A search on clinical trials brings up drop down menus under the refine results. This is a feature of the Google Co-op, topics platform of the program. This is the first time I have seen drop down menus used in part of the Google refinement feature. Here is a screen capture:

Interesting stuff.
Forum discussion at Search Engine Watch Forums.

Comments:
Jacob
07/21/2006 04:15 pm
Google uses refining dropdowns on desktop search pages. For instance, I can narrow the emails based on who they were sent to and from.
b
07/25/2006 01:56 am
this is from co-op.. but from google base