact, unbroken skin over painful areas to be treated
- If taking chronic pain medications, be on stable regimen for at least 21 days prior to Day 0 and willing to maintain medications at same stable dose(s) and schedule throughout study
- Female subjects with child-bearing potential: negative serum pregnancy test performed at Screening Visit
- Willing to use effective methods of birth control and/or refrain from conception process during study and for 30 days following study drug exposure
- Willing and able to comply with protocol for duration of study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant opioid medication, unless orally or transdermally administered and not exceeding total daily dose of morphine 80 mg/day or equivalent; parenteral opioids not allowed
- Unavailability of effective rescue medication strategy for subject, such as unwillingness to use opioid analgesics during study treatment or high tolerance to opioids precluding ability to relieve treatment-associated discomfort as judged by investigator
- Active substance abuse or history of chronic substance abuse within past year or prior chronic substance abuse (including alcoholism) judged likely to recur during study period by investigator
- Recent use (within 21 days preceding Day 0) of any topically applied pain medication, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, menthol, methyl salicylate, local anesthetics including Lidoderm® (lidocaine patch 5%), steroids or capsaicin products on painful areas
- Started or stopped treatment with one or more neurotoxic antiretroviral agents (ie, didanosine [ddI], zalcitabine [ddC], or stavudine [d4T] during 8 weeks prior to Day 0
- Participation in previous clinical trial in which subject received either blinded or open-label NGX-4010
- Current use of any investigational agent or Class 1 anti-arrhythmic drugs (such as tocainide and mexiletine)
- Evidence of another contributing cause for peripheral neuropathy, e.g., current uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c≥9%) or history of diabetes mellitus preceding onset of HIV-associated neuropathy (HIV-AN); hereditary neuropathy; vitamin B12 deficiency (B12 level ≤200pg/mL at screening); or treatment within 90 days prior to Screening Visit with any drug that may have contributed to sensory neuropathy
- Hypertension, unless adequately controlled by medication
- Significant ongoing pain from other cause(s) that may interfere with judging HIV-AN related pain
- Any implanted medical device for treatment of neuropathic pain
- Hypersensitivity to capsaicin (i.e., chili peppers or over-the-counter (OTC) capsaicin products), local anesthetics, opioid-based oral analgesics or adhesives
- Significant medical conditions (including active malignancy defined as treatment required in last 5 years) that in opinion of investigator would interfere with ability to complete study or evaluation of AEs
- Recent significant medical-surgical intervention that in judgment of Investigator would interfere with ability to complete study or evaluation of AEs; examples include to major surgery, or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months prior to Day 0
- Evidence of cognitive impairment including dementia that may interfere with subject's ability to complete daily pain diaries requiring recall of average HIV-associated neuropathy pain level in past 24 hours
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00321672
|Study Director:
|Trudy F Vanhove, MD
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Trudy Vanhove, VP Clinical Development, NeurogesX
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00321672 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 2, 2006
|Results First Received:
|June 16, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 13, 2011
Keywords provided by NeurogesX:
Neuropathic pain
Distal sensory polyneuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy
Dermal assessment
Pain measurement
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Dermatologic Agents
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Police and paramedics were called to the JR Pickstock site off Haven Road, the Hythe, shortly before 7.30am today.
Police confirmed, despite the best effort of paramedics, a man has died on the site. He has not yet been formally identified.
Officers are investigating the circumstances of the death and the Health and Safety Executive have been informed.
An ambulance, rapid response cars and an air ambulance were scrambled, with the helicopter landed at the Recreation Ground in Old Heath Road.
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Pollard, 28, is a hard-hitting safety who led the Ravens in tackles with 98 during regular-season play and has added six more in post-season play.
He had a helmet-to-helmet hit on Reggie Wayne of the Colts in a 24-9 playoff win by Baltimore on Jan. 6 but avoided a fine for the illegal hit by the NFL.
Now Pollard, a former South Side High School and Purdue University standout, and the Ravens will face Tom Brady and New England on Sunday in the AFC title game for the second year in a row.
"He is an elite quarterback," Pollard said of Brady, as the Baltimore defender was surrounded by national and local media at his locker here in suburban Baltimore prior to practice on Wednesday.
"They are very special running backs," Pollard said of the New England offense. "They can make things happen."
Pollard is not worried about New England's past post-season success.
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The Ravens have already got rid of one thorn in their side, as they beat Peyton Manning and Denver on the road 38-35 in double overtime on Saturday.
Last year New England beat Baltimore in the closing seconds of the AFC title game and earned a trip to the Super Bowl, where the Patriots lost to the New York Giants.
The Ravens won at home Sept. 23 against New England 31-30 in Week 3 of regular-season play to give them some confidence going into the game on Sunday.
"We are not worried about what happened in September. This is our second time at this" in the AFC title game, Pollard said.
And Baltimore is riding an emotional high as the Ravens try to bring a second Super Bowl ring to the finger of All-Pro linebacker Ray Lewis, who announced before the game against the Colts that he would retire after this post-season run following a 17-year run.
Pollard was asked if the Ravens are playing extra hard for Lewis, an emotional leader who has returned from injuries to register a team-high 30 tackles in post-season play.
"I am lining up for 10 other guys. Ray is our middle linebacker. We all respect him. We are in this together. We are ready to roll," said Pollard, named a Pro Bowl alternate last month.
"Ray already has one (Super Bowl ring). I want one," added Pollard, who played three years in Kansas City and two years with Houston before coming to the Ravens prior to the 2011 season.
This is the fifth year in a row Baltimore has made the playoffs and quarterback Joe Flacco has at least one win each season, the first time that has been done by a quarterback. Flacco turned 28 on Wednesday and there is no doubt what kind of gift the Ravens would like to give him.
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The Ravens are trying to get back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2001.
"It is just unbelievable around this organization right now. I think we are more focused than we ever have been," Pollard said. "It is about us coming together. Everyone understands what is at stake."


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Murphy, Rush, Hibbert for Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas.
Hinrich can play the 2 until TJ is unloaded.
No way with Hibbert, trade that out with Solo or McBob and we would have a deal.
Murphy TJ for Miller & Hinrich?????
I like it, but no way the bulls make this trade
If you want Brad Miller, just wait until the season is over, and sign him as a FA. He said years ago he wanted to come back to the Pacers, and would do it cheap.
Miller is just an expiring contract that we could resign. I just don't want another year of Murphy & TJ or Jeff Either for that matter
Get use to the reality of it, none of them will be traded b4 the trade deadline.
Honestly, almost everything we hate about Troy, we will also hate about Brad. They're pretty close to the same type of player, except Miller can't shoot threes as well and Troy can't pass as well.
But hey, if we could sign him for $3M/per, I'd be down for adding a quality big like Brad.
The is another difference between to 2... Miller plays better "D".
Only by default... he doesn't really offer up a lot defensively, but Troy offers nothing at all.


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WALKERS donned fancy dress and trekked from Knutsford to Northwich to help children and families in need.
Jemma Manley, from Hartford, and Jessica Dougall, from Knutsford, were joined by a host of supporters on their sponsored walk from Knutsford train station to The Joshua Tree's support centre in Northwich.
This is not the first fundraiser the pair have organised for the charity as they joined in with a Christmas bag pack and have also raised more than £160 selling little girls' fairy accessories.
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Fortuna High's top girls golfers this season were senior Moriah Aguiar and sophomore Amanda Arneson. Both girls finished consistently in the top ten in Humboldt-Del Norte meets this season with Aguiar coming in sixth place and Arneson finishing the regular season in seventh place. Both girls earned All-County honors and a berth to the recently completed North Coast Section Meet. Moriah accomplished her goals while also running cross country for the Huskies and Amanda carded a season best of 92 at the NCS event.
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Chicago -- Online grocer Peapod is taking its "virtual grocery store" concept on the road in a new promotional campaign. The company unveiled the concept at commuter rail stations in Chicago and the Northeast less than a year ago,
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The trucks will travel to Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and New York. The billboards will allow users to scan a QR code to download the PeapodMobile app to their smartphones and then scan other QR codes to shop for items.
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The Lineup Card
7 Baseball Firsts We Expect to See in Our Lifetimes
1. A 250-Strikeout Hitter
At the time of the July 21 trade, Hernandez had 121 strikeouts in just 92 games and had a legitimate shot at becoming the first major-league player ever to fan 200 times in one season. Voila! I thought I had something to pique my interest for the final 10 weeks of another desolate season. However, it didn't happen. Hernandez miraculously started making consistent contract once he put on the Pirates uniform and finished with 177 strikeouts, even less than his previous two seasons when he punched out 185 and 188 times for the Brewers.
It seemed to me at that point that the 200-K barrier was unreachable. Alas, Mark Reynolds finally broke through with 204 punchies in 2008 for the Diamondbacks, then easily surpassed that mark with 223 the following season, which still stands as the record. Reynolds also whiffed 211 times in 2010. Since then, Drew Stubbs (205, 2011 Reds) and Adam Dunn (222, 2012 WhiteSox) have also joined the club.
Now that 200 strikeouts have been surpassed, the next frontier is 250. I'm 49, so they better hurry, but I'm sure it is going to happen in my lifetime. —John Perrotto
2. Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame
As for Rose, what we're really trying to avoid is not giving him his plaque but allowing him to live to celebrate (and profit from, and gloat about) it. After he dies, perhaps long after, it will be safe to put the Hit King in the Hall, because we'll be able to keep his ego out of it. We'll recall the hits and the hustle, while memory of the hatefulness long recedes. He can be hung next to Ty Cobb, his spiritual baseball brother both on the field and off it. —Adam Sobsey
3. A Baseball Movie Will Win "Best Picture"
But it's not like sports movies have been entirely dismissed, especially recently. Since the nominations expanded from five to somewhere in the neighborhood of 9-10, there has been a sports movie on the list of nominees three of the four years, and three sports movies have won best picture: Rocky, Chariots of Fire, and Million Dollar Baby.
I don't think 42 is baseball's shot, though I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it nominated. The best chance I envision would be if The Art of Fielding finds its way to the screen. That's a book that seems to have everything that Oscar reviewers would be looking for and didn't go wide enough in the mainstream that it would be judged only in the shadow of the novel like, say, The Great Gatsby.
We hear every day in over-the-top commentary that some baseball story is so straight-outta-Hollywood that it should be a movie. Maybe some day one of them will be good. —Zachary Levine
4. The DH in the National League
Let's get this out of the way. Tradition. Sanctity. Bunting. Double Switches. Strategy. A general hatred of 11-9 games. That awkward moment when it's the sixth inning and your starter is throwing well, but it's a key situation with two outs and you have to decide whether to pinch-hit and go to the pen, or leave him in and basically chuck the at-bat. All of the arguments for keeping the DH center around good feelings about some traditional notion of what the game of baseball should be, rather than what really makes the game move.
And yes, the NL DH will happen in service of the almighty dollar. The DH was introduced in the AL in the '70s to increase offense and drive interest in the game. It did both, and plenty of people made out like bandits. The designated hitter is now the most-highly-paid position on the diamond... erm, off the diamond. The players like that. Influential "veterans" who can't field anymore can still cash in one more time, and keep alive their drives for meaningless (but soooooo profitable at the gate) milestones like 3000 hits. And with the dawn of the $25-million-per-year contract for the top-line starter (and the $15 million one for the decent starter), teams are probably ever-more skittish about letting him bat when there's a perfectly good rule change that could negate the need for that. Teams can also nurture those crowd-pleasing all-bat, no-field players in their farm system without worrying about the whole "he's a butcher in left field" thing. Everyone wins. You might consider the DH to be low-brow culture, but there's a reason that Justin Bieber exists. And it's the same reason that the DH is coming to an NL park near you, like it or not.
About the only thing standing in the way of the DH in the National League is the traditionalist argument, the same way that it was trotted out against the cash cow that was interleague play. Sixteen years later, the Twins will play the Braves tonight, and baseball will somehow survive. In fact, no one will really notice. Just like how a couple years after the inevitable happens, we'll look around and vaguely remember that it was ever any different. —Russell A. Carleton
5. A Commissioner Not Named Bud Selig
Bud Selig retires like some of us leave parties. We say we're going over and over, but it never quite seems to happen. In fact, when Bud Selig says the word "retire," he instinctively makes those little air quotes with his fingers. MLB rule 43-B.14 requires you to make air quotes with your fingers when you read the name "Bud Selig" and the word "retire" in the same sentence. If you read them out of order, you have to go back and repeat the sentence with the air quotes.
*In other words, a number I just made up.
Yet, Bud Selig is not young. He is 78 years old. The oldest man still alive is 116 years old, assuming he hasn't died while I type this sentence. That means, at most, Selig has 38 more years to be the commissioner of baseball. That assumes there haven't been huge medical advances in those 38 years that would increase Selig's lifespan. Considering the many advances science has made in the field of human health, it seems safe to assume Selig will be able to undergo Cyborg-ization surgery. This will not only increase his lifespan, but also his ability to relate to people by 50 percent. At that point, 116-year-old CyborgSelig will announce he is retiring from commissioner effective in five years.
This will be the year 2051. Nuclear-waste-powered cars will fly through the air emitting only flowers from their exhaust pipes. Environmental problems and traffic will be things of the past. I'll be 75 years old. Assuming a normal lifespan (I don't have the money for cyborg-ization surgery), I'll die at 76 years old. That means CyborgSelig will have to avoid a battery pack mishap, falling down a well, getting shot by laser cats or whatever other calamities can befall a cyborg for only one year before he'll outlive… rats.
Never mind. —Matthew Kory
6. An Openly Gay Manager
What may take some more time is for an openly gay man to become a coach or manager. It took 15 years after Jackie Robinson's debut with the Dodgers before Negro Leagues star Buck O'Neil was hired as a coach by the Chicago Cubs (and even then, he wasn't quite treated on par with white coaches). Robinson didn't even get to live to see Frank Robinson become the first black manager in 1975.
Coaches, and especially managers, face burdens beyond players when it comes to the public eye. Whereas Jackie Robinson had veterans like Pee Wee Reese to rely on for clubhouse support as a signal to other players he wasn't alone, managers are expected to command respect without any outside help. That's something that'll probably only happen once there are a number of gay players who stick around the game for a while.
Still, being an openly gay public figure is much safer than it was even 10 years ago. In another 10 or 20 years, being the skipper of a baseball team will probably be only a minor blip on the radar. —Dan Rozenson
7. Robot Umpires
All of those blown calls have occurred in less than two weeks. Many more will be made this season, and every season to follow, until MLB accepts expanded instant replay. However, I can envision a future in which our robot overlords invade the baseball realm, serving to provide definitive—and correct—calls on every play. Commissioner CyborgSelig will likely insist on using human umpires to preserve the "human element" of the game, but they will have to relay the RoboUmp calls, not their own.
And who is to say that it stops at RoboUmps? When CyborgSelig gets shot by laser cats, falls down a well, and suffers a battery pack mishap following the 2051 season, remember to greet the new RoboCommissioner nicely. —Stephani Bee
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I'm holding out for a gay robot manager.
May 22, 2013 08:02 AM
"All of the arguments for keeping the DH center around good feelings about some traditional notion ..."
May 22, 2013 08:57 AM
"All of the arguments for keeping the DH center around good feelings about some traditional notion of what the game of baseball should be, rather than what really makes the game move."
May 22, 2013 09:17 AM
You make some good points, but I think you overstate things when you say "The DH turns the game into a bland slugfest." The average hitter in baseball has hit .252/.318/.403 this season. DHs have collectively hit .249/.336/.423, which is better but not by that much. What's more the AL scores 0.41 runs more than the NL as a whole (part of which is DH-dependent, and part of which is a talent difference). While that isn't nothing, I don't think it qualifies as the difference between a slugfest and not a slugfest.
May 22, 2013 09:46 AM
Fair enough, not a slugfest--let's just call it a boring continuous mambo-line of hitters, waiting for a home run without concern about the risk of the pitcher's spot coming up and leaving ducks on the pond (nor the surprises that can happen when they do, but geoff's off getting a beer...).
May 22, 2013 10:24 AM
Dude... just cause you have a DH doesn't mean your whole strategy is "wait for a homerun". Your argument is rather general and mostly inaccurate. Does the pitcher's batting spot promise (at least) one pinch hitter per game? Yeah. But how many NL teams actually have interesting hitters to put into that spot>
May 22, 2013 15:39 PM
Dude, I've watched the local AL & NL teams first-hand for the entire DH era, and sorry, the AL team and its opponents have for the vast majority of that time played a far less interesting brand of ball. And why not? With the DH there is no true end of the lineup that both teams must start dealing with several spots prior.
May 24, 2013 00:51 AM
This. Baseball is a narrative sport. It is not about pure displays of athleticism like basketball. Pull someone off the street who has no interest in the outcome of a basketball game, doesn't even know the rules, and show them a highlight of a slam dunk. They can appreciate that. But what is a home run? A little ball sailing through the air. It isn't interesting for its own sake, just as watching a golf ball sail through the air. The home run, or the hit, is interesting because of how it advances the story. And more hits does not make for a better story, just as more explosions does not make for a better movie. Baseball is about the story, about the suspense between hits, as you are waiting to see what will happen next as the story unfolds. There are moments of build up and release as a batter starts at 0-0, and all of a sudden its a full count, maybe a runner in scoring position. It is the narrative suspense of what is happening on the field that matters.
May 24, 2013 01:25 AM
Vogelsong might go for the DH, but I love the built-in weakness in the order. Makes a fan think how the MGR will react before he puts his reputation on the line (whether gay or straight).
May 22, 2013 09:21 AM
Can't wait for the DH. Why pay to watch someone whose value is premised on an entirely different skill make a futile effort to not embarrass himself and put himself at risk for an injury? More time to go grab a drink from the fridge? That's the only advantage for me, personally.
May 22, 2013 10:09 AM
A reverse economic argument for things staying as they are is the DH allows mega spenders like Boston and N Y Yankees one more spot at which to throw ridiculous salaries. When Milwaukee moved to the NL, I was a huge advocate of my Royals jumping at that chance. Reason being, I think it's easier to compete in the NL as a small market club than the AL. I also think variety is a good thing and the current sytem serves the players, owners and fans pretty well. Unfortunately, I think you may be right on the outcome as well as all of the economic reasons behind it.
May 22, 2013 10:25 AM
Seems like a near certainty that The Art of Fielding will be optioned (if it hasn't been already) and made into a film. It would be impossible for this film to be worse than the book, but I'm guessing they give it their best effort.
May 22, 2013 10:46 AM
That book did not sound good at all. Like some literary dweeb's idea of what ballplayers and baseball are like, but really he's imagining his dweeby friends as ballplayers and using the sport as metaphor instead of depicting what athletes and hardball are really like. I love sports fiction, but I had zero desire to tackle that book.
May 23, 2013 00:07 AM
One could argue that, given all the attention to the Black Sox, Shoeless Joe Jackson is already in the Hall of Fame.
May 22, 2013 11:03 AM
I would like to think that Bud will be transformed into a robeast by an old witch and the four robot umpires will come together and form Voltron to dispatch him.
May 22, 2013 11:12 AM
No women ballplayers or GMs or Managers or Scouting Directors in our lifetimes?
May 22, 2013 11:24 AM
I'm not sure about ballplayers--though I really do hope there is one--but I absolutely think a female GM or scouting director will happen. Kim Ng probably represents the best chance for a female GM in the immediate future, but, say, 20 years from now, there will likely be a whole slew of new candidates. The progression for females in front offices has been ludicrously slow, but the glass ceiling will be broken someday.
May 22, 2013 11:30 AM
I'm pretty sure that's not what anyone here is saying.
May 22, 2013 11:31 AM
Understood .... but given seven opportunities to write about women in baseball as a future expectation, its a bit disappointing to go 0-7.
May 22, 2013 11:34 AM
I debated females in baseball vs. roboumps, but I chose the latter because of the current prominence of the issue. I certainly (and rather obviously) champion women in baseball, though.
May 22, 2013 11:37 AM
Compromise: Predict female umpires.
May 22, 2013 12:16 PM
Yes. However, I do not believe there are currently any females umpiring in the minor leagues. Ria Corteso made waves a few years back for umpiring a spring training game, becoming the first woman to do so since Pam Postema in the late 1980s, but she left the game shortly afterward after being denied a promotion to Triple-A for many years.
May 22, 2013 13:04 PM
You're making it sound like we seven who wrote for this week's Lineup Card deliberately (for lack of a better word) dissed women. I don't think we are obligated to cover any specific topic and I don't think not picking a topic is any kind of reflection on us or on that topic. Everyone picks a topic independently. There was nothing implied by my choice of topics other than that I thought it might be funny/interesting, and I feel comfortable saying the same is true of my seven co-authors. Because I picked the topic I did does not mean I think women can't play professional baseball, can be major league umpires, or participate in any other way.
May 22, 2013 14:53 PM
"and a 2010 longshot called 127 Hours about a Josh Beckett start."
May 22, 2013 11:28 AM
Brian Kopec
If the DH makes the game so much more exciting, why not just expand rosters and allow teams to DH for everyone?
May 22, 2013 11:38 AM
Using a dh for the pitcher removes a tedious and generally useless part of the sport. Separating fielders from hitters would completely remake the sport. I see the attempted equivalency, but the two ideas are not analogous.
May 22, 2013 13:00 PM
Brian Kopec
How exciting would it be to see Olympic level athletes roaming the outfields?
May 22, 2013 13:50 PM
Honestly, this would be very exciting. We're clearly long past the days when most baseball players were very good at everything they do. Why would it be so bad to isolate those who can field and those who can hit?
May 22, 2013 15:44 PM
Once another position on the diamond starts failing to hit at the level of pitchers, let's discuss it.
May 23, 2013 06:29 AM
Positives behind letting pitchers hit: the least tedious out when a game is dragging on relentlessly; on a related note, they speed up the game; when my team is being shutdown big time, I can cling to the feeble hope that the opposing P's time on the base paths will tire him out and my team will get back in the game; the best time to beat everyone to the restrooms when the P is in position to be the third out; outside of walk offs and moon shots of biblical proportions, no HR is as much fun as a P's HR; cool seeing the team jacket on the field when he's running the bases.
May 22, 2013 12:41 PM
You have saddened my afternoon, Russell A. Carleton.
May 22, 2013 12:46 PM
And if we're really lucky, the week the first gay manager is announced, Bill Hader will be guest-hosting SNL.
May 22, 2013 13:59 PM
The DH was introduced in the AL in the '70s to increase offense and drive interest in the game. It did both, and plenty of people made out like bandits.
May 22, 2013 20:07 PM
I'm very curious about your assertion about the NL being wealthier and more popular than the NL. I have not heard of this before, and find it fascinating. Can you point me to any good information sources on this?
May 22, 2013 21:24 PM
Sure! You can get fan attendance ratings from baseball reference: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2000-misc.shtml
May 22, 2013 22:57 PM
I'm sorry Adam, but Ty Cobb isn't even in the same universe as Pete Rose when it comes to disgracing the game of baseball.
May 24, 2013 11:21 AM
That's true. Pete Rose didn't knife a black man for being "uppity", or assault another black man who came up to him to shake his hand, and then choked his wife when she tried to intervene to protect her husband.
May 24, 2013 17:26 PM
Cobb, "avowed racist", supported the right for blacks to play major league baseball. That was in 1952, before most MLB teams had been integrated.
May 27, 2013 20:43 PM
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The Effect of Chiropractic Treatment on Infantile Colic A Randomized, Controlled Trial
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Infantile colic is a condition that affects more than 10% of babies and their families. The reason, and hence the proper treatment, for this condition is unknown and many causes have been suggested. One of the treatments that parents choose is chiropractic manipulation. In Denmark, around 4,000 babies are treated for colic by chiropractors each year although the effect of chiropractic treatment of infantile colic has not been properly scientifically evaluated.
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Null hypothesis: There is no effect of chiropractic treatment on the course of infantile colic.
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The results from subgroup analyses can help to identify children who might benefit from the treatment. Then treatment can be initiated early and a lot of hardship can be avoided for both the babies and the families.
|Infantile Colic
|Procedure: Chiropractic treatment Procedure: Visit without active treatment
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effect of Chiropractic Treatment on Infantile Colic A Randomized, Controlled Trial
- Decrease in hours of crying [ Time Frame: Two weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Chiropractic treatment
Manipulation and/or mobilisation
Procedure: Chiropractic treatment
Other Name: Manipulation, mobilisation
Placebo Comparator: Visit without active treatment
The child is brought in for chiropractic treatment, but no active treatment is delivered. The parents are unaware whether treatment is delivered or not.
Procedure: Visit without active treatment
The child is brought in for chiropractic treatment, but no active treatment is delivered. The parents are unaware whether treatment is delivered or not.
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Primary: To investigate the effect of chiropractic treatment on infantile colic.
Secondary: A) To investigate if infants with suspected musculoskeletal problems respond differently to the treatment than those without. B) To investigate whether health visitors and chiropractors can agree on the diagnosis of "suspected musculoskeletal problems".
A randomized controlled single blind multicenter clinical trial with a nested case-crossover study.
Infants fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for colic will be recruited by health visitors and randomized to chiropractic treatment or no treatment. The parents will be unaware of the child's allocation. All children will be taken to the chiropractors' treatment room while the parents stay in the reception areas. Before treatment, both the recruiting health visitors and the chiropractors will note, whether they suspect musculoskeletal involvement or not. All analyses will be adjusted for known confounders, which will be recorded by the health visitor at baseline.
First of all, the study will evaluate the effect of chiropractic treatment of infantile colic. Secondly, it will clarify if the treatment effect differ between children with suspected musculoskeletal problems and those without. If children with musculoskeletal problems respond better to chiropractic treatment than others, the study will also indicate whether the health nurse is able to identify these children.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 10 Weeks (Child)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 2-10 weeks.
- Minimum crying and fussing: three hours per day, three days per week.
Exclusion criteria:
- Known disease.
- Unsatisfying weight gain.
- Psychological or developmental compromise.
- Contraindications for chiropractic treatment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00954759
|Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
|Odense, DK, Denmark, 5230
|Study Director:
|Lise Hestbaek, PhD
|Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
|Responsible Party:
|Lise Hestbaek, senior researcher, Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00954759 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
RCT Colic
|Study First Received:
|August 6, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 6, 2012
Keywords provided by Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics:
Infantile colic
Randomized controlled trial
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Infant, Newborn, Diseases
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Hold this gorgeous medal in hand; feel its weight and heft and you'll understand its tangible and enduring quality. The obverse shows a Boy Scouts of America campsite under a starry night sky, illuminated by the moon and beneath the path of a Space Shuttle. Few endeavors embody adventure and exploration like man's journeys into outer space, perhaps best underscored by Scouting's connection with the space program. More than half of all astronauts were involved in Scouting, including 39 Eagle Scouts®; 19 of 21 who orbited the moon were Boy Scouts, and 11 of the 12 who walked on the moon were Boy Scouts.
On the reverse every day and month of the centennial year is displayed in a futuristic pattern surrounding the Universal Symbol. The bronze metal is struck in deep relief using special splash dies that highlight every inch of detail.
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Boy Scouts of America® and Northwest Territorial Mint®Northwest Territorial Mint is an official licensee of the Boy Scouts of America, and proudly mints this Boy Scout 2011 Calendar Medal - Coin, along with other fine American products that recognize the achievements of Scouts of all ages. From knives, to coins, or even badges, we are proud to be a part of Scouting's enduring legacy, changing the lives of boys and men through the generations.
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