Randomized Controlled Trials
Prevention effect of allopurinol on post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials.
... clinical trials, six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been published in full text about the effect of allopurinol on the prevention of PEP up to now ...
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Is paromomycin an effective and safe treatment against cutaneous leishmaniasis? A meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials.
... of Controlled Trials, without language restriction, through August 2007, to identify randomized controlled trials that compared the efficacy or safety between PR and placebo or ...
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
... A total of eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 1200 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that single segment/low segments VTS could reduce the risk of mod- erate/severe CH ...
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Dezocine for Preventing Postoperative Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
... of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the analgesic efficacy and safety of dezocine for preventing moderate to severe postoperative ...
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Characteristics of randomized controlled trials designed for elderly: a systematic review.
... Randomized controlled trials (RCT) are the hallmark of evidence-based medicine and form the basis of treatment ...in randomized clinical ...clinical trials enrolling older patients may ...
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Whole animal experiments should be more like human randomized controlled trials.
... human randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was improved significantly by the introduction of the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement in 1996 ...
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Blindness in Randomized Controlled Trials
... in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), particularly in trials that assess therapeutic ...clinical trials, blinding is defined as the condition imposed on a study in which study ...
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Stereotactic aspiration versus craniotomy for primary intracerebral hemorrhage: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
... prospective randomized controlled trials ...four trials, among which 1695 ...included trials had distinct inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria. The trials, in which ...
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Efficacy, safety and tolerability of aripiprazole in bipolar disorder : an updated systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials
... Numerous studies have investigated aripiprazole as a treatment for bipolar disorder (BD). therefore we con- ducted this comprehensive meta-analysis to investigate the efficacy and safety profile of aripiprazole in treating ...
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Drug-eluting stents for acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
... 19 trials including 16,924 unrestricted coronary artery disease subjects did not find the differences in stent thrombosis between the overall second-generation DES and the overall first-genera- tion those during ...
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Stapled versus handsewn methods for colorectal anastomosis surgery: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
... RESULTS: Nine clinical trials were selected. After verify- ing that it was possible to perform one of the two techniques being compared, 1,233 patients were included, of whom 622 underwent stapling and 611 the ...
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Effect of B-vitamin supplementation on stroke: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
... We recorded the result of each randomized controlled trial as dichotomous frequency data. Individual study relative risks (RRs) and risk difference (RD) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) ...
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Do randomized controlled trials discuss healthcare costs?
... We used PubMed to identify all RCTs. A search was performed in May 2006 using the abbreviated journal title restricted to the date range January 1 to December 31 for each individual year (2003, 2004 or 2005) and ...
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Outcomes in registered, ongoing randomized controlled trials of patient education.
... The inferences from this study are limited by the inherent limitations of trial registries. Our search strategy may not have identified all studies evaluating educational interventions. Regis- tries have limited advanced ...
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Efficacy of muscle exercise in patients with muscular dystrophy: a systematic review showing a missed opportunity to improve outcomes.
... 1) randomized or quasi-randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (name- ly, controlled trials with inappropriate randomization strategies [17]); 2) inclusion of patients with ...
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J. Appl. Oral Sci. vol.18 número3
... of randomized controlled trials were to determine the relative clinical effectiveness of hand instrumentation versus ultrasonic instrumentation alone or in conjunction with hand instrumentation for ...
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.94 número1
... Contrary to what was expected, our stratification does not seem to have influenced the MACE rate at the end of the first year. The present study had a small sample size of only 802 patients, with few events in the follow ...
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Rev. Col. Bras. Cir. vol.39 número5
... of randomized controlled trials of early LC versus delayed LC during acute cholecystitis have concluded that early LC is safe and decreases the length of hospital stay, LC is mainly performed after ...
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Sao Paulo Med. J. vol.131 número6
... AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS: The evidence to support the efectiveness of acupuncture for pain in endometriosis is limited, based on the re- sults of only a single study that was included in this review. This review highlights ...
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Rev. bras.oftalmol. vol.75 número3
... clinical trials, assessed their methodological quality and extracted ...one randomized clinical trial with two publications; three controlled studies; and six cohort ...further randomized ...
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