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Nanoparticle sensors for pheromones from insect agricultural pests

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The University of Texas at San Antonio
Renthal Robert; Jaffe David; LeBaron Richard
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A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Of Emricasan, An Oral Caspase Inhibitor, In Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Cirrhosis And Severe Portal Hypertension

This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-response study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of emricasan in improving portal hypertension in subjects with NASH cirrhosis and severe portal hypertension (defined as hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) ?12 mmHg). Subjects can have compensated (at least 60% of subjects but no more than 75%) or decompensated cirrhosis with no more than 1 prior significant decompensating event and must be currently clinically stable on stable standard therapy [2] (see Inclusion/Exclusion criteria).

Brooke Army Medical Center
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