Are the people at Clinicaltrials.gov being paid by the supplement industry to run

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these studies?? OR IS THERE A PERFECTLY GOOD REASON FOR THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HERE THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATION? How much you want to bet that number four was terminated for the Rosiglitazone and not the Lipoic acid???

http://www.the-avandia-lawyer.com/

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=lipoic+acid

Rank Status Study

1 Completed Effects of Quinapril 40 mg With Alpha Lipoic Acid or Placebo on Diabetes and Hypertension
Conditions: Diabetes; Hypertension
Interventions: Drug: Quinapril (Accupril) plus Alpha Lipoic Acid; Drug: accupril, placebo; Drug: accupril, alpha lipoic acid

2 Recruiting Effects of Lipoic Acid on Oxidative, Inflammatory and Functional Markers in Asthmatic Patients With Allergic Rhinitis
Conditions: Asthma; Allergic Rhinitis
Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Lipoic acid; Dietary Supplement: Placebo capsule

3 Completed Alpha-Lipoic Acid in Preventing Hearing Loss in Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment With Cisplatin
Conditions: Ototoxicity; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor
Interventions: Drug: alpha-lipoic acid; Behavioral: Audiology; Biological: laboratory biomarker analysis

4 Terminated Effects of Rosiglitazone and Alpha-lipoic Acid on the Patients With Pathologically Proved NASH
Condition: NASH (Non-alcoholic Steato-hepatitis)
Interventions: Drug: Rosiglitazone; Drug: alpha-lipoic acid; Drug: Rosiglitazone/alpha-lipoic acid

5 Recruiting Lipoic Acid and Prevention of Heart Disease
Condition: Atherosclerosis
Interventions: Dietary Supplement: R-alpha lipoic acid; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

6 Recruiting The Effects of Lipoic Acid on Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
Condition: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Intervention: Drug: Lipoic acid

7 Recruiting Lipoic Acid and Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Alzheimer's Disease
Condition: Alzheimer's Disease
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: lipoic acid and fish oil concentrate

8 Not yet recruiting Defining the Anti-inflammatory Role of Lipoic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis
Condition: Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Lipoic Acid

9 Completed
Has Results Fish Oil and Alpha Lipoic Acid in Treating Alzheimer's Disease
Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease; Oxidative Stress; Dementia; Hyperlipidemia; Inflammation
Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Fish Oil; Dietary Supplement: Fish Oil and Lipoic acid; Other: Placebo

10 Recruiting Lipoic Acid to Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Conditions: CIDP; Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Intervention: Drug: lipoic acid

11 Recruiting Lipoic Acid for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Condition: Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive
Interventions: Drug: lipoic acid; Drug: Placebo

12 Recruiting Lipoic Acid as a Treatment for Acute Optic Neuritis
Condition: Optic Neuritis
Intervention: Drug: Lipoic Acid

13 Not yet recruiting The Effect of A-lipoic Acid (ALA) on Fatty Acid-induced Impairment of Glucose-stimulated Insulin Secretion
Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes; Prediabetes
Intervention: Drug: alpha lipoic acid

14 Unknown † A Study of the Pharmacokinetics and Immunologic Effects of Lipoic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis
Condition: Multiple Sclerosis
Interventions: Drug: oral lipoic acid (LA); Drug: lipoic acid (LA) with fish oil and LA without fish oil; Drug: R lipoic acid

15 Enrolling by invitation An Open-Label Pilot Trial of Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) for Weight Loss in Schizophrenia
Conditions: Obesity; Weight Loss; Schizophrenia
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Alpha Lipoic Acid

16 Recruiting Dose Ranging Study of the Effects of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Oxidative Stress
Condition: Metabolic Syndrome
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Alpha lipoic acid at 3 doses compared to placebo

17 Recruiting Effects of Lipoic Acid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) in Human Obesity
Conditions: Obesity; Body Fat; Insulin Resistance
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Double blind dietary intervention with EPA and lipoic acid

18 Recruiting Redifferentiation Therapy Using Alpha Lipoic Acid in Thyroid Cancer
Conditions: Thyroid; Cancer
Intervention: Drug: alpha-lipoic acids

19 Not yet recruiting The Role of R-Alpha Lipoic Acid in the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
Condition: Atherosclerosis
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Crossover of R-alpha lipoic acid and placebo

20 Completed Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Obesity Related Comorbidities
Conditions: Obesity; Cardiovascular Disease; Type 2 Diabetes
Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Alpha Lipoic Acid; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

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1. Do you oppose these studies being conducted?

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