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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-COVID-19 Clinical Trials
Randomized controlled trials (RCT) were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but no systematic analysis has evaluated the overall impact of COVID-19 on non-COVID-19-related RCTs. The ClinicalTrials.gov database was queried in February 2020.
Katia Audisio +13 more
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Evolving targets for heart failure: the journey so far
The treatment of heart failure has included vasodilators, positive inotropes and most successfully neurohormonal blockade. Recent research has looked at metabolic and immune modulatory approaches, and implantable, mainly electrical devices.
Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Jerneja Farkas
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Commentary of "Placebo Studies in Developing Countries: Ethical, but not Ideal"
In his piece, Scott is against the notion that using placebos as controls (when there is an existing treatment method) in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is never ethical.
Marilyn Eshikena
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Precision oncology: the intention-to-treat analysis fallacy. [PDF]
It has recently been suggested that precision oncology studies should be reanalysed using the intention-to-treat (ITT) methodology developed for randomized controlled clinical trials.
Kato, Shumei +3 more
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Factors influencing the enrollment in randomized controlled trials in orthopedics
Background: Low enrollment rates are a threat to the external validity of clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with lower enrollment rates in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving orthopedic procedures ...
Christopher T. Lim +4 more
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Aim. Based on the data of the TRUST study (Influence of Participation in Randomized Controlled Trials on adheRence to Medicines' Intake and regUlar viSits to the docTor) to assess the quality of drug therapy and patients' awareness of achieving target ...
N. O. Vasyukova +4 more
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Fecal incontinence: the quality of reported randomized, controlled trials in the last ten years. [PDF]
This study was designed to analyze the characteristics and the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials published during the last ten years on fecal ...
Chelvanayagam, Sonya +2 more
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Introduction The rising prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is placing a considerable strain on the global healthcare system. To address this issue, telemedicine-supported multicomponent exercise therapy has emerged as a promising approach.
Yuan Feng +9 more
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From wealth to health: evaluating microfinance as a complex intervention [PDF]
Innovative interventions that address the social determinants of health are required to help reduce persistent health inequalities. We argue that microcredit can act in this way and develop a conceptual framework from which to examine this.
Biosca , Olga +2 more
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Background Pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) are designed to reflect how an investigational treatment would be applied in clinical practice. As such, unlike their explanatory counterparts, they measure therapeutic effectiveness and are capable of ...
Robbe Saesen +6 more
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