remodeling histomorphometry and micro ct in clinical trials

... doses) or any active comparator Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction in the company clinical trial reports was as reported by investigators, and was not subjected to independent, blinded adjudication ... company clinical trial reports Deeks and co-workers [29] examined 15,000 patients in nine of the earlier trials of celecoxib, and Edwards and co-workers [30] examined some 5,700 patients in nine trials ... medications, than in clinical trials Using company clinical trial reports removes some of the problems of selective reporting in published papers due to strict word limitations Here the company clinical...

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... effective The practice of providing information to parents, children and adolescents in clinical trials or studies can be improved by using structured interviews This increases understanding, ... criteria and the understanding of information related to clinical trials The appreciation of children and adolescents and their parents of what a clinical trial involved and their reasoning about ... as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and two of the interviewers were physicians in training for child and adolescent psychiatry The interviewers were trained in conducting these interviews...

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... simply rejecting nor unthinkingly accepting them) Clinical example: maintenance studies of bipolar disorder Generalizability is a major issue in certain settings A good example is maintenance ... were converging.” Presumably, the continuous mood rating scale scores, which are typically the primary outcome in such randomized clinical trials (RCTs), did not differ between drug and placebo ... “Subgroup analyses in clinical trials: fun to look at – but don’t believe them!”.) The trial was huge, involving about 17 000 patients, and thus some chance positive findings would be expected with enough...

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... Practical Signal and Image Processing in Clinical Cardiology Jeffrey J Goldberger • Jason Ng (Eds.) Practical Signal and Image Processing in Clinical Cardiology Jeffrey ... Akiva, and Mom and Dad and the Ng family, including Pei-hsun, Mary Esther, Mom, Dad, and Justin, for their wonderful support and patience during this project, and to the many colleagues and friends ... illustrated in Fig. 3.6 Hanning and Hamming windows are two commonly used windows As shown in Fig. 3.6, the power spectrum of a sine wave multiplied with the rectangular window, a window with...

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... The baseline characteristics and clinical information for patients with data from both a baseline and subsequent visit are provided in Table GERD was proven in 82% of subjects while in 18% the ... viable instrument for assessing symptom severity and response to treatment in clinical trials of patients with GERD 10 11 12 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... status Ascertaining the minimal clinically important difference Control Clin Trials 1989, 10:407-415 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH, Willan A, Griffith LE: Determining a minimal important change in a disease-specific...

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... effects with a variety of antidepressants, including tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors [5,6] The trials in this ... Montgomery-sberg Depression Rating Scale, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impressions Rating Scale in antidepressant clinical trials Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2002, 17:281-285 ... Montgomery-sberg Depression Rating Scale, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impressions Rating Scale in antidepressant clinical trials: a replication analysis Int Clin Psychopharmacol...

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... so in clinical practice as in clinical trials, although discontinuations have been mentioned previously in clinical trials in rheumatology, as with meloxicam in ankylosing spondylitis [37] In clinical ... RAM was involved in planning the study, data extraction, analysis and preparing a manuscript SD and HJM were involved in planning, analysis and writing All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... in clinical trials that is paramount There are few comparisons on which to draw, although it is generally assumed that discontinuation rates are higher in clinical practice than in clinical trials...

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... drugs in CTCL and other malignancies At least 80 clinical trials are underway, testing more than eleven different HDAC inhibitory agents including both hematological and solid malignancies Vorinostat ... reductions of ≥30%; including PR and SDs MGCD0103 demonstrated significant antitumor activity in relapsed/refractory HL [117] Belinostat (PXD101) The activity of belinostat was investigated in ... treating LMP ovarian tumor The combination of AZA, VPA, and ATRA has significant clinical activity in leukemia and MDS Epigenetic agents in combination regimens for cancer therapy are being actively...

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... databases contain information on all institution-specific research projects, only non-industry studies labelled as clinical trials involving adults will be eligible for inclusion Principal investigators ... benefits might be attained when deciding whether to participate in a clinical trial Furthermore, the related findings that DAs improve understanding, that improved understanding can increase trial participation ... investigator-initiated trials, and not industry-sponsored trials Practical and legal aspects of studying industry trials led us to limit our samples for this project; however, this subgroup of trials is clearly...

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... patients and the public in a more meaningful and effective way The Canadian Medical Association, in its 2007 handbook on clinical practice guidelines, notes that patient and public involvement is 'increasingly ... Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines development and implementaFigure tion Conceptual framework: Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice ... patient and public involvement program as an intervention that influences CPGs development and, indirectly, its implementation in clinical practice and health outcomes (Figure 1) Grounded in the...

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... strategy in the allocation of resources [32] In the present study, this finding may be reflected by a more rightward attention bias in the TAP Neglect and WAF Extinction-Neglect subtests in depressive ... randomly distributed over the screen, 24 in each visual field The distractors may have had an enhancing effect on potential neglect symptoms by provoking “extinction” phenomena in the neglected ... including the predictors WAF Alertness and sad mood item of BDI indicating a bias in the direction of the right visual field Table shows the comparisons in detail Concerning omissions in TAP Neglect,...

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... patients and the public in a more meaningful and effective way The Canadian Medical Association, in its 2007 handbook on clinical practice guidelines, notes that patient and public involvement is 'increasingly ... Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice guidelines development and implementaFigure tion Conceptual framework: Patients and public involvement programs in clinical practice ... patient and public involvement program as an intervention that influences CPGs development and, indirectly, its implementation in clinical practice and health outcomes (Figure 1) Grounded in the...

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... databases contain information on all institution-specific research projects, only non-industry studies labelled as clinical trials involving adults will be eligible for inclusion Principal investigators ... benefits might be attained when deciding whether to participate in a clinical trial Furthermore, the related findings that DAs improve understanding, that improved understanding can increase trial participation ... investigator-initiated trials, and not industry-sponsored trials Practical and legal aspects of studying industry trials led us to limit our samples for this project; however, this subgroup of trials is clearly...

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... simulation study evaluating approaches to the analysis of ordinal outcome data in randomized controlled trials in traumatic brain injury: results from the IMPACT Project Clin Trials 2010, 7:44-57 ... Scale) The widespread use of ordinal outcome measures and the persisting practice of collapsing these measures into a binary outcome indicate that our findings in this case Roozenbeek et al Critical ... JM, Whitehead J: Glycine antagonist (gavestinel) in neuroprotection (GAIN International) in patients with acute stroke: a randomised controlled trial GAIN International Investigators Lancet 2000,...

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... micro- EDM milling 133 Table 9.2 Machining conditions for 3D micro- EDM milling 134 xxiii Introduction Chapter Introduction 1.1 Capability of micro- EDM and micro- ECM for micro- machining ... Approach directions For combining micro- EDM and micro- ECM in a unique machining process, the issue of a suitable machining fluid used must be resolved In micro- EDM, the fluid employed is dielectric ... is an indispensible and vital direction to obtain thinner, smaller and lighter products The applications include micro- holes for fiber optics, micronozzles for jet engines, micro- mould and die...

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... winter and early spring Two hundred and eightyfive blood specimens collected at participating clinical trial centers in Houston, TX and Philadelphia PA, were shipped to Charlottesville VA Clinical ... establishing standard shipping parameters has been stressed in the infectious disease setting, in which a profound impact of shipping was noted on the lymphoproliferative responses to microbial ... venipuncture and cryopreservation [26-29] and optimal conditions for freezing [30] Also, handling and storage of cryopreserved PBMC have been evaluated, showing that fluctuations in sub-zero freezing...

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... valuable information for first-line therapy Infrastructure for clinical trials In the remainder of the article, we have set forward our thoughts on infrastructure issues to support clinical trials ... clinical trials, and all the physicians and patients must be encouraged to participate in the trials increase into clinical trial recruitment, already exceeding the government set targets Gaining ... screening, treatment, and palliative care, as well as current clinical trials Trials sponsored by the NCI-US, whether conducted by NCIsponsored Clinical Trials Cooperative Groups, such as GOG and...

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... of Minnesota University of Wisconsin University of Missouri Yale University committed to research training and to the integration of such training with clinical training.” APCS includes 43 clinical ... the federal government INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY TABLE 1-2 Professional Activities of Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Clinical psychologists Activity Psychotherapy Diagnosis/assessment ... (Resnick, 1991) That definition states that the field of clinical psychology involves research, teaching, and services relevant to understanding, predicting, and alleviating intellectual, emotional,...

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