Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 40 mg/day of atorvastatin in reducing the severity of sepsis in ward patients (ASEPSIS Trial) [PDF]
Introduction: Several observational studies suggest that statins modulate the pathophysiology of sepsis and may prevent its progression. The aim of this study was to determine if the acute administration of atorvastatin reduces sepsis progression in ...
Barnett, A. H. +11 more
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Effectiveness of guided self-help in decreasing expressed emotion in family caregivers of people diagnosed with depression in Thailand: a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Background: High expressed emotion (EE) can extend the duration of illness and precipitate relapse; however, little evidence-based information is available to assist family caregivers of individuals with depression.
A Cechnicki +39 more
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Background: The Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI) was launched in July 2007 and will enter its tenth year in 2017. While its mission is to encourage prospective trial registration, CTRI does permit retrospective trial registration.
Amit R Birajdar +5 more
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A new parenting-based group intervention for young anxious children: results of a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Objective Despite recent advances, there are still no interventions that have been developed for the specific treatment of young children who have anxiety disorders.
Cartwright-Hatton, Sam +12 more
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The CEA Second-Look Trial: a randomised controlled trial of carcinoembryonic antigen prompted reoperation for recurrent colorectal cancer [PDF]
Objective In patients who have undergone a potentially curative resection of colorectal cancer, does a ‘second-look’ operation to resect recurrence, prompted by monthly monitoring of carcinoembryonic antigen, confer a survival benefit?Design A randomised
Bacon +41 more
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Clinical Trial Registration and Reporting: Drug Therapy and Prevention of Cardiac-Related Infections
Objective: Clinical trials are the source of evidence. ClinicalTrials.gov is valuable for analyzing current conditions. Until now, the state of drug interventions for heart infections is unknown.
Lin-Lu Ma +12 more
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Lovastatin for adult patients with dengue: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Dengue is the most important vector-borne viral infection of man, with approximately 2 billion people living in areas at risk. Infection results in a range of manifestations from asymptomatic infection through to life-threatening shock and ...
Dung, Nguyen Thi Phuong +12 more
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The group-based social skills training SOSTA-FRA in children and adolescents with high functioning autism spectrum disorder - study protocol of the randomised, multi-centre controlled SOSTA - net trial [PDF]
Background: Group-based social skills training (SST) has repeatedly been recommended as treatment of choice in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD). To date, no sufficiently powered randomised controlled trial has been performed to establish
Bender, Stephan +6 more
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Background The standards for reporting interventions in clinical trials of cupping (STRICTOC), in the form of a checklist and explanations for users, were designed to improve reporting of cupping trials, particularly the interventions, and thereby ...
Xuan Zhang +10 more
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Background and Aims: Results of randomized clinical trials are often first presented as conference abstracts but these abstracts may be difficult to find, and trial results included in the abstract may not be followed by subsequent journal publications ...
Elizabeth C. Wright +7 more
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