Research
Informed consent for clinical trials in acute coronary syndromes and stroke following the European Clinical Trials Directive: investigators' experiences and attitudes
Piotr Iwanowski, Andrzej Budaj, Anna Czlonkowska, Wojciech Wasek, Beata Kozlowska-Boszko, Urszula Oledzka, Wojciech Maselbas
Trials 2008, 9:45 (21 July 2008)
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Rationale, Design and Methodology for a Prospective Randomized Study of graft patency in Off-pump and On-pump MultI-Vessel coronary artery bypasS Surgery (PROMISS) using multidetector computed tomography
Miguel S Uva, Fernando Matias, Sara Cavaco, Manuel P Magalhaes
Trials 2008, 9:44 (17 July 2008)
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The TEAM trial : Safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the prevention of aneurysmal hemorrhages: A randomized comparison with indefinite deferral of treatment in 2002 patients followed for 10 years
Jean Raymond, Andrew J. Molyneux, Allan J. Fox, S. CLAIBORNE Johnston, Jean-Paul Collet, Isabelle Rouleau
Trials 2008, 9:43 (16 July 2008)
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Design paper: The CapOpus trial: A randomized, parallel-group, observer-blinded clinical trial of specialized addiction treatment versus treatment as usual for young patients with cannabis abuse and psychosis
Carsten Hjorthøj, Allan Fohlmann, Anne-Mette Larsen, Mette TR Madsen, Lone Vesterager, Christian Gluud, Mikkel C Arendt, Merete Nordentoft
Trials 2008, 9:42 (11 July 2008)
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Multicenter Double Blind Trial of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Transplantation through Intracoronary Injection post Acute Myocardium Infarction a MiHeart/AMI Study
Hans F.R. Dohmann, Suzana A. Silva, Andre L.S. Souza, Alcione M. S. Braga, Rodrigo V. C. Branco, Andrea F. Haddad, Monica A. Oliveira, Rodrigo C. Moreira, Fabio A. A. Tuche, Cintia M. Peixoto, Bernardo R. Tura, Radovan Borojevic, Jorge P. Ribeiro, Jose C. Nicolau, Antonio C. Nobrega, Antonio C. C. Carvalho
Trials 2008, 9:41 (3 July 2008)
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness analysis of an open label, single-centre, randomised trial of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) versus percutaneous myocardial laser revascularisation (PMR) in patients with refractory angina pectoris: The SPiRiT trial
M T Dyer, KA Goldsmith, SN Khan, LD Sharples, C Freeman, I Hardy, MJ Buxton, PM Schofield
Trials 2008, 9:40 (30 June 2008)
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Inefficacy of different strategies to improve guideline awareness  5-year follow-up of the hypertension evaluation project (HEP)
Jens Hagemeister, Christian A Schneider, Holger Diedrichs, Diana Mebus, Holger Pfaff, Gernot Wassmer, Hans W Höpp
Trials 2008, 9:39 (25 June 2008)
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Effectiveness of the Austrian disease-management-programme for type 2 diabetes: study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Andreas C Sönnichsen, Andreas Rinnerberger, Maria G Url, Henrike Winkler, Peter Kowatsch, Gert Klima, Bernhard Fürthauer, Raimund Weitgasser
Trials 2008, 9:38 (19 June 2008)
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The third international stroke trial (IST-3) of thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke
Peter Sandercock, Richard Lindley, Joanna Wardlaw, Martin Dennis, Steff Lewis, Graham Venables, Adam Kobayashi, Anna Czlonkowska, Eivind Berge, Karsten Bruins Slot, Veronica Murray, Andre Peeters, Graeme Hankey, Karl Matz, Michael Brainin, Stefano Ricci, Maria Grazia Celani, Enrico Righetti, Teresa Cantisani, Gord Gubitz, Steve Phillips, Antonio Arauz, Kameshwar Prasad, Manuel Correia, Phillippe Lyrer, the IST-3 collaborative group
Trials 2008, 9:37 (17 June 2008)
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Automated external cardioversion defibrillation monitoring in cardiac arrest: a randomized trial
Bakhtiar Ali, Heather Bloom, Emir Veledar, Dorothy House, Robert Norvel, Samuel C Dudley, A Maziar Zafari
Trials 2008, 9:36 (11 June 2008)
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The SU.FOL.OM3 Study: a secondary prevention trial testing the impact of supplementation with folate and B-vitamins and/or Omega-3 PUFA on fatal and non fatal cardiovascular events, design, methods and participants characteristics
Pilar Galan, Serge Briancon, Jacque Blacher, Sébastien Czernichow, Serge Hercberg
Trials 2008, 9:35 (10 June 2008)
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Research
Randomised, crossover clinical trial, in healthy volunteers, to compare the systemic availability of two topical intranasal budesonide formulations
Jaime Algorta, Maria Angeles Pena, Silvia Francisco, Zurine Abajo, Emilio Sanz
Trials 2008, 9:34 (9 June 2008)
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Study protocol for a three-armed randomized controlled trial to assess whether house screening can reduce exposure to malaria vectors and reduce malaria transmission in The Gambia
Matthew J Kirby, Paul J Milligan, David J Conway, Steve W Lindsay
Trials 2008, 9:33 (6 June 2008)
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Efficacy of tibolone and raloxifene for the maintenance of skeletal muscle strength, bone mineral density, balance, body composition, cognitive function, mood/depression, anxiety and quality of life/well-being in late postmenopausal women  70 years: Study design of a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, single-center trial
Didy E Jacobsen, Monique M Samson, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Diederick E Grobbee, Harald JJ Verhaar
Trials 2008, 9:32 (5 June 2008)
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Commentary
Do we want more cancer patients on clinical trials If so, what are the barriers to greater accrual
Andrew J Vickers
Trials 2008, 9:31 (3 June 2008)
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Commentary
Competing risk and heterogeneity of treatment effect in clinical trials
David M Kent, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Rodney A Hayward
Trials 2008, 9:30 (22 May 2008)
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GENetic and clinical Predictors Of treatment response in Depression: the GenPod randomised trial protocol
Laura Thomas, Jean Mulligan, Victoria Mason, Debbie Tallon, Nicola Wiles, Philip Cowen, David Nutt, Michael O'Donovan, Deborah Sharp, Tim Peters, Glyn Lewis
Trials 2008, 9:29 (22 May 2008)
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GALA: an international multicentre randomised trial comparing general anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery
Michael J Gough, Andrew Bodenham, Michael Horrocks, Bridget Colam, Steff C Lewis, Peter M Rothwell, Adrian P Banning, David Torgerson, Moira Gough, Demosthenes Dellagrammaticas, Anne Leigh-Brown, Christos Liapis, Charles Warlow
Trials 2008, 9:28 (21 May 2008)
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Book review
Review of: Interpreting and Reporting Clinical Trials A guide to the CONSORT statement and the principles of randomised controlled trials by Anthony Keech, Val Gebski and Rhana Pike
Stephen JW Evans
Trials 2008, 9:27 (19 May 2008)
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Review of "Evaluating Clinical Research All that glitters is not gold" by Bengt D. Furberg and Curt D. Furberg
Desmond Julian
Trials 2008, 9:26 (9 May 2008)
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