Key concepts of clinical trials: a narrative review

CA Umscheid, DJ Margolis… - Postgraduate medicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The recent focus of federal funding on comparative effectiveness research underscores the
importance of clinical trials in the practice of evidence-based medicine and health care …

Issues in outcomes research: an overview of randomization techniques for clinical trials

M Kang, BG Ragan, JH Park - Journal of athletic training, 2008 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objective: To review and describe randomization techniques used in clinical trials, including
simple, block, stratified, and covariate adaptive techniques. Background: Clinical trials are …

Ensayos clínicos aleatorizados: variantes, métodos de aleatorización, análisis, consideraciones éticas y regulación

E Lazcano-Ponce, E Salazar-Martínez… - Salud pública de …, 2004 - medigraphic.com
“Me levanté muy temprano para visitarlos, con la esperanza de encontrar a aquellos a
quienes había administrado un medicamento digestivo. Sintiendo un poco de dolor, sus …

Efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents at high risk for suicide: a randomized clinical trial

E McCauley, MS Berk, JR Asarnow, M Adrian… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10-to 24-year-old individuals in the
United States; evidence on effective treatment for adolescents who engage in suicidal and …

Effectiveness of early lens extraction for the treatment of primary angle-closure glaucoma (EAGLE): a randomised controlled trial

A Azuara-Blanco, J Burr, C Ramsay, D Cooper… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Primary angle-closure glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness
worldwide. In early-stage disease, intraocular pressure is raised without visual loss …

Effect of low-intensity physical activity and moderate-to high-intensity physical exercise during adjuvant chemotherapy on physical fitness, fatigue, and chemotherapy …

H Van Waart, MM Stuiver, WH van Harten… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose We evaluated the effectiveness of a low-intensity, home-based physical activity
program (Onco-Move) and a moderate-to high-intensity, combined supervised resistance …

Music improves social communication and auditory–motor connectivity in children with autism

M Sharda, C Tuerk, R Chowdhury, K Jamey… - Translational …, 2018 - nature.com
Music has been identified as a strength in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder; however,
there is currently no neuroscientific evidence supporting its benefits. Given its universal …

Pretreatment with anti-thymocyte globulin versus no anti-thymocyte globulin in patients with haematological malignancies undergoing haemopoietic cell …

I Walker, T Panzarella, S Couban, F Couture… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Pretreatment with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) decreases the occurrence of
chronic graft-versus-host disease (CGVHD) after haemopoietic cell transplantation from an …

The risks and rewards of covariate adjustment in randomized trials: an assessment of 12 outcomes from 8 studies

BC Kahan, V Jairath, CJ Doré, TP Morris - Trials, 2014 - Springer
Background Adjustment for prognostic covariates can lead to increased power in the
analysis of randomized trials. However, adjusted analyses are not often performed in …

In pursuit of balance: Randomization in practice in development field experiments

M Bruhn, D McKenzie - American economic journal: applied economics, 2009 - aeaweb.org
We present new evidence on the randomization methods used in existing experiments, and
new simulations comparing these methods. We find that many papers do not describe the …