Sentences with phrase «conduct randomized studies»

Researchers at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School conducted a randomized study to compare the effectiveness of the above 4 diets.

Not exact matches

The authors conducted a prospective, randomized, two - arm, unmasked, comparative study of a pre-run stretch vs. no stretch in 2,729 volunteer runners.

Hendrix et al: Moving on to section II, labeled Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), I am once again wondering how RCTs can be ethically conducted to study birthplace.

Research shows that families typically receive roughly half of the number of home visits expected.16, 17 For example, across three randomized controlled trials conducted of Nurse Family Partnership, average dosage of visits ranged from 45 to 62 percent.18 Research also shows that many, perhaps most, families enrolled in home visiting programs drop out before their eligibility ends.16, 19,20 Some home visiting studies have varied the dosage that families were offered and found that fewer home visits produced outcomes similar to higher levels of exposure.21

A prospective, controlled study of the effect of breast milk on infection among low birth weight infants was conducted in India in 1981.18 Although the sample size was small, 62 infants, the study design was a randomized block design in which feeding schedules for breast milk or formula were randomly allocated within groups of infants that were determined to be relatively homogeneous with respect to factors predisposing to infection.

To be included in this critical review, studies had to be U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating a breastfeeding promotion intervention, reporting breastfeeding outcome data, enrolling primarily minority participants, and conducting analyses by intention to treat.

We can not randomize breastfeeding, although it is possible to randomize breast milk: Lucas et al23 conducted an ingenious study in which premature infants who were fed their mother's milk from a bottle did better on follow - up testing than children who were fed formula.

One of the best ways scientists have to prove cause and effect in medicine is to conduct a randomized controlled trial, in which study subjects are randomly assigned to two groups.

In three randomized trials, treatment of chronic low back pain with radiofrequency denervation, a procedure that can be performed with different techniques including the application of an electric current to the pain - conducting nerve, resulted in either no improvement or no clinically important improvement in chronic low back pain, according to a study published by JAMA.

The researchers write that a large - scale, controlled and randomized study should be conducted to validate their findings.

The study, conducted at 29 sites in 10 countries, included patients with rectal cancer who were randomized to robotic - assisted (n = 237) or conventional (n = 234) laparoscopic rectal cancer resection.

The study conducted in Philadelphia is believed to be the first randomized controlled trial to test inexpensive interventions that restore vacant urban land and reduce violence and fear among residents.

The new study is a meta - analysis of three randomized controlled trials conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (formerly Cancer and Leukemia Group B)(CALGB) with support from the NCI, Intergroupe Francophone du Myélome (IFM), and the Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell «Adulto (GIMEMA).

As a follow - up, they plan to conduct a randomized control study to focus on causal links between public pre-K attendance and gifted and talented test taking.

Randomized controlled studies, including one I conducted with funding from the NIH, show that this approach improves well - being, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol while elevating self - esteem.

He analyzed the data of the randomized trial (Alpha - Tocopherol Beta - Carotene Cancer Prevention [ATBC] Study) which was conducted in Finland between 1985 - 1993 and included male smokers aged from 50 to 69 years.

A well conducted randomized trial is more likely to produce correct results, but a less rigorous study might still satisfy a physician if the risks are low and its potential benefits are great, he says.

To get around that problem, this study used the Bradford Hill criteria: a standard tool for assessing the impact of broad - based public health interventions where it is ethically not feasible or operationally impractical to conduct randomized controlled trials.

The evaluation of THN programs is challenging: randomized controlled trials are often considered the gold standard of scientific study, but conducting trials for THN would often be unethical and fraught with difficulties given the infrequency and unpredictability of overdose.

Motivated by their previous finding of the presence of P - glycoprotein overexpression in the nasal lining of patients with CRS with nasal polyps, the study authors conducted a randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled clinical trial studying the use of low - dose Verapamil in 18 patients with CRS with nasal polyps.

Julia Lewis, MD (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) and her colleagues in the Collaborative Study Group conducted a 441 - patient randomized clinical trial to test the potential of a compound called ferric citrate to bind phosphorus, increase iron stores, and reduce the usage of IV iron and ESAs.

The study analyzed data from three randomized, controlled clinical trials conducted between 2001 and 2015 called INFANT, PEAK and MIST that included 736 children.

«We are currently waiting for the results of a larger, randomized study currently being conducted in the United Kingdom that uses the same Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm in a similar population of women.

The researchers report long - term outcomes from the Qidong Hepatitis B intervention Study (QHBIS), a randomized controlled trial of neonatal HBV vaccination that was conducted between 1983 and 1990 in Qidong County, a rural area in China with a high incidence of HBV - related primary liver cancer (PLC) and other liver diseases.

The researchers at the Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health have conducted numerous randomized controlled training studies involving soccer and other team sports.

The MD Anderson team conducted four different studies in which mice were randomized to different diet groups and fed one of four diets.

Ideally, Hirsch and Morello said they would like to conduct a larger, randomized study with multiple clinics and multiple health systems over a longer time period.

White and his colleagues conducted a secondary analysis of the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study, a randomized intervention of trial adults ages 45 to 76 years who were obese and had Type 2 diabetes mellitus that started in 2001.

Fiellin and his colleagues conducted a 14 - week randomized clinical study of 113 patients with prescription opioid dependence.

The authors of the current study conducted a randomized, multicenter, clinical trial that included 1,000 Chinese women with PCOS at 21 sites in China.

To test whether oral E4 lowers testosterone levels, Dutman and her colleagues conducted a double - blind, randomized, placebo - controlled study in 45 healthy male volunteers between 40 and 70 years of age at one medical center.

One of the most comprehensive reviews on the effects of mindfulness meditation on immune parameters was recently conducted across 20 randomized clinical trials.23 Three of these studies found decreased NF - KB and no strong evidence for changes in interleukin inflammatory markers (interleukin - 6) or TNF - α, but some evidence for a decrease in CRP and increases in telomerase.

«In keeping with a similar randomized clinical trial previously published in the Lancet and conducted by researchers in Rome in collaboration with us here at King's College London, the STAMPEDE study shows that even patients that after 5 years experienced relapse of diabetes after initial and complete remission of the disease continue to maintain excellent control of their blood sugar levels with minimal or no need for glucose lowering drugs.

The LEAP study, designed and conducted by the ITN with additional support from FARE and led by Professor Gideon Lack at Kings College London, is the first randomized trial to prevent food allergy in a large cohort of high - risk infants.

We conducted a 15 - month parallel - group randomized study of adults with ALS, diagnosed according to the El Escorial revised diagnostic criteria (47), with a disease duration of < 5 years.

In one study, the researchers conducted a review of randomized controlled trials looking at how extra calcium intake in women and men over age 50 affected bone mineral density.

In an Independent Scientific Clinical Study (a randomized, comparative, double blind trial conducted October 20 — December 10, 2013), we learned that Renew Pure Radiance Oil not only delivers amazing results, it also out performs the iconic Crème de La Mer across every test measurement — from wrinkle reduction to increased hydration.

In an Independent Scientific Clinical Study (a randomized, comparative, double blind trial conducted October 20 — December 10, 2013), we learned that Renew Pure Radiance Oil & Renew Cellular Repair Serum not only delivers amazing results, it also out performs the iconic Crème de La Mer across every test measurement — from increased hydration to fine line and wrinkle reduction.

That's why we conducted independent clinical studies (randomized, comparative, double blind trials).

While this single study certainly doesn't constitute a proven scientific outcome, the results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Boston certainly supports the real - world potential for co-treating our mind, along with our body to achieve better fertility outcomes.

The first ever conducted Bayesian study nf the effects of diet therapy on weight loss (Sackner - Bernstein, Kanter, Kaul), published in October of 2015 evaluated data from 17 randomized controlled trials of 1,797 people who were obese and overweight.

The aim of this randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled study conducted in France was to evaluate the effects of zinc supplementation on zinc status in healthy middle - aged men.

In an Independent Scientific Clinical Study (a randomized, comparative, double blind trial conducted October 20 — December 10, 2013), we learned that Renew Pure Radiance Oil not only delivers amazing results, it also outperforms the iconic Crème de La Mer across every test measurement — from wrinkle reduction to increased hydration.

In a high quality seven day, randomized, crossover study conducted by Sunehag et al. (2002), twelve healthy, non-obese adolescents (six males, six females) were maintained at home on prepared, isocaloric diets containing 60 % carbohydrate, 25 % fat, and 15 % protein, with 10 % or 40 % of the carbohydrate (6 or 24 % of dietary energy) content provided by fructose (low fructose or high fructose diet, respectively)... The total amounts of fructose ingested in the low and high fructose diets were estimated to be 36 and 133 g / day in females and 40 and 136 g / day in males.

For the study, the researchers conducted a double blind, randomized placebo - controlled trial of males with fatty liver disease.

To examine variation in fecal variables, especially butyrate, among individuals and the response to these fibers, a randomized cross-over study was conducted that compared the effects of foods supplying 25 g of NSP or 25 g of NSP plus 22 g of RS / d over 4 wk in 46 healthy adults (16 males, 30 females; age 31 — 66 y).

Several hundred studies have been conducted on these topics (from randomized and controlled to general observation).

For older education researchers, all calls to conduct formal experiments probably have a «déjà vu» quality, reminding them of a battle they thought they had won long ago — the battle against a «positivist» view of science that privileges the randomized experiment and its related research and development model whose origins lie in agriculture, health, public health, marketing, or even studies of the military.

I've been working with a team from Harvard, NYU, and [the nonprofit] MDRC to re-evaluate the Head Start Impact Study, a nationally representative randomized control trial of Head Start that was conducted in the early 2000s.

A randomized trial involving 19 elementary schools (K — 5) was conducted to replicate and extend two previous experimental studies of the effects of a voluntary summer reading program that provided (a) books matched to students» reading levels and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding in the form of end - of - year comprehension lessons.