Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Combination therapy for obesity and metabolic disease.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is a growing interest in developing combination therapies for treatment and management of obesity and related metabolic diseases. RECENT FINDINGS: Emerging data from recently completed and ongoing randomized clinical trials ... Read more...

Clinical trials design lessons from the CATIE study.

29 Sep 2009 The Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to compare the effectiveness of drugs for schizophrenia. The focus here is not on its conclusions but on the knotty ... Read more...

Randomization for clinical research: an easy-to-use spreadsheet method.

29 Sep 2009 In this article, we illustrate a new method for random selection and random assignment that we developed in a pilot study for a randomized clinical trial. The randomization database is supported by a commonly available spreadsheet. Formulas were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lost in a jungle of evidence: we need a compass. 18 Oct 2009
• Missed opportunities in the trial on proton-pump inhibitor therapy in bleeding peptic ulcers. 18 Oct 2009
• Bias in identifying and recruiting participants in cluster randomised trials: what can be done? 7 Oct 2009
• Bleak prospects for primary progressive multiple sclerosis therapy: downs and downs, but a glimmer of hope. 29 Sep 2009
• Combination therapy for obesity and metabolic disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical trials design lessons from the CATIE study. 29 Sep 2009
• Dronedarone. 29 Sep 2009
• Contrast-induced nephropathy: we need all the data to discern the truth. 29 Sep 2009
• Randomization for clinical research: an easy-to-use spreadsheet method. 29 Sep 2009
• The inverse groups? 13 Sep 2009
• Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study. 8 Sep 2009
• Red yeast rice. 5 Sep 2009
• Calcitriol (Vectical) for mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. 5 Sep 2009
• Prasugrel (Effient) vs. clopidogrel (Plavix). 5 Sep 2009
• The effects of excluding patients from the analysis in randomised controlled trials: meta-epidemiological study. 5 Sep 2009
• [Optimized dermatologist's report and hierarchical multi-step invention. Randomized evaluation of the cornerstones of preventive occupational dermatology] 30 Aug 2009
• Current Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: methods and placebo outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• The cost of restricting knowledge. 30 Aug 2009
• The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): outcomes over 1 year of naturalistic follow-up. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical messages from the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS). 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic'

Definition: Clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.

Descriptor UI: D016032

Alternative terms: Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized; Clinical Trials, Randomized; Trials, Randomized Clinical;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E05.318.760.535.365.500; E05.337.250.365.500; N05.715.360.775.235.387.500; N06.850.520.450.535.365.500;

History Note: 2008(1990)

Technical Notes: for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of randomized controlled trials; a different heading RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL is used for reports of a specific randomized trial