• Public health programs use the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in practical implementation for their population. (cdc.gov)
  • We describe and illustrate a method of using results from randomized control trials (RCTs) to estimate changes in rates of adverse asthma events (AAEs) that result from expanding access to asthma interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • Development economists have extensively used randomized control trials (RCTs) as the "gold standard" of evidence for informing development policy. (brookings.edu)
  • The aim of this course is to enable students to understand and apply the principles of design and analysis of experiments, with a particular focus on randomised controlled trials (RCTs), to a level where they are able to contribute effectively as a statistician to the planning, conduct and reporting of a standard RCT. (edu.au)
  • 2 Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the most rigorous way to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, regardless of their complexity. (bmj.com)
  • What is the place of RCTs place in clinical trials? (thehindu.com)
  • We included five randomised controlled trials (RCTs), one controlled clinical trial (CCT), 27 cohort studies, 17 case-control studies, five time-series trials, one case cross-over trial, two ecological studies, six self controlled case series studies involving in all about 14,700,000 children and assessing effectiveness and safety of MMR vaccine. (theness.com)
  • Leigh is passionate about improving the effectiveness of governments in Australia, and to that end wants to see randomised controlled trials (RCTs) used more often in social policy. (harvard.edu)
  • Here we assess the causal evidence supporting this relationship in the healthy population, using an umbrella review of meta-analyses limited to randomized controlled trials (RCTs). (nature.com)
  • This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to plan and conduct low-cost, pragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs). (nih.gov)
  • MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) were searched from 1996 to October 2010 on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effect of ACEIs on brachial FMD versus placebo or no treatment and ACEIs versus angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and β-blockers. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • However, evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on health or well-being outcomes has not yet been clearly synthesized across all health domains where social robots have been tested. (jmir.org)
  • Seven databases were searched for any randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the use of acupuncture or acupressure as a treatment for urinary incontinence, and the Cochrane risk of bias tool was utilized to evaluate the risk of bias in each study. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in dentistry provide essential evidence for dentists to practice evidence-based dentistry . (bvsalud.org)
  • Controlled clinical trial may refer to: Clinical trial, the medical research technique Contemporary Clinical Trials, the continuation of the discontinued journal Controlled Clinical Trials This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Controlled clinical trials. (wikipedia.org)
  • The clinical trial tested the drug on 45 people and another 50 were given a placebo. (thehindu.com)
  • The reason is - it is unethical to withhold effective standard treatment from subjects in a clinical trial. (theness.com)
  • EuroPharma's recently launched fish oil extract Vectomega could led to improvements in cholesterol levels, according to a pilot clinical trial, with more trials planned to build up the science behind the product. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • The four-year UH3 phase will support the conduct of the planned clinical trial. (nih.gov)
  • Calles SAIVE, or A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin in COVID-19 Prevention, the clinical trial is a Phase 2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study that was conducted in Bulgaria between March and November 2022. (alipac.us)
  • After years of building hope for a treatment, Rochester researchers and clinicians will begin the first controlled clinical trial for Juvenile Batten disease this summer, thanks to $1 million in grants from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDRSA). (news-medical.net)
  • Families have been anxiously awaiting word on when we could launch this clinical trial,' said Frederick Marshall, M.D., principal investigator of the trial and Associate Professor of Neurology. (news-medical.net)
  • URMC researchers have examined the potential use of many medications in the treatment of Batten Disease, but mycophenolate is the first to make it to a controlled clinical trial. (news-medical.net)
  • Although mycophenolate is approved for use in children to prevent transplant rejection, there are risks,' said Erika Augustine, M.D., co-principal investigator of the clinical trial. (news-medical.net)
  • It will come as no surprise to the Batten research community - or the Batten family community - that Rochester is where the first controlled clinical trial will take place. (news-medical.net)
  • Effect of restriction of the number of concurrently open records in an electronic health record on wrong-patient order errors: a randomized clinical trial. (ahrq.gov)
  • This was a randomized clinical trial. (bvsalud.org)
  • Randomized Clinical Trial. (bvsalud.org)
  • The study demonstrated that after adequate training, there can be agreement among reviewers evaluating the quality of published randomized controlled trials using an established instrument and guidelines. (japmaonline.org)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • To test CHoBI7, we conducted a randomized controlled trial among 219 inter- after the index patient seeks hospital care ( 5 , 7 , 9 - 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • SEATTLE-Massage therapy helps ease chronic low-back pain and improve function, according to a randomized controlled trial that the Annals of Internal Medicine is scheduled to publish in its July 5 issue. (massagemag.com)
  • First - yes, there are numerous placebo-controlled trials of vaccines determining safety and efficacy. (theness.com)
  • She is implying that the only scientific studies of safety and efficacy are placebo-controlled, but in reality there are a range of study designs that provide useful information. (theness.com)
  • There are also different ways to control an efficacy or safety trial. (theness.com)
  • We conclude that SPf66 does not protect against clinical falciparum malaria and that further efficacy trials are not warranted. (theness.com)
  • The NBC official said principal investigators at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore had sought to conduct global and multi-national, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase III clinical studies to evaluate the protective efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA and different conventional vaccines at their centres. (geo.tv)
  • But now, there was no need to conduct placebo-controlled trials as the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the vaccines could be ascertained against other vaccines too, the official said. (geo.tv)
  • Research on social robot interventions in clinical and health settings needs to transition from exploratory investigations to include large-scale controlled trials with sophisticated methodology, to increase confidence in their efficacy. (jmir.org)
  • In this study, investigators at an academic medical center first developed a measurement tool within their electronic medical record to identify wrong-patient orders (and found that they were surprisingly common), then conducted a randomized trial investigating the efficacy of two different strategies to prevent wrong-patient orders. (ahrq.gov)
  • Flanders WD, Nurmagambetov TA, Cornwell CR, Kosinski AS, Sircar K. Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate the Effect of Community Interventions for Childhood Asthma. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Controlling Childhood Asthma and Reducing Emergencies initiative aims to prevent 500,000 emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations within 5 years among children with asthma through implementation of evidence-based interventions and policies. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of their multifaceted nature and dependence on social context, complex interventions pose methodological challenges, and require adaptations to the standard design of such trials. (bmj.com)
  • As per definition, a randomised controlled trial, or RCT, is a study in which people are allocated at random, entirely by chance, to receive one of several clinical interventions. (thehindu.com)
  • One of these interventions is the standard of comparison or control. (thehindu.com)
  • The hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments is explained, and the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, the randomised controlled trial, is discussed. (bmj.com)
  • In this article, I will explain the hierarchy of evidence in assessing the effectiveness of interventions or treatments, and discuss the randomised controlled trial, the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. (bmj.com)
  • 3 The randomised controlled trial (RCT) is considered to provide the most reliable evidence on the effectiveness of interventions because the processes used during the conduct of an RCT minimise the risk of confounding factors influencing the results. (bmj.com)
  • The RCT is the most scientifically rigorous method of hypothesis testing available, 5 and is regarded as the gold standard trial for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. (bmj.com)
  • No trials on adolescents, young adults, or other problem areas were identified, and no studies had interventions where robots spontaneously modified verbal responses based on speech by participants. (jmir.org)
  • All papers reported some positive outcomes from robotic interventions, although most trials had some measures that showed no difference or favored alternate treatments. (jmir.org)
  • Cost-effective tools and interventions for control are available, but coverage levels are still unacceptably low. (who.int)
  • Other issues include the weakness of health systems, including monitoring and evaluation systems, to deliver malaria control interventions, and poor use of research findings to inform policies which need to be addressed in order to accelerate the pace of implementation of malaria control interventions in the Region. (who.int)
  • There are placebo-controlled trials of pertussis vaccine , HPV vaccine , polio vaccine , Hep B vaccine , pneumococcal vaccine , and flu vaccines - even in subpopulations, such as children with asthma , and patients with MS . There are published studies of placebo-controlled vaccine trials that are negative, such as this one of a malaria vaccine . (theness.com)
  • How best to design vaccine trials is a matter of intense discussion. (theness.com)
  • Here is an interesting discussion from the World Health Organization (WHO) about when it is appropriate to use placebo controls in vaccine trials . (theness.com)
  • This aim of this study was to investigate the effect of workplace physical exercise on psychosocial factors among workers with chronic musculoskeletal pain.The trial design was a 2-armed parallel-group randomized controlled trial with allocation concealment. (lu.se)
  • I fully agree that herbal medicines/substances should have full clinical trials but can never find anyone able to refer me to any clinical trials placebo versus substance to be tested on vaccines. (theness.com)
  • KARACHI: The National Bioethics Committee of Pakistan (NBC) has refused to allow at least five double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase-III clinical trials of mRNA and conventional COVID-19 vaccines on "ethical grounds", arguing that Pakistani citizens cannot be treated as "guinea pigs" anymore. (geo.tv)
  • Some local and multinational pharmaceutical companies have [sent applications] to conduct placebo-controlled trials of mRNA and conventional COVID-19 vaccines in Pakistan," an official of the National Bioethics Committee (NBC) of Pakistan told The News . (geo.tv)
  • However, NBC has told the companies that the use of a placebo cannot be allowed during these trials at a time when different types of conventional vaccines are available in the country, the official said. (geo.tv)
  • These under-trial vaccines include a Chinese Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) vaccine as well as various conventional vaccines including inactivated Vero cells, recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (Sf9 cells), and Fusion Protein Vaccine (V-01) in adults aged 18 and above," the official said. (geo.tv)
  • Earlier, the NBC allowed placebo-controlled trials in the country including the trials of CanSino vaccine while phase-III clinical trials of a triple-dose Chinese vaccine titled ZF-2001 are also underway at UHS Lahore, but they were allowed when COVID-19 vaccines were not present in the country," the official said. (geo.tv)
  • We are going to resubmit the proposals of our phase-III clinical trials of different vaccines after NBC refused to allow us placebo-controlled studies. (geo.tv)
  • The reason is that, by randomly assigning people to be in the treatment group and control group, you are able to sift away other factors, thereby identifying the causal link between treatment and outcomes. (brookings.edu)
  • Most randomised controlled trials focus on outcomes, not on the processes involved in implementing an intervention. (bmj.com)
  • The idea is to measure and compare the outcomes against the control after the participants receive the treatment. (thehindu.com)
  • Families Connect is being evaluated through a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to explore the impact of the programme on children's literacy, numeracy, social and emotional outcomes, and on parents' role with their child's learning. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • Our main aim was to evaluate the effect of a 6-week intervention on health-related outcomes (body composition, hemodynamic and functionality changes) in 24 individuals aged 65 and older with multimorbidity in a randomized controlled trial. (nature.com)
  • The Million Hearts, a collaboration across several federal agencies, is one such initiative with the goal of preventing one million heart attacks and strokes over five years by translating the evidence base in cardiovascular prevention (aspirin, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation) to the greater population. (nih.gov)
  • In 2019, the Controlling Childhood Asthma and Reducing Emergencies initiative was launched with the goal of preventing 500,000 ED visits and hospitalizations nationwide within 5 years through implementation and expansion of access to EXHALE strategies in the population of children with asthma (5). (cdc.gov)
  • For schools joining the trial in Spring 2019, please visit this page . (nfer.ac.uk)
  • Australian policymakers should summon up the vigour of their predecessors, and conduct randomised trials on a variety of current and proposed policies - providing evidence on what works, and what does not. (harvard.edu)
  • An adverse finding could result in the French-owned company losing its permit to conduct canola trials, which it currently does on about 70 sites across Australia. (gmwatch.org)
  • The NBC official provided the names of local and multinational pharmaceutical companies which were willing to conduct phase-III clinical trials of Chinese and European firms but requested not to mention their details. (geo.tv)
  • Trials proposed under this FOA should answer questions that are high impact to patients or health care providers, and must leverage existing clinical practice settings and/or existing electronic resources such as registries for the conduct of clinical trials. (nih.gov)
  • The claim was that 69% (31 persons) of those on the drug tested negative on the third day, and 25 of those on the placebo arm of the trial had also tested negative. (thehindu.com)
  • The control may be standard practice/treatment options, a placebo (a drug without an active substance, or a 'sugar pill'), or no intervention at all. (thehindu.com)
  • In this follow-up, we examine the effect it's had on views of the placebo effect and the practicalities of sham-controlled studies. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Roxana Mehran, MD, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, while a critic of the trial, argued that the focus should be on "the importance of this trial, which was to show that a controlled, placebo procedure is actually possible when we are questioning the need for procedure. (medpagetoday.com)
  • I guess it shouldn't be too unexpected when we look back at some of the previous studies that included sham placebo: The SYMPLICITY trial that looked at renal denervation, boy, there was a powerful effect on blood pressure. (medpagetoday.com)
  • With such universal agreement that the placebo effect is playing a role in PCI, clinical trials gained a mandate to incorporate sham. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Really I think this makes us begin to rethink many of our studies with types of intervention and can we design some of these studies with a sham control built in to account for some of the placebo effect that we might see," said Richard Chazal, MD, immediate-past president of the American College of Cardiology. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Here, for example , is a placebo-controlled trial of MMR for safety, using an inert placebo. (theness.com)
  • The trial was not placebo-controlled, nor blinded. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • Vice-Chancellor University of Health Sciences Lahore Prof Javed Akram confirmed that NBC had not approved the placebo-controlled trials and added the varsity will now change the design and protocols of the studies. (geo.tv)
  • Their argument that subjects receiving placebo or water during the course of trials, which may take 6 to 12 months, would remain without a vaccine, is valid and we accept that," Prof Akram said. (geo.tv)
  • A pooled analysis was conducted to identify possibly suicide-related adverse events in Pfizer-sponsored, phases 2-4, placebo-controlled, double-blind, adult and pediatric completed randomized controlled trials of ziprasidone and to evaluate the risk of suicidality with ziprasidone versus placebo. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The trials included were initiated as early as June 1992, and the cutoff date for selection of the placebo-controlled trials in the Pfizer database was October 2, 2009. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Suicidality events were identified in 52 among 5,123 subjects treated with either ziprasidone or placebo in 22 trials. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Results of our analyses, performed in accordance with the FDA-specified search strategy, reveal no significant differences in treatment-emergent suicidality risk in ziprasidone versus placebo subjects treated in controlled clinical trials. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The 16th positive, statistically significant trial of its kind, to Dr. Pierre Kory, MD, APA, a strong proponent of ivermectin, the research included 399 patients who were given either ivermectin or a placebo daily. (alipac.us)
  • Each child will be their own control during the study, taking the medication for eight weeks, and a placebo for eight weeks. (news-medical.net)
  • In 10 trials including 1129 patients, treatment with ACEIs (n = 498) versus placebo or no treatment (n = 503) significantly improved brachial FMD (pooled mean change difference 1.26%, 95% C.I. 0.46-2.07, p = 0.002 with significant heterogeneity). (unboundmedicine.com)
  • To support evidence-based clinical guidelines on erythropoietin use for anemia in oncology, we conducted systematic reviews of controlled trials on four patient groups. (cancernetwork.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Asthma Control Program developed and published the EXHALE Technical Package in 2018 (4). (cdc.gov)
  • There are signs of hope from some countries, with indications of decline in overall child mortality, to which malaria control might have contributed significantly. (who.int)
  • c) to make recommendations to the Regional Director on the way forward for malaria control in the African Region. (who.int)
  • c) recommendations would have been made on the way forward for malaria control in the African Region. (who.int)
  • By reaching out to patients online, perhaps participating in clinical trials -- especially when you're looking for experimental treatments for uncommon diseases -- will become a clearer, less confusing process. (zdnet.com)
  • The CEO of the ALF is also planning to trial a project which will place liver disease patients into the Reg4All system. (zdnet.com)
  • Ramdev, the yoga guru, and who is associated with the company, claimed that a randomised controlled trial (RCT) among COVID-19 positive patients had proved favourable results. (thehindu.com)
  • In November, the cardiology community received a major shock when the ORBITA trial investigators reported that angioplasty in patients with stable angina yielded essentially the same results as a sham procedure. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Along with many other device-related procedures, PCI is inherently difficult to assess in an objective fashion in clinical trials, because it is nearly impossible to eliminate the impact that knowledge of treatment assignment might have on both patients and physicians. (medpagetoday.com)
  • FODMAPs alter symptoms and the metabolome of patients with IBS: a randomised controlled trial. (medscape.com)
  • DESIGN: We performed a controlled, single blind study of patients with IBS (Rome III criteria) randomised to a low (n=20) or high (n=20) FODMAP diet for 3 weeks. (medscape.com)
  • Intervention contacts had signifi- cases/1,000 persons, a study in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh, cantly fewer symptomatic Vibrio cholerae infections than did found that 210 household contacts/1,000 index patients control contacts and 47% fewer overall V. cholerae infec- were infected with V. cholerae during a 21-day surveil- tions. (cdc.gov)
  • CHoBI7 presents a promising results from a shared contaminated environmental source, approach for controlling cholera among highly susceptible such as water or food in the household, or secondary trans- household contacts of cholera patients. (cdc.gov)
  • The trial enrolled 400 Group Health Cooperative patients who had had low-back pain for at least three months. (massagemag.com)
  • Postoperative pain is common in patients hospitalized in surgical departments, yet it is currently not sufficiently controlled by analgesics. (degruyter.com)
  • In this pilot non-randomized controlled study conducted at a tertiary medical center in Israel, patients received either acupuncture with standard-of-care pain treatment (acupuncture group) or standard-of-care treatment only (control group) following surgery. (degruyter.com)
  • In the control group, 10 general practitioners displayed a poster and the leaflets in their waiting room and examined patients' skin at their own discretion. (annfammed.org)
  • Compared with control patients, intervention patients were more likely to remember the campaign (81.4% vs 50.0%, P = .0001) and to correctly identify their elevated risk of melanoma (71.1% vs 42.1%, P = .001). (annfammed.org)
  • The trial will enroll 30 patients who are already showing symptoms of the disease. (news-medical.net)
  • Patients will have to travel to Rochester four times over the 22 weeks they are in the trial, which is no small feat, considering the difficulties of traveling with children who may be blind and/or seizure-prone. (news-medical.net)
  • Process evaluations within trials explore the implementation, receipt, and setting of an intervention and help in the interpretation of the outcome results. (bmj.com)
  • WHO antenatal care randomized trial : manual for the implementation of the new model. (who.int)
  • Using the Cochrane database of all randomized controlled trials in health care, we found only six relevant trials undertaken in podiatric medicine since 1997. (japmaonline.org)
  • Indoor air pollution and lower respiratory tract infections in children: report of a symposium held at the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, Paris, 4 September 2006, presenting preliminary results of a randomized intervention trial in Guatemala and a workshop discussing the implication for policy, advocacy and future research. (who.int)
  • Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls and injuries: a nonrandomized controlled trial. (ahrq.gov)
  • This module looks at the critical appraisal of randomised controlled trials. (healthknowledge.org.uk)
  • An introduction to the critical appraisal of randomised controlled trials. (healthknowledge.org.uk)
  • Issues that need to be considered during the critical appraisal of randomised controlled trials, such as assessing the validity of trial methodology and the magnitude and precision of the treatment effect, and deciding on the applicability of research results, are discussed. (bmj.com)
  • reporting trial results and use of the CONSORT statement. (edu.au)
  • And now EuroPharma has reported the results of a pilot human trial that shows that two tablets per day containing could lead to improvements in the levels of certain blood lipids by more than 15 percent. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • The results from this latest trial support previous findings and prove that Vectomega has optimal bioavailability and works on a cellular level. (nutraingredients-usa.com)
  • This paper reports the results of a randomized trial of the College Possible program, which provides two years of college preparatory work for high school juniors and seniors in Minneapolis and St. Paul. (nber.org)
  • The results of the study indicate that randomized controlled trials published in podiatric medical journals are less credible than those published in a mainstream medical journal. (japmaonline.org)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Randomized controlled trials. (who.int)
  • Bourne, Mass, January 22 -Onset Computer Corporation, the "HOBO" data logger company, today announced the availability of a 30-day trial version of HOBOware Pro 2.7.1, the company's graphing and analysis software package for HOBO data loggers. (controlglobal.com)
  • The purposes of this study were to develop an instrument to assess the validity of randomized controlled trials and to report on the differences in the validity of randomized controlled trials between two podiatric medical journals and a mainstream medical journal. (japmaonline.org)
  • If podiatric medical practice is to be based on rigorous evidence, then high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to inform that practice. (japmaonline.org)
  • We also discuss the key features of a rigorous trial design. (japmaonline.org)
  • The Law Firm', Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann join Jen Psaki to recap the flurry of legal events from this past week with Brad Ratffensperger being asked to testify at hearing for Mark Meadows' federal court request, Steven Sadow added to Trump legal team, the implications of Chesebro and Powell's trials starting in October, and more. (msnbc.com)
  • This resource comprises 6 evidence-based strategies that can be used to help people achieve better asthma control and decrease the number of asthma-related ED visits and hospitalizations (4). (cdc.gov)
  • Accordingly, this is the first evidence based randomized control trial study conducted to evaluate the effect of using diluted DS compared with the standard care in the management of infected DFUs. (japmaonline.org)
  • We want to give them out since we can more easily separate treatment from control. (brookings.edu)
  • and triple and quadruple-blind trials, where three or four of the relevant groups are not aware of the treatment assignment. (thehindu.com)
  • Acupuncture was initially described as a successful treatment for certain overactive bladder symptoms in the 1980s ( 4 , 5 ), and, since then, a number of clinical trials on incontinence have been carried out ( 6 - 8 ). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • We tested the feasibility of a controlled study comparing the postoperative analgesic effect of acupuncture together with standard-of-care to standard-of-care only. (degruyter.com)
  • Integrating acupuncture with standard care may improve pain control in the postoperative setting. (degruyter.com)
  • The trial was informed by a systematic review and pilot study in four schools. (bmj.com)
  • As you can see from the review, there are cohort studies, case-control studies, and a variety of observational study designs. (theness.com)
  • The first study to compare structural and relaxation (Swedish) massage, the trial found that both types of massage worked well, with few side effects. (massagemag.com)
  • The initial one-year UH2 phase will support the refinement of electronic and other existing resources, further development of study partnerships, and finalization of the trial protocol and manual. (nih.gov)
  • The randomized controlled trial is the most robust method available to evaluate health-care treatments. (japmaonline.org)
  • In a session at the American Heart Association meeting, 2 weeks after ORBITA was reported, Harlan Krumholz, MD , of Yale University, suggested a wide range of trials to verify ORBITA would be worthwhile given the gaps in understanding of who may gain real benefit from PCI. (medpagetoday.com)
  • METHODS We conducted a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial, comparing a targeted screening and education intervention with a conventional information-based campaign in 20 private surgeries in western France. (annfammed.org)
  • Understanding and preventing wrong-patient electronic orders: a randomized controlled trial. (ahrq.gov)
  • We found that massage helps people with back pain to function even after six months," said trial leader Daniel C. Cherkin, Ph.D., a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute. (massagemag.com)
  • Out of 408 extracted records, 27 trials met the inclusion criteria: 6 in child health or well-being, 9 in children with autism spectrum disorder, and 12 with older adults. (jmir.org)
  • Controlled research on social robots is at an early stage, as is the current range of their applications to health care. (jmir.org)
  • Practicin figure eights is good throttle control practice as mentioned. (trialscentral.com)
  • The trial will examine whether mycophenolate mofetil, a drug FDA-approved to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in children, is safe for these children and whether it can slow or halt the progression of the fatal neurodegenerative disease. (news-medical.net)
  • He talks about choosing the control arm/standard of care in clinical trials. (ecancer.org)
  • 336 were assigned to the acupuncture group and 89 to the control group. (degruyter.com)
  • 0.0001) following acupuncture, whereas the control group exhibited no significant decrease (p=0.92 at rest, p=0.98 in motion). (degruyter.com)
  • Will individual data control entice people to enter clinical trials? (zdnet.com)
  • Krishanu Saha, a stem cell engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, believes that people will be more interested in research if they have control over its elements. (zdnet.com)
  • In this article, we examine the extent to which randomized controlled trials are used in recent podiatric medical research and appraise the quality of those that are available. (japmaonline.org)
  • The trial involved 238 students, including 134 who were randomly selected for admission to the program. (nber.org)
  • Furthermore, the EG decreased their waist circumference ( p = 0.005), a proxy of abdominal adiposity, and demonstrated an increased likelihood (73%) that a randomly selected change in muscle mass score from the EG would be greater than a randomly selected change score from the control group. (nature.com)
  • The breach, which is the third of its kind in four years, has prompted conservationists to demand an immediate halt to all GM field trials. (gmwatch.org)