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Web-Based Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Patients often seek other patients’ experiences with the disease. The Internet provides a wide range of opportunities to share and learn about other people’s health and illness experiences via blogs or patient-initiated online discussion ...
Giesler, Jürgen M., Holmberg, Christine, Keller, Bettina, Leonhart, Rainer, Lucius-Hoene, Gabriele, Muckelbauer, Rebecca, Müller-Nordhorn, Jacqueline, Repke, Tim, Rieckmann, Nina, Weis, Joachim   +9 more
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a pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Our primary aim of this pilot study was to test feasibility of the planned design, the interventions (education plus telephone coaching), and the outcome measures, and to facilitate a power calculation for a future randomized controlled ...
Ashe, M. C., Brown, K. C., Cho, N. J., Fleig, L., Frost, M., Langford, D., Ledoyen, M., Lehn, J., Panagiotopoulos, K., Sharpe, N.   +9 more
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Oral labetalol compared to oral nifedipine for postpartum hypertension: A randomized controlled trial

Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2017
Objective: To determine whether oral labetalol is associated with a shorter time to blood pressure control compared to oral extended release nifedipine for management of persistent postpartum hypertension.
Kathryn J. Sharma, Naomi Greene, Sarah J. Kilpatrick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Randomized controlled trials in neurosurgery

Surgical Neurology International, 2022
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become the standard method of evaluating new interventions (whether medical or surgical), and the best evidence used to inform the development of new practice guidelines. When we review the history of medical versus surgical trials, surgical RCTs usually face more challenges and difficulties when conducted ...
Takroni, Radwan, Sharma, Sunjay, Reddy, Kesava, Zagzoog, Nirmeen, Aljoghaiman, Majid, Alotaibi, Mazen, Farrokhyar, Forough   +6 more
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A randomized trial of an Asthma Internet Self-management Intervention (RAISIN): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> The financial costs associated with asthma care continue to increase while care remains suboptimal. Promoting optimal self-management, including the use of asthma action plans, along with regular health ...
Agur, Karolina, Chaudhuri, Rekha, Mair, Frances S, McConnachie, Alex, Morrison, Deborah, Saunderson, Kathryn, Thomson, Neil C, Wyke, Sally   +7 more
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Mingjing granule, a traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2021
Background Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is the most common cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness among the older people aged 50 and over.
Yamin Li, Lina Liang, Torkel Snellingen, Kai Xu, Yun Gao, Fengmei Zhang, Chengwei Guo, Tao Zuo, Fengming Liang, Xiaoping Yao, Xueyan Yang   +10 more
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Acupuncture randomized trials (ART) in patients with chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee - Design and protocols [PDF]

, 2003
Background: We report on the study design and protocols of two randomized controlled trials (Acupuncture Randomized Trials = ART) that investigate the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis of the knee ...
Becker-Witt, C., Brinkhaus, Benno, Hummelsberger, J., Irnich, D., Jena, S., Linde, K., Melchart, Dieter, Streng, A., Wagenpfeil, S., Willich, S. N.   +9 more
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Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation as acute therapy for migraine. The randomized PRESTO study [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS; gammaCore; electroCore, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ) for the acute treatment of migraine in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled ...
Ambrosini, Anna, Barbanti, Piero, De Tommaso, Marina, Dorlas, Stefanie, Geppetti, Pierangelo, Grazzi, Licia, Liebler, Eric, Martelletti, Paolo, Negro, Andrea, Pierangeli, Giulia, Rainero, Innocenzo, Sarchielli, Paola, Tassorelli, Cristina   +12 more
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A new parenting-based group intervention for young anxious children: results of a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2011
Objective Despite recent advances, there are still no interventions that have been developed for the specific treatment of young children who have anxiety disorders.
Cartwright-Hatton, Sam, Dixon, Clare, Field, Andy P, Gallagher, Bridie, Harrington, Richard, Laskey, Ben, McNally, Deb, Miller, Chloe, Pemberton, Kathryn, Rust, Stewart, Symes, Wendy, White, Caroline, Woodham, Adrine   +12 more
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A Randomized Double-blind Comparative Study of the Efficacy of Eradication Therapy and Motilitone for Functional Dyspepsia [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2019
Background/Aims Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is one of the etiologies of functional dyspepsia (FD). The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of H. pylori eradication therapy and motilitone monotherapy in patients with FD.
Jae Yong Park, Jae Gyu Kim, Su Jin Hong, Seong Woo Jeon, Gwang Ha Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Sang Gyun Kim   +6 more
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