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Intraoperative and postoperative clinical evaluation of the hysteroscopic morcellator system for endometrial polypectomy: A prospective, randomized, single-blind, parallel group comparison study

Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, 2018
Objective: To evaluate the TRUCLEAR™ system (Smith and Nephew Inc., London, UK), a hysteroscopic system that morcellates and aspirates masses, in terms of the operating time, surgeon's convenience, and effect on patients compared with conventional ...
Akira Tsuchiya, Yasunori Komatsu, Reiko Matsuyama, Hiroko Tsuchiya, Yuri Takemura, Osamu Nishii   +5 more
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Can metformin relieve tibiofemoral cartilage volume loss and knee symptoms in overweight knee osteoarthritis patients? Study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, and is most frequently seen in the knees. However, there is no effective therapy to relieve the progression of knee OA.
Guangfeng Ruan, Shiwen Yuan, Aiju Lou, Yingqian Mo, Yuan Qu, Dongmei Guo, Shangqi Guan, Yan Zhang, Xiaoyong Lan, Jun Luo, Yifang Mei, Hongwei Zhang, Weirong Wu, Lie Dai, Qinghong Yu, Xiaoyan Cai, Changhai Ding   +16 more
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Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]

Epidemiologic Reviews, 2002
Although the sophistication and flexibility of the statistical technology available to the data analyst have increased, some durable, simple principles remain valid. Hypothesis-driven analyses, which were anticipated and specified in the protocol, must still be kept separate and privileged relative to the important, but risky data mining made possible ...
Peter, Peduzzi, William, Henderson, Pamela, Hartigan, Philip, Lavori   +3 more
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Do messages of scarcity increase trial recruitment? [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Psychological theory suggests that participants may be more likely to volunteer to join a clinical trial if they perceive places in the trial are a scarce commodity.
Caroline J. Free, Rosemary Knight, Robertson, Steven, Devries, Karen M, Free, Caroline J, Steven Robertson, Karen M. Devries, Knight, Rosemary, Elizabeth Hoile, Hoile, Elizabeth   +9 more
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Malaria positivity following a single oral dose of azithromycin among children in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Azithromycin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has moderate antimalarial activity and has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality when biannually administered to children under five in high mortality settings in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jessica Brogdon, Clarisse Dah, Ali Sié, Mamadou Bountogo, Boubacar Coulibaly, Idrissa Kouanda, Mamadou Ouattara, Guillaume Compaoré, Eric Nebie, Mariam Seynou, Elodie Lebas, Fanice Nyatigo, Huiyu Hu, Benjamin F. Arnold, Thomas M. Lietman, Catherine E. Oldenburg   +15 more
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Effect of head and facial massage combined with aromatherapy on sleep quality and delirium in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A randomized controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Background: Delirium and sleep disturbances are common among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CCU), often leading to increased mortality and prolonged hospitalization.
Mehrnaz Kharatha, Somayeh Rezaie, Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi, Hossein Ebrahimi   +3 more
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Antiplaque efficacy of toothpaste – A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Background: Different toothpastes of the corresponding active ingredients could have variable extent of effectiveness; this raises the amount of choices with the marketplace for toothpaste containing these agents and makes it more difficult to gauge ...
Sneha Nachu, Srinivas Ravoori, Srinivas Pachava   +2 more
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Lenalidomide in cancer cachexia: a randomized trial of an anticancer drug applied for anti‐cachexia

JCSM Rapid Communications, 2022
Background Cancer cachexia (CC) impacts quality of life, physical function, anticancer treatment response, and survival. Inflammation is a prominent pathomechanism of CC.
David Blum, Caroline Hertler, Rolf Oberholzer, Susanne deWolf‐Linder, Markus Joerger, Christoph Driessen, Florian Strasser   +6 more
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Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD Trial) [PDF]

, 2012
Context: Vitamin D or calcium supplementation may have effects on vascular disease and cancer. Objective: Our objective was to investigate whether vitamin D or calcium supplementation affects mortality, vascular disease, and cancer in older people ...
McDonald, AM, Campbell, MK, Torgerson, DJ, Marsh, D., RECORD Trial Group, Pant, Puspa R., Grant, Adrian, Adrian M. Grant, Wallace, W Angus., Wallace, W. Angus, MacLennan, GS, Eastell, R., Campbell, Marion K., Robinson, C. Michael, Cyrus Cooper, David J. Torgerson, Maclennan, Graeme S., Wallace, WA, McPherson, GC, Avenell, A, null null, Grant, AM, Francis, Roger M., Graeme S. MacLennan, William J. Gillespie, Jenkinson, David, Khaw, K. T., Francis, RM, McDonald, GM, Pant, PR, C. Michael Robinson, Cooper, Cyrus, Alison M. McDonald, Roger M. Francis, Jenkinson, DJ, McDonald, Alison M., Jenkinson, David J., Frazer H. Anderson, W. Angus Wallace, Torgerson, David J., David J. Jenkinson, Robinson, CM, Puspa R. Pant, Grant, Adrian M., Anderson, FH, Marion K. Campbell, Pant, Puspa Raj, Anderson, Frazer H., Alison Avenell, Cooper, C, Avenell, Alison, McPherson, Gladys C., Gillespie, William J., Gladys C. McPherson, Gillespie, WJ   +54 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
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