Predictors of seizure outcomes in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable epilepsy undergoing resective epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysis. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo perform a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis to identify preoperative factors associated with a good seizure outcome in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex undergoing resective epilepsy surgery.Data ...
Banfield, Laura +15 more
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Oxcarbazepine versus phenytoin monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data review [PDF]
This is an updated version of the Cochrane Review previously published in 2013. This review is one in a series of Cochrane Reviews investigating pair-wise monotherapy comparisons.Epilepsy is a common neurological condition in which abnormal electrical discharges from the brain cause recurrent unprovoked seizures. It is believed that with effective drug
Nevitt, SJ, Marson, AG, Tudur Smith, C
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Introduction The heterogeneity in people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and the range of specialised psychotherapies means that people with certain BPD characteristics might benefit more or less from different types of psychotherapy ...
Eirini Karyotaki +11 more
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Meta-analysis using individual participant data: one-stage and two-stage approaches, and why they may differ. [PDF]
Meta-analysis using individual participant data (IPD) obtains and synthesises the raw, participant-level data from a set of relevant studies. The IPD approach is becoming an increasingly popular tool as an alternative to traditional aggregate data meta ...
Burke, DL, Ensor, J, Riley, RD
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Introduction Numerous arguments have been advanced for broadly sharing de‐identified, participant‐level clinical trial data. However, data sharing in pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) presents ethical challenges.
Stephanie R. Morain +3 more
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Background Shifts in data sharing policy have increased researchers’ access to individual participant data (IPD) from clinical studies. Simultaneously the number of IPD meta-analyses (IPDMAs) is increasing.
Matthew Ventresca +16 more
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Prediction of fruit and vegetable intake from biomarkers using individual participant data of diet-controlled intervention studies [PDF]
Fruit and vegetable consumption produces changes in several biomarkers in blood. The present study aimed to examine the dose–response curve between fruit and vegetable consumption and carotenoid (α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein ...
Boshuizen, Hendriek C. +19 more
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Investigating post-stroke fatigue: An individual participant data meta-analysis [PDF]
The prevalence of post-stroke fatigue differs widely across studies, and reasons for such divergence are unclear. We aimed to collate individual data on post-stroke fatigue from multiple studies to facilitate high-powered meta-analysis, thus increasing our understanding of this complex phenomenon.We conducted an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta ...
Toby B. Cumming +18 more
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Age differences between sexual partners, behavioural and demographic correlates, and HIV infection on Likoma Island, Malawi [PDF]
Patterns of age differences between sexual partners-"age-mixing"-may partially explain the magnitude of HIV epidemics in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, evidence of age-disparity as a risk factor for HIV remains mixed.
Beauclair, Roxanne +3 more
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Individual participant data meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses based on aggregate data [PDF]
Meta-analyses based on individual participant data (IPD-MAs) allow more powerful and uniformly consistent analyses as well as better characterisation of subgroups and outcomes, compared to those which are based on aggregate data (AD-MAs) extracted from published trial reports.
C. T. Smith +7 more
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