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2141. Chronic-Urinary-Retention Research (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2014 - The third trial compared TURP to clean intermittent self-catheterization but did not evaluate any of … The fourth study compared bethanechol/prostaglandin (BC/PGE2) to placebo. … Three eligible RCTs compared treatments for CUR in men with bladder outlet obstruction secondary to … All three trials compared surgery (transurethral resection of the prostate or prostate enucleation) … The fourth study compared bethanechol/prostaglandin (BC/PGE2) to placebo.

2142. Obesity-Child Executive (pdf file)
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      March 31, 2010 - America’s children.1-3 Overweight children and adolescents are at greater risk for health problems compared … focus in this report on the comparative effectiveness of interventions; thus, outcomes need to be compared … We compared the effects of the interventions on outcomes related to weight or body composition (e.g. … All of them reported statistically significant beneficial effects of the intervention compared with … Two of the RCTs detected a statistically significant beneficial effect of the intervention compared

2143. Grading_didactic_faculty_approved (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2010 - would allow users of comparative effectiveness reviews to make judgments about the treatments being compared … interval so wide that it does not rule out the superiority or inferiority of either treatment being compared … transparency, as yet no empirical evidence supports the superiority of a particular point system when compared … believe that for certain outcomes, such as harms, observational studies have less risk of bias when compared

2144. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)
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      September 01, 2009 - Example 1: [B]enefits of chondroitin were smaller in trials with adequate concealment of allocation compared … with unclear concealment (P for interaction = 0.050), in trials with an intention-to-treat analysis compared … with those that had excluded patients from the analysis (P for interaction = 0.017), and in large compared … Discussion: Summary of Evidence Example: Compared with men who used watchful waiting , men with clinically

2145. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lung-cancer-nonsurgical-therapies_research-protocol.pdf
      February 22, 2012 - , for example two different conformal RT methods or RFA compared to a conformal RT method … ○ For KQ 3, combinations may be considered, for example endobronchial debridement plus a stent, compared … to debridement alone; or, combination of 2D-RT with BT compared to RT alone … Endobronchial debridement and stents  Comparators KQs 1 and 2 ○ Interventions will be compared … KQ 3 ○ Interventions will be compared to each other as appropriate and noted above.

2146. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      January 31, 2013 - Most studies have investigated differences in supervised exercise training when compared with standard … More recently, supervised exercise training has also been compared to endovascular revascularization … The 2008 Cochrane review by Watson et al.22 identified only two RCTs that compared walking outcomes … A review by Wilson26 identified an additional four RCTs conducted between 1990 and 2008 that compared … While improved clinical outcomes have been reported with angioplasty and stenting when compared to

2147. head-neck-cancer-update-140204 (pdf file)
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      February 04, 2014 - xerostomia was reduced and QoL domains related to xerostomia were improved in patients treated with IMRT compared … greater importance in patients identified with HPV as the causative agent of head and neck cancer, compared … We will seek direct evidence for one intervention compared to another, with or without chemotherapy … Thus, we will include studies in which a RT method was compared to a different method, for example with … In a qualitative synthesis of this hypothetical body of evidence, insufficient size (as compared

2148. Obesity (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - Average weight loss at week 108 was -9.3% and - 10.5%, respectively, for the mid- and top-dose as compared … and 6.7% with top-dose phentermine/topiramate and low-dose phentermine/topiramate, respectively, compared … mean percent weight loss at week 56 was 10.0% and 5.1% for the top and low dose, respectively, as compared … 48.9 kg/m 2 underwent EndoBarrier implantation in conjunction with dietary restriction and were compared … second European trial, EndoBarrier implantation was attempted on 27 patients whose outcomes were compared

2149. Case-Management Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Comparators In most studies, CM is compared with usual care (i.e., care without a CM component). … When a study compared two or more different types of CM, then the comparator was the alternative type … Nearly all of the clinical trials of CM programs compared a single type of program with a usual care … There were very few trials that directly compared more than one model of CM. … Some published trials14 have used existing tools, but no studies have compared tools or rigorously

2150. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2010 - Meta-analyses have examined individual medications compared to placebo but few have compared medications … These sensitivity analyses will be compared to our analyses of moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease. … Crohn’s disease, we will include randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the medications of interest compared … a Crohn’s disease medication of interest (see Table 1) or combination of medications of interest compared … We will exclude studies that compared a medication of interest to a medication not of interest (such

2151. Clopidogrel after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: Is current practice sufficient (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2009 - Binary variables were compared across interventions using the Pearson Chi-square test. … Continuous and ordinal categorical variables were compared using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. … The adjusted hazard ratio for death or MI of DES-C compared with DES+C was 1.93 (95% CI of 1.05, … Compared to BMS patients (BMS+C and BMS-C), DES+C patients had significant reductions in the outcomes … Compared to DES-C, patients with DES+C tended to have lower mortality (Figure 4A) and had lower rates

2152. Major-Depressive-Disorder Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 24, 2014 - As an initial treatment choice, how effective are SGAs compared with nonpharmacologic interventions? … treatment attempt, what is the effectiveness of second-generation antidepressants (SGAs) monotherapy compared … an initial adequate trial with an SGA, what is the effectiveness of switching to a different SGA compared … initial adequate trial with an SGA, what is the effectiveness of switching to a different SGA compared … nonpharmacologic treatment When we revised KQ2a, we broadened the management strategies that could be compared

2153. Colon-Cancer-Gene-Profiling Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 13, 2012 - In this group, adjuvant chemotherapy may produce a small improvement in overall survival when compared … What are the potential benefits and harms of this testing compared to current practice? e. … Was a reclassification analysis performed with risk stratification using GEP when compared with that … Whether or not data are available about the incremental information provided by GEP testing when compared … , 2012 availability of data on the incremental information provided by GEP testing when compared

2154. Medical-Evidence-Communication Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 31, 2012 - Thus, these reviews establish the contribution of each technique when compared with not using any communication … Federal and State policymakers because they have less direct impact on clinical decisionmaking when compared … approach with a combination of two or more communication techniques (e.g., tailoring and targeting) compared … a combination of two or more dissemination strategies (e.g., social marketing, academic detailing) compared … an intervention is expected to have the same effect in the population in which it will be used as compared

2155. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      March 10, 2010 - Angiotensin- Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Intolerant Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (TRANSCEND) trial compared … Four of the seven studies included here have less than 1 year follow (compared to 4-5 yearly in the … across indications to see if there is a statistically significant difference in effect sizes for ACEs compared

2156. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - The nominator is interested in an effectiveness review of mindfulness-based stress programs compared

2157. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c_research-protocol.pdf
      November 30, 2011 - is HCV genotype, with higher SVR rates in patients with genotypes 2 or 3 (SVR of 70 to 80 percent) compared … based on the methods used for randomization, allocation concealment, and blinding; the similarity of compared … results are at least as likely to reflect flaws in the study design as the true difference between the compared

2158. Quantitative Synthesis: Chapter 5. Network Meta-Analysis (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - parameters and functional parameters.10 ► Basic parameters are effect parameters that are directly compared … arms across studies, thereby producing a pooled rate/mean outcome per arm. ► Estimates can then be compared … measures for the entire network. ► Loop-based approaches in which direct and indirect estimates are compared

2159. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/musculoskeletal-disorders-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
      August 05, 2010 - rheumatologic, orthopedic and neurologic conditions, as it can better delineate soft tissue structures compared … What are the postulated advantages and disadvantages of positional MRI testing compared to contemporary … What additional equipment or technical resources are needed in order to operate positional MRI, compared … What is the cost of imaging with positional MRI as compared to other imaging alternatives?

2160. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/preterm-birth-terbutaline-pump_disposition-comments.pdf
      September 01, 2011 - to the lack of adverse cardiac side effects with this small daily dosage of terbutaline (3mg/day) compared … No group will look at these outcomes in SCT patients compared to a control group and follow them long-term