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121. Disposition of Comments for Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment (pdf file)
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     April 25, 2013 - With better descriptions of assumptions and limitations in this section, readers can make more informed … Does better outcomes refer specifically to transfusion-sparing effect ? … Furthermore, the sources of the estimations need to be better described and made more explicit. … Page 99, line 27: Suggest saying this as "...slightly better scores..." or "...modestly better scores … We have adopted the use “better.” The word “biologically” has been deleted.

122. Disposition of Comments for Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: An Update of a 2008 Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     December 16, 2014 - Some of our suggestions include (1) Information on how better-quality observational studies can be … The review could also note the need for better prognostic surrogate markers--biochemical progression … We have also added to the Research Gaps section the need for better prognostic surrogate markers to … Perhaps policy and practice decisions will be better informed once it is possible to better define … We have reworded our entire qualitative analysis throughout the report for better clarity.

123. 1. Does mass spectrometric analysis and therapeutic monitoring of tacrolimus as compared with immunoassay analysis and therapeutic monitoring produce a) better organ survival rate, b) fewer rejections, c) less nephrotoxicity and/or d) cost… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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124. Cannabis-App-F5-Table-Surveillance-Report-2 0 0 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - difference −1.09 (95% CI −10.33 to 8.16) SF-36 Functioning (mean [SD], 0 to 100 scale, higher scores are better … B SF-36 General Health (mean [SD], 0 to 100 scale, higher scores are better) 62.92 (18.38) vs. 55.56

125. Appendix-E-Table-E5 0 (xls file)
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     May 29, 2025 - difference −1.09 (95% CI −10.33 to 8.16) SF-36 Functioning (mean [SD], 0 to 100 scale, higher scores are better … B SF-36 General Health (mean [SD], 0 to 100 scale, higher scores are better) 62.92 (18.38) vs. 55.56

126. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency

127. Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer Update (pdf file)
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     December 09, 2014 - The explanation of the Setting is much better in Table E. 2. - p.17, Fig. … This process is very powerful and allows for much better plans – better blocks, better beam angles … The SBRT description should be much better. … Reasonable but should be better described. 4. … Use PBT instead, which is the accepted acronym (for better or worse). 5.

128. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency … Better information for better health care: the Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency

129. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 262_Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 07, 2023 - Peer Reviewer #2 Introduction 3rd paragraph in 1.1 (pg 2) seems out of place – could be better placed … Perhaps it would be better written as "number of heavy drinking episodes or number of drinking or heavy … They seem like they would fit better as independent sentences rather than being included in this list … Also, the sentence on the percent drinking days outcome may be better placed in the first paragraph. … If it's percent of drinking days, it would be better to say that.

130. Disposition of Comments for Migraine in Adults: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatments (pdf file)
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     April 18, 2013 - Reviewer 3 ES: Botulinum toxin was better than placebo in reducing monthly migraine attack by ≥50 … The drugs were not better than placebo in planned intention to treat analysis of all randomized patients … Reviewer 3 Report: Topiramate was also better than placebo in reducing monthly migraine days by ≥50 … Report, Results: Absolute reduction in migraine days with topiramate, 50 to 200 mg/day, was not better … Comparative effectiveness trials should examine the drugs that had been shown efficacy (better than

131. Disposition of Comments for CER 166 Calcineurin Inhibitors (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2016 - same outcomes regardless of agent, i.e. increased rejection, but to be fair on treatment groups show better … on daclizumab induction 2 g mycophenolate mofetil MMF lowdose tacrolimus and steroids resulted in better … It might be better to refer to these regimens as "other-than full dose" or "off-label" regimens. … We hope that more studies of better methodological quality will become available to provide clearer … We identify the need for better data on lesser reported outcomes as an important area for future

132. Topic 0545 Behav Health Int for Dementia NSD FINAL SJ (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - nominator asserts that a product on the nominated topic could support clinical guidelines and provide a better

133. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - What other modalities of treatment, including weight loss, surgery, and oral appliances, would be better

134. Disposition of Comments Report for Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2012 - Reorganization of the results so that readers can better follow the main findings would be helpful. … The abstract would read better if the same general structure was adopted- where first intervention by … the exclusion numbers with reasons (as was done for the full-text articles) would help the reader better … By including some studies that used quasi-experimental design, it may allow a better understanding … We have revised the abstract to ensure better signposting, as noted above.

135. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Conversely, in the latter instance, an individual can do no better than hold steady or deteriorate … is on comparative effectiveness so we were looking for evidence either that treatment resulted in better … It is the balance of the benefits and harms that needs to be better evaluated. … Treatment of OHT and OAG was found to lead to better preservation of VF compared with observation. … Trabeculectomy showed better preservation of VF compared with the other two modalities.

136. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - Scanning System is to conduct horizon scanning of emerging health care technologies and innovations to better … Better treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations are needed. … concern about antibiotic resistance with ongoing daily use and whether other macrolides would be better … Developing new strategies to better preserve or improve donor-lung quality could affect the number … Better treatments to prevent COPD exacerbations are needed.2 Intervention: Azithromycin (Zithromax

137. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 31 Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - This is a better way to express our key message #1, so we have revised accordingly. … studies, less than half showed improvements in an important lab test for monitoring diabetes This is a better … this brief can and should be used to galvanize the diabetes community around promoting the tools for better … We hope that the report highlights the most important limitations of the literature so there are better … Key Informant #3 Clarity & Usability I am hopeful that the report will encourage better reporting

138. The series of articles beginning with this issue of the Journal form the most up-to-date version of the Guide for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2009 - living document, and will be updated as further empirical evidence develops and our understanding of better … patient-centeredness, the Program encourages EPCs to use absolute measures whenever possible to promote better … randomized clinical trials and to suggestions for changing or expanding the hierarchy of evidence to take better … Better information for better health care: The Evidence-based Practice Center Program and the Agency

139. Disposition of Comments Report for Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - translate what it means when they say: "there is a low level of evidence that CHr has similar or better … compared to traditional ones when considering treatment of a patient subpopulation clearly in need of better … Nevertheless, future studies aimed at reducing the research gaps hold the promise for adoption of better … that affect the biological variability of these tests, and, as a result, that there is a need for better … deficiency, I do not believe that necessarily predicts response to iron, safety of the approach or better

140. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups (pdf file)
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     January 26, 2015 - Notably the authors propose a shorter questionnaire that had similar sensitivity of 81%, a somewhat better … The Key Findings ES-11 (also Discussion-p. 38, Conclusions) have been edited to better delineate … We added text to the Discussion about function and better defined it. … I have never seen a Rheumatologist, however that is my next step to better recovery and improved self … We edited the initial paragraphs of the Discussion to better report the evidence base for a range of