Clinical Trials
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Economic evaluation of a person-centred care intervention with a digital platform and structured telephone support for people with chronic heart failure and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from a randomised controlled trial in Sweden
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this CEA demonstrated that a remote PCC add-on intervention for people with COPD and/or CHF had lower healthcare costs and higher health-related quality of life compared with usual care.
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A feasibility study of an autonomy-supportive intervention in remote pulmonary rehabilitation for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CONCLUSION: An autonomy-supportive CIF intervention effectively enhanced autonomy support and maintained adherence in remote PR amongst older adults with COPD.
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Intratumoral B cell and interferon signatures in newly diagnosed glioblastoma are associated with longer survival in patients treated with SurVaxM
Glioblastoma (GBM) has proved difficult to treat, and there is dire need for more effective therapies. In a single arm phase IIa trial (NCT02455557), treatment of newly diagnosed GBM patients with the peptide vaccine SurVaxM resulted in promising median progression-free and overall survival. To investigate molecular features that associate with GBM responsiveness to SurVaxM, retrospective…
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Comparative analysis of neutralization assays performed using live SARS-CoV-2 virus and pseudovirus to assess immunogenicity of a bivalent SARS-CoV-2 protein vaccine in humans
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate a strong correlation between PVNA and LVNA results, supporting PVNA as a safe, scalable, and reliable surrogate for LVNA in evaluating vaccine immunogenicity.
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The effectiveness of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) in plantar fasciitis: a 12 months randomised controlled trial in a Tunisian rehabilitation department
CONCLUSION: Both protocols (rESWT and physiotherapy combined to ultrasound) were effective for improving morning pain at short term and midterm follow-up periods. Foot disorders should be initially evaluated and considered while treating.
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Enhanced external counter pulsation as a novel therapy to maintain cardiac output during hemodialysis: a preliminary randomized controlled study
Intradialytic cardiac output (CO) decline normally occurs during hemodialysis (HD) and results in short-term intradialytic hypotension to longer-term increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in chronic HD patients. Enhanced external counter pulsation (EECP) is a novel non-invasive device that has been demonstrated to improve coronary blood flow and maintain systemic hemodynamics in patients without kidney dysfunction.…
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Effect of prophylactic fibrinogen concentrate in scoliosis surgery (EFISS): a randomised pilot trial
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that the prophylactic administration of fibrinogen during scoliosis surgery in children is feasible and appears to be safe. Due to the limited sample size, no conclusions can be drawn regarding the efficacy of pre-emptive fibrinogen administration on clinical outcomes. However, the results provide valuable data to inform sample size calculation for…
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Cost analysis of integrating depression treatment into chronic care in Malawi: evidence from a cluster randomised controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that integrating depression care services into the Malawian health system is financially feasible and successfully reached many individuals with major depressive disorder.
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Dipsticks and point-of-care Microscopy in Urinary Tract Infections in primary care: Results of the MicUTI pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
CONCLUSION: The POCT-guided management approach for suspected uUTIs is feasible but presents implementation and methodological challenges. Recruitment varied across sites and was lower in the control group practices, highlighting the risk of differential recruitment. Retention was below the expected 80%, indicating the need for efficient follow-up strategies in future trials. Explorative analyses suggest that simply…
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Effect of a digital tool on breast cancer specific health-related quality of life and psychological distress: secondary results from the ADAPT study
CONCLUSION: The breast cancer digital tool did not have a significant effect on breast cancer-specific HRQoL and psychological distress over time. The results are consistent with the findings of the primary ADAPT paper, which demonstrated that the digital tool did not have a significant effect on patient activation, HRQoL, and health status. There is a…