A bayesian meta-analysis of multiple treatment comparisons of systemic regimens for advanced pancreatic cancer [PDF]
© 2014 Chan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited ...
AJ Sutton +36 more
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Anemia is a common problem when patients present with cancer, and it can worsen during treatment. Anemia can directly impact the cognitive and physical quality of life and may impair fitness for oncological therapy.
Jayne Lim +4 more
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Visual data: a new tool to improve the presentation of clinical trial results
Randomized controlled trials are known to be the best tool to determine the effects of an intervention; however, most healthcare professionals are not able to adequately understand the results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias +2 more
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Twenty-year trends in racial and ethnic enrollment in large diabetes randomized controlled trials
Background Lack of representativeness in Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) enrollment could compromise the generalizability of study results and health equity.
Jingyi Zhang +5 more
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Single versus two-stent strategies for coronary bifurcation lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials with long-term follow-up [PDF]
Background: The majority of coronary bifurcation lesions are treated with a provisional single‐stent strategy rather than an up‐front 2‐stent strategy.
Berry, Colin +8 more
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Performance of mesenchymal cell-scaffold constructs in human oral reconstructive surgery: a systematic review [PDF]
Background: Different sources of cultured cells combined with different scaffolds (allogenic, xenogeneic, alloplastic or composite materials) have been tested extensively in vitro and in preclinical animal studies, but there have been only a few ...
ANNIBALI, Susanna +5 more
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Korean translation of the CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials [PDF]
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010 Statement, updated in March 2010, includes a 25-item checklist and flow diagram. Adherence to this statement is a minimum requirement for the complete, clear, and transparent reporting of ...
Jun Suh Lee +3 more
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At present, the efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine in patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) is still controversial. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to assess the efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine in MV patients by reviewing ...
Qinghua Dong +3 more
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Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): study protocol for embedded, randomized controlled trials [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials play a central role in evidence-based practice, but recruitment of participants, and retention of them once in the trial, is challenging.
A McDonald +58 more
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Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top ten threats to global health. There exists limited empirical evidence on effective approaches to address this threat.
Prajwol Nepal +9 more
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