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Cluster randomized trial in the general practice research database: 2. Secondary prevention after first stroke (eCRT study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research is to develop and evaluate methods for conducting pragmatic cluster randomized trials in a primary care electronic database.
Wolfe Charles, Van Staa, Tjeerd; id_orcid, van Staa, Tjeerd, Mcdermott Lisa, Judith Charlton, Gulliford, Martin, Gerard McCann, Charlton, Judith, Ashworth Mark, Ashworth, Mark, Dregan Alex, McCann, Gerard, Charlton Judith, Anthony Rudd, Rudd Anthony, Lucy Yardley, Mark Ashworth, Gulliford Martin, Dregan, Alex; id_orcid, McCann Gerard, Lisa Mcdermott, Martin Gulliford, Tjeerd van Staa, Dregan, Alex, Yardley, Lucy, ?, ?, McDermott, Lisa, van Staa Tjeerd, null null, Wolfe, Charles, Yardley Lucy, Rudd, Anthony, eCRT Research Team, Charles Wolfe, Alex Dregan   +34 more
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Low Dose Celecoxib Combined with Clozapine for Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2015
Introduction: Higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in schizophrenia have suggested that dysfunctions of the immune system may play a role in this disabling condition.
Roya Samadi, Ali Akhondpour Manteghi, Mehri Baghban Haghighi, Amin Azhari, Shervin Assari   +4 more
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Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions for Offenders in the Probation Setting (SIPS Trial): a Pragmatic Multicentre Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2014
Aim - To evaluate the effectiveness of different brief intervention strategies at reducing hazardous or harmful drinking in the probation setting. Offender managers were randomized to three interventions, each of which built on the previous one: feedback
Patton, Robert, Myles, J., Dale, V, Drummond, Colin, Shepherd, Jonathan, Perryman, K, Parrott, S, Phillips, T, Newbury-Birch, Dorothy; id_orcid, Drummond, Colin; id_orcid, Newbury-Birch, Dorothy, Dale, Veronica, Myles, J, Cassidy, P., Phillips, T., Cassidy, Paul, Cassidy, P, Godfrey, Christine, Deluca, Paolo; id_orcid, Gilvarry, Eilish, Myles, Judy, Kaner, Eileen, Kaner, E, Oyefeso, A, Newbury-Birch, D, Patton, R, McGovern, Ruth, McGovern, R, Bland, Martin, Perryman, Katherine, Phillips, Tom, Shepherd, J, Gilvarry, E, Deluca, P, Godfrey, C, Drummond, C, Heather, Nick, Bland, M, Oyefeso, Adenekan, Heather, N, Coulton, Simon, Deluca, Paolo, Parrott, Steve, Coulton, S   +43 more
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Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE): A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2021
Emese Csipke,1 Aisha Shafayat,2 Kirsty Sprange,2 Lucy Bradshaw,2 Alan A Montgomery,2 Reuben Ogollah,2 Esme Moniz-Cook,3 Martin Orrell4 1Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK; 2Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of ...
Csipke E, Shafayat A, Sprange K, Bradshaw L, Montgomery AA, Ogollah R, Moniz-Cook E, Orrell M   +7 more
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Funding of Studies Supporting IA Guideline Recommendations in Cardiovascular Medicine—A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Each guideline recommendation from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology includes an indication of the level of supporting evidence and the associated strength of recommendation with “IA” recommendations representing those
Emily P. Zeitler, Alessio Gasperetti, Shayne E. Dodge, Lauren B. Cooper, Aaron V. Kaplan   +4 more
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Evaluation of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]

Circulation, 2007
Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) play a key role in modern medicine, considerable variability exists in their quality and in the reliability (reproducibility) of their results. The present article discusses features that characterize high-quality trials, such as intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis, the avoidance of patient exclusions, and a ...
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Effects of study design and allocation on participant behaviour-ESDA: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2011
Background: What study participants think about the nature of a study has been hypothesised to affect subsequent behaviour and to potentially bias study findings.
Kypri, Kypros, Kypri, K., Steve Bowe, Bowe, Steve, John Attia, McCambridge Jim, Vater, T., Wilson Amanda, Attia, John, Attia John, Vater Tina, Jim McCambridge, Paschal Sheeran, McCambridge, J., Wilson, Amanda, Kypri Kypros, Amanda Wilson, Attia, J., Sheeran, Paschal, Sheeran Paschal, Wilson, A., Kypros Kypri, Bowe Steve, Tina Vater, McCambridge, Jim, Vater, Tina, Sheeran, P., Bowe, S.   +27 more
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Effect of electroacupuncture on discomfort during gastroscopy: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2022
Background Gastroscopy procedures are frequently performed under general sedation to minimize discomfort. Patients who refuse a sedative injection may experience more discomfort and adverse reactions such as pain and nausea.
Binyu Yu, Philippa Jemma Hazlewood, Xuan Yin, Shanshan Li, Hongyu Yue, Kun Xu, Shifen Xu, Yiqun Mi   +7 more
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Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The prevalence of male obesity is increasing, but men are less likely than women to attend existing weight management programmes. We have taken a novel approach to reducing perceived barriers to weight loss for men by using professional ...
Shaun Treweek, Gray, Cindy M., Mutrie, N., Cindy M Gray, Gray, C.M., Hunt, Kate, Anderson, Annie S., Hunt, K., Mutrie, Nanette, Sally Wyke, Gray, Cindy M, Annie S Anderson, Wyke, Sally, Wyke, S., Treweek, S., Anderson, Annie S, Nanette Mutrie, Anderson, Annie S.; id_orcid, Kate Hunt, Treweek, Shaun, Anderson, A.S.   +20 more
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Electroacupuncture treatment for sarcopenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Introduction Sarcopenia is a disease primarily characterized by age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass, muscle strength, and/or decline in physical performance.
Hao Li, Li Zhou, Xin Zhang, Qian Wen, Li Tian, Han Yang, Xirong Chen, Jinghan Yuan, Ning Li, Bingmei Zhu, Lin Zhang, Lingyun Lu   +11 more
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