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Randomized controlled trials could be harming nonprofits, experts argue

In the 1940s, medical researchers began using randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of health interventions. In RCTs, researchers create randomly assigned treatment and control groups, ...
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Validity and Efficiency of Progression-Free Survival-2 as a Surrogate End Point for Overall Survival in Advanced Cancer Randomized Trials

Baseline and Longitudinal Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as Prognostic Factor for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the ITACa Randomized Trial We performed an electronic search to ...
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Overestimation of Late Distant Recurrences in High-Risk Patients With ER-Positive Breast Cancer: Validity and Accuracy of the CTS5 Risk Score in the TEAM and IDEAL Trials

Children’s Oncology Group AALL0434: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Nelarabine in Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia A total of 5,895 patients from the TEAM trial and ...
BMJ Open

Protocol for the economic evaluation of integrated longitudinal public health interventions in a cluster randomised controlled trial setting: the healthy life trajectories ...

Introduction In 2021, globally, cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) accounted for 35% of the 1.73 billion disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) attributed to non-communicable diseases. The Healthy Life ...
The New York Times

What Are Clinical Trials, and How Do They Work?

A New York Times health reporter explains what clinical trials are, why they are important and how they can help inform us. Credit...Ricardo Tomás Supported by By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal is a health ...
News Medical

Randomized clinical food trials: Best clinical practice, quality management & data processing

Thought LeadersAoife Hayes, Kevin O'Regan & Julie ScanlonClinical Trials Assitant, Operations Manager & Quality Assurance ManagerAtlantia Clinical Trials Food clinical trials may not be as familiar to ...