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Post-doctoral fellows also might have the opportunity to be involved in ongoing
treatment outcome studies conducted by Dr. Alex Chapman at the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory.
Moreover, nearly half the measures have been used in
treatment outcome studies and nearly all of the measures (33 of 37) have been translated into languages other than English (with Spanish versions being the most common).
PARC was one of three sites in the U.S. for the Pediatric OCD Treatment Studies, the largest federally - funded
treatment outcome studies for youth with OCD.
The Research Outcome Study in Ireland Evaluating Drug Treatment Effectiveness (ROSIE) was the first national, prospective, longitudinal drug
treatment outcome study in Ireland.
Cognitive behavioral groups for nonoffending mothers and their young sexually abused children: A preliminary
treatment outcome study.
Attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder with obstructive sleep apnea:
a treatment outcome study.
Treating multi-traumatized, socially - marginalized children: Results of a naturalistic
treatment outcome study.
Treating multitraumatized, socially marginalized children: Results of a naturalistic
treatment outcome study.
Similarly,
another treatment outcome study also reported greater decreases in depressive scores in depressed adolescents with pretreatment comorbid anxiety disorders.
Using a systematic search strategy, we identified 16
treatment outcomes studies that can be brought to bear on these questions.
Not exact matches
An important trigger this year will be the
outcome of a
study where Darzalex is being tested as first - line
treatment in combination with Celgene Corp's Revlimid.
In the only controlled, randomized scientific
study to compare graduated extinction and «positive routines» head - to - head, there were no significant differences in
treatment outcomes for kids (Adams and Rickert 1989).
For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related
study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and
outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels,
treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.
Studying breastfeeding behaviours or
outcomes is difficult since it is not possible to randomly assign mothers and infants to
treatment groups or to control the duration of the process.
Because women are increasingly seeking out acupuncture in order to induce ovulation, researchers decided to
study whether or not the traditional Chinese medicine therapy could serve as a supplemental
treatment along with clomiphene to improve pregnancy
outcomes.
According to the
study, in the
treatment of small renal tumors, the ideal
outcome of both complete oncologic control and preservation of renal function is not presently available.
People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug
treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first
study comparing the
outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.
«Although radiosurgery has been shown to be an effective post-surgical
treatment for metastatic brain tumors, previous
studies did not compare patient
outcomes from a single hospital over the same period of time,» said N. Scott Litofsky, M.D., chief of the Division of Neurological Surgery at the MU School of Medicine and senior author of the
study.
Placebos are used to help accurately measure clinical responses /
outcomes when
studying the effects of medications, therapies, and other
treatments.
«For the
study, we chose a decision analysis design because we could use a mathematical model to simulate the
outcomes and costs of each
treatment path based on results and costs that have already been published in the literature,» Dr. Dodwell explained.
In the Journal of the American Medical Association, the
study examines quality - of - life
outcomes for the
treatment choices most patients will face.
The six - year
study compared pregnancy
outcomes in 254 women with HG who were sick enough that they needed
treatment for dehydration with intravenous fluids to 308 women who had normal or no morning sickness during pregnancy.
Going forward, they hope to determine whether earlier
treatment in women with symptoms limits or prevents the adverse
outcomes identified in this
study.
Since randomized clinical trials — the gold - standard in research — don't accommodate patients» preferences, Zoellner and her research team used a
study design called a «doubly randomized preference trial» to investigate whether giving patients a choice affects their
treatment outcomes.
«Previous
studies had tested the use of rosiglitazone for cancer
treatment, but the
outcome was not encouraging.
Various
studies have found that a combination of professional
treatment and AA yields better
outcomes than either approach alone.
To accurately predict
treatment outcomes, the research team
studied JIA patients»
treatment responses and found that epigenetics — or individuals» DNA and the way each body uses its genes — determined one's clinical «fate.»
The first results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke
Study showed that
treatment with a compound called alteplase between three and four and a half hours after the onset of stroke improves the
outcome for patients.
The analysis, published in August 2008 in The Lancet, suggests, «the infertility
treatment per se for the
outcomes we have
studied does not seem to give any additional risk,» Romundstad says.
The next step, says Salem, will be to try to correlate these findings with patient
treatment outcomes, initially as a retrospective, or backward looking
study, and then hopefully design a forward looking clinical trial to determine which
treatments may be best for patients with SBAs.
Called the Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis
Outcomes Study (CANTOS) and funded by the drug giant Novartis, the trial also found fewer cases of lung cancer in those on the
treatment, rekindling basic research findings hinting that the same inflammatory pathway may initiate or spur the growth of such tumors.
«There is currently no method that can predict
treatment outcome of chemotherapy early on in
treatment, so this is a major advance,» says Hielscher, co-leader of the
study, who is also a member of the Breast Cancer Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork - Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
A more recent
study examined whether adding therapist support via e-mail or telephone would affect the
outcome of online
treatment for social phobia.
In a previous
study more strictly focused on the intensity of emergency care
treatments, Doyle also found that higher spending leads to better
outcomes.
«Clarification based on rigorous research
studies will permit researchers to identify the conditions under which depression can influence substance abuse
treatment retention and
outcomes, which in turn will help to specify when depression needs to be directly addressed with this population of young people,» explained the researchers.
A first - of - its - kind literature review published in the September issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists ® (ASA ®), suggests although a majority of
studies report positive
outcomes, there is currently insufficient evidence to support the clinical use of antidepressants for the
treatment of postoperative pain.
Nearly half (48 %) of patients with severe or difficult - to - treat asthma in The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma:
Outcomes and
Treatment Regimens follow - up study (TENOR II) still had very poorly controlled (VPC) symptoms after more than a decade of treatment, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2016 International Co
Treatment Regimens follow - up
study (TENOR II) still had very poorly controlled (VPC) symptoms after more than a decade of
treatment, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2016 International Co
treatment, according to a new
study presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.
Using validated, standardized tests for measuring the
outcomes of patients with facial paralysis, experts who were naïve to the
treatment patients received
studied video documentation of a standardized sequence of facial expressions for each patient.
Shortening the time to diagnosis and
treatment may be a key variable in improving
outcomes of patients with sICH,» the
study concludes.
However, a new
study conducted at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, demonstrates high levels of undiagnosed anxiety and depression persisting in patients receiving
treatment, despite their improved visual
outcomes.
Further research is needed to understand the reasons behind the variation in
treatment outcome between ethnic groups and future
studies should incorporate ethnicity as a major determinant factor.»
The
study, Developing an Interventional Stroke Service: Improving Clinical
Outcomes and Reducing Cost and Delivering Great Cost Savings Benefits to Health Economy, conducted at the University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke - on - Trent, U.K., found that mechanical thrombectomy (the use of a device to retrieve a clot from the vessel) in the
treatment of stroke reduced the average stroke patient's hospital stay to 14 days when compared to previously recorded 90 days.
«Ethnicity of women undergoing fertility
treatment can affect
outcomes,
study finds.»
«Our
study looks at people with recently diagnosed, early RA, who should have the best
outcomes and best responses to
treatment, and sees how many are either overweight or obese, and then determines if those who are overweight or obese have worse
outcomes than those with healthy weight,» said Dr. Goodman.
The researchers suggest that their
study demonstrates the potential of these non-toxic therapies to contribute to current cancer
treatment regimens and significantly improve the
outcome of patients with advanced metastatic cancer.
«Our critical review on the limited existing
treatment mechanism
studies,» explained co-author Dr. Jessica Black, «found that «common» processes, such as positive social support, rather than a particular
treatment modality, account for positive adolescent substance use
outcomes.»
Future
studies are needed to test whether this could significantly improve patients»
treatment outcomes.
«The technique used by researchers in this
study enables very early detection of metastatic spread, which would allow adaptation of
treatment more quickly and hopefully lead to better
outcomes in the future.»
The first long - term
study of a pioneering endoscopic laser
treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice
outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.