RCTs according to the unit of analysisRCTs according to the number of participantsHow small can a trial be?How big can a trial be?RCTs according to whether the investigators and the participants know which intervention is being assessedRCTs that take into account non-randomized individuals and...
extended-release levetiracetam as adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures in patients with epilepsy: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial... J Peltola,C Coetzee,F Jiménez,... - 《Epilepsia》 被引量: 108发表: 2010年 Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials on First Line and Adj...
Some people thus feel that fruit juice isn’t a healthy choice. However, while whole fruit is probably a better option, fruit juice does not seem to have any clear negative effects. For example, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials demonstrated that fruit juice ...
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are conducted when exploring causal association, but they face issues such as high cost, complexity, and human ethics [11]. Traditional observational studies cannot exclude confounding factors that interfere with the results. Therefore, Mendelian randomization (MR) be...
More randomized controlled trials are needed to determine the effect of vitamin E on cancer risks. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disease with progressive loss of mental capacity, thought in part to be due to oxidation. High doses of alpha-tocopherol supplementation in one study ...
We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane databases for meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the association between IF and metabolic health outcomes. Subsequently, we performed an umbrella review and network meta-analysis (NMA) to evaluate the efficacy ...
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Effect of physical activity on sex hormones in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Breast Cancer Res. 2015;17(1):139.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 37. Friedenreich CM, Woolcott CG, McTiernan A, et al. Alberta physical activity and breast cancer ...
[16] for non-randomized studies, and the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) [17]. Non-randomized studies were categorized as good (15–16 points), moderate (9–14 points), or poor (≤8 points) qualities based on the scoring for non-comparative studies [...
Acupressure for persistent cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors (AcuCrft): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012;12(1):132.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 30. Mendoza TR, Wang XS, Cleeland CS, et al. The rapid assessment of fatigue ...