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Stopping rules employing response rates, time to progression, and early progressive disease for phase II oncology trials

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2011
Background Response rate (RR), the most common early means of assessing oncology drugs, is not suitable as the sole endpoint for phase II trials of drugs which induce disease stability but not regression.
Goffin John R, Pond Greg R
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Effect of vagus nerve stimulation against generalized seizure and status epilepticus recurrence

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
ObjectiveVagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a palliative surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. The two objectives of this study were to (1) determine the seizure type most responsive to VNS and (2) investigate the preventive effect on status epilepticus (SE)
Yasushi Iimura, Yasushi Iimura, Hiroharu Suzuki, Hiroharu Suzuki, Takumi Mitsuhashi, Takumi Mitsuhashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Tetsuya Ueda, Kazuki Nishioka, Kazuki Nishioka, Kou Horikoshi, Kou Horikoshi, Kazuki Nomura, Kazuki Nomura, Hidenori Sugano, Hidenori Sugano, Hidenori Sugano, Akihide Kondo, Akihide Kondo   +18 more
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A comparison of small monetary incentives to convert survey non-respondents: a randomized control trial

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2011
Background Maximizing response rates is critically important in order to provide the most generalizable and unbiased research results. High response rates reduce the chance of respondents being systematically different from non-respondents, and thus ...
Grill Joseph P, Stevenson John, Hulbert Erin, Simon Alisha, Griffin Joan M, Noorbaloochi Siamak, Partin Melissa R   +6 more
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Efficacy and survival outcome of allogeneic stem-cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: meta-analysis in the recent 10 years

Frontiers in Oncology
IntroductionAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) possessed direct cytotoxicity and graft-versus-multiple myeloma effect (GvMM). Growing trials have shown survival benefits of performing alloHCT in both newly diagnosed and relapsed MM ...
Si Yu Lin, Ke Jie Lu, Xiao Na Zheng, Jian Hou, Ting Ting Liu   +4 more
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Early life factors, childhood cognition and postal questionnaire response rate in middle age: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relationship between early life factors and survey response in epidemiological studies of adults. METHODS: The Children of the 1950s cohort is composed of 12,150 children (boys 51.7%) born in Aberdeen 1950-56 and in ...
Heather Clark, David A Leon, Leon, David A, Morton, Susan M, Nishiwaki, Yuji, Nishiwaki Yuji, Leon David A, Clark Heather, Morton Susan M, Clark, Heather, Yuji Nishiwaki, Susan M Morton   +11 more
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Response rate and factors associated with response in patients with schizophrenia undergoing bilateral electroconvulsive therapy

BJPsych Open, 2023
Background Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness and a common indication for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Research is lacking on the factors that influence response to acute ECT treatment in schizophrenia patients.
Chanaichon Ruangsetakit, Pichai Ittasakul   +1 more
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Descriptive, but not Injunctive, Normative Appeals Increase Response Rates In Web-based Surveys

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2013
Background: In an earlier experiment Misra, Stokols, & Marino (2012) found that participants who received a descriptive normative prompt in the message requesting them to complete an online survey were more likely to comply with the request compared to ...
Shalini Misra, Daniel Stokols, Anne Heberger Marino   +2 more
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Assessment of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil in patients with oral cavity cancer

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (TPF) has been studied in patients with head and neck cancer. Its impact on patients with oral cavity cancer was not specified.
Jin Ye Fu, Xiu Hui Yue, Min Jun Dong, Jiang Li, Chen Ping Zhang   +4 more
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A model of heart rate kinetics in response to exercise [PDF]

, 2008
We present a mathematical model, in the form of two coupled ordinary differential equations, for the heart rate kinetics in response to exercise. Our heart rate model is an adaptation of the model of oxygen uptake kinetics of Stirling: a physiological ...
Stirling, James, Zakynthinaki, María S., Refoyo Román, Ignacio, Sampedro Molinuevo, Javier   +3 more
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THE IMPACT OF OCCLUSION THERAPY AND PREDICTORS ON AMBLYOPIA DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP AND SUCCESS OUTCOMES

, 2021
Amblyopia is a decrease in visual acuity caused by abnormal binocular interaction or pattern vision deprivation in one or both eye(s) with no organic abnormalities which is reversible by therapeutic measures. Current research on amblyopia treatment lacks
White, Emily
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