Clinical endpoints in oncology-a primer

A Delgado, AK Guddati - American journal of cancer research, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinical endpoints are essential for assessing the safety and efficacy of new cancer
therapies. They are used by oncologists to help guide clinical decision making. While overall …

The short form of the Glasgow composite measure pain scale in post-operative analgesia studies in dogs: a sco** review

B Testa, J Reid, ME Scott, PJ Murison… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The measurement and treatment of acute pain in animals is essential from a welfare
perspective. Valid pain-related outcome measures are also crucial for ensuring reliable and …

Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties

C Testard, C Shergold, A Acevedo-Ithier, J Hart… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Extreme weather events radically alter ecosystems. When ecological damage persists,
selective pressures on individuals can change, leading to phenotypic adjustments. For …

Survival analysis in clinical trials: Basics and must know areas

R Singh, K Mukhopadhyay - Perspectives in clinical research, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Many clinical trials involve following patients for a long time. The primary event of interest in
those studies is death, relapse, adverse drug reaction or development of a new disease. The …

Association between potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use and risk of hospitalization in older adults: an observational study based on routine data comparing …

HG Endres, P Kaufmann-Kolle, V Steeb, E Bauer… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective The safety of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in elderly patients is still
debated. Using the PRISCUS list, we examined the incident all-cause hospitalization risk …

Machine learning and microsimulation techniques on the prognosis of dementia: A systematic literature review

AL Dallora, S Eivazzadeh, E Mendes, J Berglund… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Dementia is a complex disorder characterized by poor outcomes for the
patients and high costs of care. After decades of research little is known about its …

Lipoprotein biomarkers and risk of cardiovascular disease: a laboratory medicine best practices (LMBP) systematic review

PK Sandhu, SMA Musaad, AT Remaley… - The journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Controversy exists about the incremental utility of nontraditional lipid
biomarkers [eg, apolipoprotein (apo) B, apo AI, and non-HDL-C] in improving cardiovascular …

Privacy-aware multi-institutional time-to-event studies

J Späth, J Matschinske, FK Kamanu… - PLOS Digital …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Clinical time-to-event studies are dependent on large sample sizes, often not available at a
single institution. However, this is countered by the fact that, particularly in the medical field …

Empirical adaption of Work/Rest schedules to physiological variability in heat response

J Oh, F Chung, C Koo, D Castro-Lacouture, B Ashuri - Safety Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Responding to the urgent necessity for improved worker safety under rising global
temperatures, this study proposes adaptive work/rest schedules tailored for varied …

Current challenges for assessing the long-term clinical benefit of cancer immunotherapy: a multi-stakeholder perspective

C Quinn, LP Garrison, AK Pownell… - Journal for …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immuno-oncologics (IOs) differ from chemotherapies as they prime the patient's immune
system to attack the tumor, rather than directly destroying cancer cells. The IO mechanism of …