A
pilot study is a small-scale research project conducted before a larger study to check if everything works smoothly. It helps researchers identify potential issues, test procedures, and make necessary adjustments before undertaking the bigger study.
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An early
pilot study of women with breast cancer showed that the diet resulted in better weight loss and improvement in some chronic disease risk factors compared to a lower fat diet.
The program has shown promising results
in pilot studies and is now tested in controlled trials in settings such as schools and educational institutions, adults diagnosed with ADHD, and children in care.
Studies employing small sample sizes are not without value; indeed, they often serve as useful
pilot studies for future, more comprehensive, work.
A
small pilot study indicated that the same communications channels might be used to send messages between the brain and the peripheral immune system in patients with multiple sclerosis.
The scheme had judges identifying those cases that might be suitable
as pilot studies and inviting the parties to participate.
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randomized pilot study comparing zero - calorie alternate - day fasting to daily caloric restriction in adults with obesity.
An early
pilot study demonstrated the positive effect of a scripted intensive intervention for preschool students in one - on - one intervention.
Pilot studies report promising changes in social behavior and control of motor performance in children with ADHD.
He also said it is estimated that the combined savings generated during the one -
year pilot study may approach $ 100,000.
The
original pilot study for the trial involved women whose risk of breast cancer was four times the average.
The team has been busy exhibiting the game to a range of different groups, including carrying out
several pilot studies in hospitals.
He cautions that
pilot studies tend to work better than scaled - up versions because they receive much more attention and oversight.
A separate manipulation was presented in the guise of an
unrelated pilot study to see if reading certain passages alters mood.
A 2016
pilot study of women who described themselves as «psychologically distressed» provided a clue to how yoga works on a molecular level.
In pilot studies, the procedure diagnosed allergies with 95 percent accuracy in both children and adults, a rate similar to that of food - challenge tests.
And it may be possible to enhance the power of talking therapy with a new computer - based technique designed specifically to combat aggressive voices, which looks promising from a
small pilot study.
Eugene Fine was also there with a poster on his just published
pilot study on ketogenic diets and cancer — «Targeting insulin inhibition as a metabolic therapy in advanced cancer: A pilot safety and feasibility dietary trial in 10 patients.»
Supported by a grant from Ohio State's Center for Clinical and Translational Science, the research team has just embarked on similar
pilot study with burn patients self - administering dexmedetomidine during dressing changes.
Most scientists feel that they have a responsibility to society that goes beyond their duties to their profession, but they don't always agree on which types of responsibilities are most important, a new
pilot study by AAAS suggests.
For over 10 years, New Mexico's K - 3 Plus program has been extending the school year for at - risk early elementary school children, with growth of the program fueled by positive findings
from pilot studies.
Results from a recent
pilot study showed VSM helped reduce stuttering frequency in clients who had experienced relapse after therapy.
Results from a new
pilot study using miniaturized air samplers to look at steel dust exposure may help them breathe easier.
A little over a year ago, Maddie's Fund ® gave a grant to Carroll College to answer that very question, funding the first sleepover
pilot study at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, UT, in June 2016.
The current
pilot study examined the impact of comorbid internalizing disorders and comorbid Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) on emotion regulation in children with ADHD by measuring RSA as an indicator of dysregulated emotional reactivity.
October 27, 2017 — Montmorency tart cherry juice was found to help extend sleep time by 84 minutes among eight study participants, ages 50 and older who suffer from insomnia, according to a new
pilot study published in American Journal of Therapeutics 1
The randomized
pilot study evaluated the iMHere system in 23 patients, aged 18 to 40, with spina bifida: a disabling congenital condition affecting the spine.
Small
pilot study suggests that T cells become more responsive in exercising cancer survivors weeks after chemo ends
In a 2002
pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.
The Bringing Baby Home Study began in 1999 as a small
pilot study designed by John M. Gottman, PhD and Alyson F. Shapiro, PhD.
An improvement in mindful parenting was also found in the previous
pilot study into MYmind (De Bruin et al. 2015).
The current
pilot study investigated an implementation of PCIT with primarily low - socioeconomic status, urban, ethnic minority youth and families.
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new pilot study shows that eating right, exercising and reducing stress may help keep chronic diseases at bay by switching on beneficial genes, including tumor - fighters, and silencing those that trigger malignancies and other ills.
The SUMMIT
pilot study aimed to build on the existing service framework in Melbourne by developing a collaborative, integrated, women - centered intervention for reducing depression (including postnatal depression) among maternal drug users, using triangulated data gathered from interviews with service providers and consumers, case studies, the views of an expert panel and a review of the literature.
While further rigorous preclinical investigations are required, the
current pilot studies on nonhuman primates clearly demonstrate a great potential of PEG - IONCs for next - generation T1 MRI contrast agent.
Initial
pilot studies tested out these assumptions and determined that these types of mediated interventions can be successful in motivating students to read and complete books and increase personal understanding of the relevance of reading and writing in the lives of those who otherwise demonstrate an aversion to text - based media.
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