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Screening versus routine practice in detection of atrial fibrillation in patients aged 65 or over: Screening versus routine practice in detection cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives : To assess whether screening improves the detection of atrial fibrillation (cluster randomisation) and to compare systematic and opportunistic screening.
Allan, T.F., Bryan, S., Davies, M., Fitzmaurice, D.A., Hobbs, F.D.R., Holder, R.L., Jowett, S.M., Lip, G.Y.H., Mant, J.W.F., Murray, E.T., Raftery, J.P.   +10 more
core  

Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: A psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Treatment fidelity is a complex, multifaceted evaluative process which refers to whether a studied intervention was delivered as intended.
Carragher, Marcella, Hoffmann, Tammy C., Khan, Asad, Kneebone, Ian, Power, Emma, Rose, Miranda, Ryan, Brooke, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Thomas, Shirley, Togher, Leanne, Worrall, Linda   +10 more
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Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser, Alice Bizeul, Meera Chitlur, Hugo Donato, Jelena Roganovic, Julia E. Vogt, Thomas Kühne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance with clinical trial registration and reporting guidelines by Latin American and Caribbean journals [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2013
The objective of this study was to determine to what extent Latin American and Caribbean biomedical journals have endorsed and complied with clinical trial registration and reporting guidelines.
Ludovic Reveiz, Eleana Villanueva, Chimaraoke Iko, Iveta Simera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adapted motivational interviewing to improve the uptake of treatment for glaucoma in Nigeria: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease associated with irreversible visual loss. In Africa, glaucoma patients often present late, with very advanced disease.
A Ashaye, A Lam, A Lawan, AE Omoti, AM Agbeja-Baiyeroju, AP Rotchford, AT Giorgis, B Lundahl, BL Burke, Clare Gilbert, CT Ntim-Amponsah, DA Lee, DT La, G Smedslund, H Waterman, HA Quigley, J Lacey, JD Verrey, Jennifer Evans, Jim McCambridge, KP Balo, L Mitcheson, M Kroese, M Mafwiri, MC Leske, MM Abdull, Mohammed M Abdull, N Anand, PF Cook, PJ Foster, RA Charalel, RS Ramrattan, S Rollnick, S Vistamehr, SA Vernon, T Moyers, T Munder, T Wykes, TC Montreuil, The AGIS Investigators, WR Miller, WR Miller   +41 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the current landscape of clinical trials registration and results reporting policies, procedures and staffing at US-based academic centers: Survey revisited

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Introduction: Historically US-based academic organizations dedicated limited resources, including policies, personnel to ensuring compliance with clinical trials registration and results reporting requirements.
Anthony Keyes, Jesse Reynolds, Jillian Barron, Sarah White   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of recombinant human nerve growth factor eye drops in patients with dry eye: a phase IIa, open label, multiple-dose study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Dry eye disease (DED) affects more than 14% of the elderly population causing decrease of quality of life, high costs and vision impairment.
Allegretti, M., Ferrari, M., Garhoefer, G., Lambiase, A., Mantelli, F., Sacchetti, M., Schmetterer, L., Schmidl, D.   +7 more
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Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Issues with reporting and interpretation of Khan et al. 2021

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
A recent publication in BMC Infectious Diseases concerning the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 had a number of major issues.
Nicholas J. DeVito, Henry Drysdale
doaj   +1 more source