Randomised clinical trials in critical care: past, present and future

A Granholm, W Alhazzani, LPG Derde, DC Angus… - Intensive care …, 2022 - Springer
Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for providing unbiased evidence of
intervention effects. Here, we provide an overview of the history of RCTs and discuss the …

Decision making in older adults with cancer

C DuMontier, KP Loh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
Significant progress has been made toward improving the care of older adults with cancer.
As described elsewhere in this Special Series, the evidence base in geriatric oncology has …

Preventive psychiatry: a blueprint for improving the mental health of young people

P Fusar‐Poli, CU Correll, C Arango, M Berk… - World …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Preventive approaches have latterly gained traction for improving mental health in young
people. In this paper, we first appraise the conceptual foundations of preventive psychiatry …

Heterogeneity of treatment effects in an analysis of pooled individual patient data from randomized trials of device closure of patent foramen ovale after stroke

DM Kent, JL Saver, SE Kasner, J Nelson, JD Carroll… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Patent foramen ovale (PFO)–associated strokes comprise approximately 10% of
ischemic strokes in adults aged 18 to 60 years. While device closure decreases stroke …

Redevelopment and validation of the SYNTAX score II to individualise decision making between percutaneous and surgical revascularisation in patients with complex …

K Takahashi, PW Serruys, V Fuster, ME Farkouh… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Randomised controlled trials are considered the gold standard for testing the
efficacy of novel therapeutic interventions, and typically report the average treatment effect …

Develo** clinical prediction models: a step-by-step guide

O Efthimiou, M Seo, K Chalkou, T Debray, M Egger… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Predicting future outcomes of patients is essential to clinical practice, with many prediction
models published each year. Empirical evidence suggests that published studies often have …

Evaluating treatment prioritization rules via rank-weighted average treatment effects

S Yadlowsky, S Fleming, N Shah… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There are a number of available methods for selecting whom to prioritize for treatment,
including ones based on treatment effect estimation, risk scoring, and hand-crafted rules. We …

Effectiveness of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a target trial emulation study

EYF Wan, VKC Yan, AHY Mok, B Wang… - Annals of internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Background: Whether hospitalized patients benefit from COVID-19 oral antivirals is
uncertain. Objective: To examine the real-world effectiveness of molnupiravir and …

Heterogeneous treatment effects of therapeutic-dose heparin in patients hospitalized for COVID-19

EC Goligher, PR Lawler, TP Jensen, V Talisa, LR Berry… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of therapeutic-dose heparin in patients
hospitalized with COVID-19 produced conflicting results, possibly due to heterogeneity of …

Effects on mortality and major bleeding of radial versus femoral artery access for coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention: meta-analysis of …

G Gargiulo, D Giacoppo, SS Jolly, J Cairns, M Le May… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: In some randomized clinical trials, transradial access (TRA) compared with
transfemoral access (TFA) was associated with lower mortality in patients with coronary …