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Health and Function Research

AIDSInfo - Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety and/or effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, other therapies, or new ways of using existing treatments. AIDSInfo is designed to help individuals locate trials studying HIV/AIDS.

Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED)
AMED is a database produced by the Health Care Information Service of the British Library. It covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. Published by Ovid, AMED covers complementary or alternative medicine as well as physiotherapy, rehabilitation, acupuncture and occupational therapy. It is available online and on CD-ROM.

Australian Clinical Trials Registry (ACTR)
ACTR is a national on-line register of clinical trials being undertaken in Australia. The register is sponsored by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The ACTR includes trials from the full spectrum of therapeutic areas trials of pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures, preventive measures, lifestyle, devices, treatment and rehabilitation strategies and complementary therapies. It has nationwide coverage all clinical trials involving Australian researchers or Australian participants.

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
Listings of active industry and government-sponsored clinical trials, as well as new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA.

ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical research that involves human volunteers. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) initiative has identified this as the registry where trials must be registered to qualify for publication in any of the journals that adhere to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. All entries in ClincialTrials.gov must be approved by a human subject review board (or equivalent) and conform to the regulations of the appropriate national health authorities.

CRD Ongoing Reviews Database
A register of systematic reviews of health care effectiveness from the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. It is intended to include systematic reviews carried out and/or commissioned both within and outside of the NHS.

CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
A searchable database of federally-funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database includes projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH).

Current Controlled Trials, Ltd.
Information about international randomized controlled trials; from the Current Science Group of biomedical publishing companies.

MEDLINE
Subscription service general medical database with more than 12 million abstracts from over 4,600 international journals. Online and on CD-ROM.

National Research Register
Ongoing & recently completed research funded by, or of interest to, the UK's National Health Service (NHS).

NIH Clinical Center
Intute is a free online service providing Web resources for education and research on topics of health and medicine. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. The resource is aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners.

PDQ Clinical Trials Database
A database of the National Cancer Institute, PDQ (Physician Data Query) includes active and closed trials.

PubMed
Provides access to citations from biomedical literature. From the National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information.