Clinical Trials
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Pain and Analgesic Doses Versus Free Interleukin 18 (IL-18F) Blood Levels Following Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study of Patients With Minilaparotomy Cholecystectomy Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
CONCLUSION: This is the first report to demonstrate that postoperative IL-18F levels are significantly associated with NRS pain scores and the number of analgesic doses in patients undergoing cholecystectomy. These findings suggest that IL-18F and IL-18BP may contribute to the acute-phase immune response to surgical trauma and its relationship with postoperative pain and analgesic requirements.
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Comparison of conventional and micro-surgical techniques for gingival recession using collagen matrix: Randomised controlled split-mouth clinical trial
CONCLUSIONS: Both groups demonstrated comparable clinical improvement; However, Patient-centred parameters were significantly better with the Microsurgical approach. Selection of the surgical approach should balance patient needs with practical considerations like cost, time, and clinician proficiency.
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Decompressive craniectomy versus craniotomy for patients undergoing surgical evacuation of an acute subdural hematoma: RESCUE-ASDH RCT and cost effectiveness
CONCLUSIONS: Among patients undergoing evacuation of acute subdural haematomas, the outcomes were similar in both groups. Additional surgery was required in a higher proportion of patients in the craniotomy group, but more wound complications occurred in the decompressive craniectomy group.
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Justified Billing Practices Can Improve Revenue for Weight-Focused Visits
CONCLUSIONS: Having a care process for weight management in primary care that includes guidance for billing can increase primary care practice revenue for weight-focused care.
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Effects of estetrol/drospirenone vs drospirenone-only on thrombin generation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial
CONCLUSION: E4/DRSP and DRSP-only had comparable effects on thrombin generation and TM-mediated anticoagulation in women with PCOS. E4/DRSP reduced hirsutism, supporting its consideration as a treatment option for PCOS.
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Interim analysis in clinical trials: caution against premature conclusions-the SWOG multiple myeloma S0777 case study
CONCLUSIONS: S0777’s success underscores the importance of pre-specified interim monitoring plans and cautions against premature trial termination.
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Efficacy of benralizumab in reducing cough and/or dyspnea frequency, and improving cough-specific health-related quality of life in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma in Asia
CONCLUSION: Benralizumab showed potential to rapidly reduce cough and/or dyspnea frequency, and to improve cough-specific HRQoL more quickly than placebo in patients with SEA, with sustained advantage in cough-related SGRQ items through Week 48. Improvements were pronounced in patients with higher baseline bEOS, potentially reflecting a higher disease burden. However, as this was an exploratory…
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Venetoclax added to dose-adjusted EPOCH-R for newly diagnosed double-hit lymphomas: phase 2 results from ALLIANCE A051701, an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 2-3 trial
BACKGROUND: High-grade B-cell lymphoma with rearrangements of MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6, known as double-hit lymphoma, is a highly aggressive malignancy with poor outcomes after standard chemoimmunotherapy. We aimed to study whether the addition of the BCL2-inhibitor venetoclax to chemoimmunotherapy in patients with double-hit lymphoma resulted in superior efficacy compared with chemotherapy alone.
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Blended Learning Training Approach for Health Care Workers Conducting HIV Index Case Testing in Malawi: Secondary Economic Analysis of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
CONCLUSIONS: The BL implementation package improved ICT delivery and HIV case finding. Scenario analyses suggested that a decentralized, government-led scale-up could substantially reduce costs and may represent an efficient case-finding strategy, particularly in Malawi’s mature epidemic. BL implementation packages provide a scalable, system-integrated, cost-effective approach that could strengthen health care worker capacity across other service…
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Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in patients with psoriatic arthritis and exposure to one anti-TNF: post hoc analysis of SELECT-PsA 2
CONCLUSION: Upadacitinib 15 mg once daily demonstrated sustained efficacy and an acceptable safety profile in patients with PsA and exposure to one prior TNFi, irrespective of the duration of previous TNFi exposure.