Introduction to Controlled Trials

For the search, key terms including “Dementia” AND “music” OR “music intervention” OR “music therapy” and index terms “clinical trial” OR “randomized controlled trials” were used.

The article “Effect of educational interventions on health in childhood: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”, which appeared in Volume 97, Issue 36 ofMedicine is being retracted due to duplicate submission, duplicate publication, alleged falsification of authorship and alleged falsification of the License to Publish agreement.

Purpose: To systematically review the effectiveness of the external application, Ruyi Jinhuang powder, on phlebitis Methods: Relevant literature was retrieved from Medline, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure database (CNKI), Cochrane Central Register, Chongqing Vip, Wanfang Data and SinoMed using the search terms “Ruyi Jinhuang San”, “Ruyi Jinhuang powder”, “Ruyi Jinhuang cream”, “Agreeable golden powder”, “satisfactory golden powder”, “Jinhuang cream”, “phlebitis”, “prevention and (or) treatment”, “randomized controlled trials” and “RCRs”.

Methods: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) keywords which were used to systematically search electronic databases: PubMed/Medline, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar from their inception to February 2020 were “Silodosin”, “Ureteral calculi”, “Medical expulsive therapy”, “India”, “randomised controlled trials” and “prospective observational studies”.

[1] regarding the “Patellar resurfacing versus nonresurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”.

Dear Editor, We read with interest an article entitled “Total extraperitoneal (TEP) versus laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernioplasty: systematic review and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Aiolfi et al.

“Randomized Controlled Trials” revealed the largest cluster in the cocitation map of references.

The “Joanna Briggs Institute for Randomized Controlled Trials” tool was used to assess the risk of bias.

The search strategy was built based on the following keywords and MeSH terms: “COVID-19”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “randomized controlled trials”, “angiotensin-converting enzyme”, “ACE”, “ACE inhibitor”, “angiotensin receptor blocker”, “ARB”, “renin–angiotensin-system”, “RAS inhibitor”, “renin–angiotensin–aldosterone”, “RAA inhibitor”, and “RAAS inhibitor”.

We read the paper entitled “Prophylactic subcutaneous drainage reduces post-operative incisional infections in colorectal surgeries: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Pang et al.

METHODS We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, the Cochrane Library, clinical trial registries, regulatory agencies' websites and international conference proceedings, through July 2018, to identify randomized controlled trials of adult patients with active, mild-to-moderate UC, comparing budesonide-MMX or mesalamine against placebo, or against each other, or different dosing strategies, for induction of remission.

Seven clinical trials – 3 randomized controlled trials, 1 unrandomized clinical trial and 3 uncontrolled clinical trials were identified.

Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified from PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrance Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).

Thus, a large amount of data is available, coming from either controlled trials and postmarketing surveillance studies.

METHODS PubMed and Medline via Scopus were searched for cross-sectional or cohort studies and randomized controlled trials that assessed cognitive function in individuals with CKD in any research setting.

Methodik Es wurde eine systematische Übersichtsarbeit mit aktuellem Stand vom Juli 2018 mittels PubMed und Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) unter Berücksichtigung randomisierter klinischer Studien der Jahre 2008 bis 2018 erstellt.

REVIEW METHODS Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating manual massage in patients with dementia with or without using (aromatic) oil were included.

Based on randomized controlled trials, exercise is an efficacious strategy to improve quality of life (QOL) among cancer survivors.

Introduction: Clear reporting of the abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) facilitates the assessment and identification of such trials.

MethodsMEDLINE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched from 1990 to March 23, 2018.

METHODS We conducted an indirect-comparison meta-analysis extracting published data from randomised controlled trials in literature databases (01/01/2009-09/09/2018), evaluating immunogenicity and safety of AS03- or MF59-adjuvanted vaccines.

gov, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Google Scholar databases.

Methods Seven electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of dietary counseling intervention in cancer patients with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition.

SETTING For this study, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and the Cochrane Collaboration database were searched, and only randomized controlled trials were included.

Furthermore, 2 large randomized controlled trials showed inferior performance compared with standard patching treatment.

Background: On the basis of animal histologic data and randomized controlled trials, the authors provide reports of two cases, in which platelet-rich plasma (PRP) alone was used to treat periodontal endosseous defects in patients exhibiting generalized severe chronic periodontitis.

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), and Systematic Reviews (SR) and Meta‐Analyses (MA) on VLU management approaches published from January 2015 to December 2018 were included in this review.

MethodsRandomized controlled trials, which were published in English and reported on meditation exercises for sleep disorders in the older people, were retrieved from PubMed and EMBASE up to May 2018.

However, evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is inconclusive, probably due to heterogeneity in study design and type of intervention.

Controlled trials are needed to establish standardized recommendations regarding antibiotic treatment protocols and the indications of surgery.

Two recent randomized controlled trials demonstrated improved radiographic, histological and hepatometabolic cues of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in pediatric patients treated with the ω-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in combination with vitamin D (VD) or with choline (CHO) and vitamin E (VE), the DHA-VD and DHA-CHO-VE trials, respectively).

Methods: A quality review of the literature included not only randomized controlled trials but also parallel studies, as well as all observational and retrospective trials.

BACKGROUND The long-term efficacy and safety of mepolizumab in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma has been evaluated in large-scale double-blind placebo-controlled trials.

STUDY SELECTION Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) addressing the effects of pelvic muscle floor training (PFMT) with BF for the conservative treatment of women with SUI.

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard of high‐quality primary research, and tools exist to assist researchers in conducting and reporting high‐quality RCTs.

A number of controlled trials have previously found that in some contexts, vitamin C can have beneficial effects on blood pressure, infections, bronchoconstriction, atrial fibrillation, and acute kidney injury.

We searched the Embase, Medline, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published before May, 2017.

Observational studies or post hoc analyses of randomised controlled trials evaluating the prediction of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with weight loss in patients with CHF were included.

Methods: The Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), the Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials database (CENTRAL), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Clinicaltrials.

MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive search for randomized controlled trials addressing our objective.

We also searched English electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.

Methods: Databases (Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and PubMed) were searched from their establishment to July 1, 2018 for randomized controlled trials comparing the application of OWHTO to CWHTO in patients with unicompartmental KOA.

Data Sources: Medline, embase, cinahl, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry, ClinicalTrials.

The present systematic review aimed to summarize the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of IN-OT on anxiety and depressive symptoms.

SummaryLarge, well-designed placebo-controlled trials with proper outcome measures, as suggested by the Rome foundation pediatric subcommittee on clinical trials, are necessary to provide more insight regarding the efficacy of new treatments in childhood constipation.

Data Sources Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and PSYNDEX were searched for studies published from January 1, 1980, to February 28, 2018.

Selection criteria included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the effect of any interventions on fatigue and/or sleepiness among shift workers.

METHODS PubMed and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs in patients with cancer published from January 31, 2010, through May 14, 2018.

gov for randomised controlled trials of rehabilitation interventions after hip fracture published between 1 January 2008 and 30 May 2018.

Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the use of general and spinal anesthesia for patients undergoing THA were retrieved.

Methods: This systematic review will be performed by searching relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) without any language or publication status restriction from inception to December 2019 by 2 researchers in nine databases (PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chinese literature databases, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database [CBM], China National Knowledge Infrastructure [CNKI], China Science and Journal Database [CSJD], and Wanfang Database).

Only randomized controlled trials of HIIT on pediatric obesity will be included, and observational studies, prospective cohort studies, and systematic reviews will be excluded.

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Objective Process evaluations (PEs) alongside randomised controlled trials of complex interventions are valuable because they address questions of for whom, how and why interventions had an impact.

Methods A comprehensive literature search was conducted of MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to find all randomized clinical trials comparing propofol with another general anesthetic that included children under 3 years of age.

Results 5 randomized controlled trials were included, a total of 232 participants were in, the intervention group was 115 participants,control group was 117 participants, the results showed that virtual reality memory training had greatly improved cognitive function (P 0.

Patients recruited in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for biologic therapies in psoriasis are not fully representative of the real‐world psoriasis population.

We included 1) all studies detailing prevalence of bystander-administered aid or transport for trauma victims in LMICs and 2) all randomized controlled trials and observational studies evaluating bystander training interventions.

Results Seven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in this study.

METHODS An electronic database search for randomized controlled trials that evaluated antiarrhythmic drugs and CA in patients with ICD was conducted.

STUDY SELECTION tDCS randomized controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, conference proceedings, and dissertations in pediatric motor disorders were included.