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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/asthma-immunotherapy/research-protocol
April 01, 2021 - Ideally studies will include patients with allergic asthma whose symptoms are not controlled adequately … We will search PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). … We will consider the strength of the study designs; randomized controlled trials will be graded as having … Factors that may limit applicability include age, asthma severity or poorly controlled asthma, type of … asthma may be excluded in some controlled trials of immunotherapy.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/procalcitonin_research-protocol.pdf
September 08, 2011 - Indirect evidence would have to be assembled in
the absence of controlled trials of the effects of … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review - We will include
randomized, controlled … In addition, for randomized, controlled trials, intention to treat analysis is
used. … Intention-to-treat analysis is done for randomized, controlled trials. … For randomized, controlled trials, intention-to-treat analysis
is lacking.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/kidney-stone-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
June 15, 2011 - Prevention of Recurrent Stone Disease
Many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have studied dietary … Bibliographic database
searching will utilize MEDLINE and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled … 13 11 or 12
14 exp meta-analysis/
15 exp randomized controlled trials/ or systematic review.mp. … 16 exp controlled clinical trial/
17 or/14-16
18 10 and 17
19 13 or 18
20 limit 19 to English … Direction and impact of language bias in meta-analyses
of controlled trials: empirical study.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/glaucoma-screening/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - trials (RCTs), quasi-randomized controlled trials, and observational studies (to include cohort and … If an outcome is evaluated by at least one randomized controlled trial and by observational studies, … our evidence grade will be based firstly on the randomized controlled trials and secondly on the quality … If an outcome is evaluated by one or no randomized controlled trials, our evidence grade will be based … on the single randomized controlled trial and the best available observational study.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_research-protocol.pdf
April 01, 2013 - written by the University of
Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC), included 18 randomized controlled … We will also search The Cochrane Library (including the
Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane … Risk of bias of randomized controlled studies
Item Comment
1. … Direction
and impact of language bias in meta-analyses of
controlled trials: empirical study. … trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized
controlled trials[mh] OR random allocation
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/study-design-classification_research.pdf
December 01, 2010 - In most circumstances, controlled trials, and
especially randomized controlled trials (RCTs), are the … Cluster randomized controlled trial
Synonym: community trial; group randomized trial
A randomized controlled … Examples include randomized controlled trial, cluster randomized controlled trial,
nonrandomized trial … Cluster randomized controlled trial
Synonym: community trial; group randomized trial
A randomized controlled … Examples include randomized
controlled trial, cluster randomized controlled trial, nonrandomized trial
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/pressure-ulcer-prevention_research-protocol.pdf
January 10, 2012 - A systematic review published in 2006 found that 51 of 59 included randomized controlled
trials assessed … 10, 2012
7
Study Designs
The following study designs will be included:
• KQ 1: controlled … or comparative randomized and nonrandomized trials and controlled or
comparative observational studies … • KQ 2: studies of predictive validity
• KQ 3: controlled or comparative randomized and nonrandomized … trials and controlled or
comparative observational studies
• KQ 4: randomized trials, cohort studies
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/patient-monitoring-systems-protocol.pdf
July 01, 2023 - artificial intelligence; ICU = intensive care unit; MHS = Making Healthcare Safer; RCT = randomized controlled … reviewer will use the Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing the risk of bias of randomized
controlled … Continuous monitoring in an inpatient medical-surgical unit: a
controlled clinical trial. … A controlled trial of electronic automated advisory vital signs
monitoring in general hospital wards … artificial intelligence; ICU = intensive care unit; MHS = Making Healthcare Safer; RCT = randomized controlled
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/risk-cardiovascular-disease/protocol
December 01, 2023 - hospital and acute care
Hospital and acute care
Study design
Randomized controlled … trials
Nonrandomized controlled trials, including quasi-experimental and controlled before-and-after … PICOTS = populations, interventions, comparators, outcomes, timing, and settings; RCT = randomized controlled … Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, MEDLINE Daily, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Registrar of Controlled … For nonrandomized studies, including quasi-experimental studies, controlled before-and-after studies,
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-235-pharma-nonpharma-ptsd-update-summary.pdf
November 01, 2020 - • This update adds newly published studies on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD,
47 randomized controlled … for Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder: Groundwork for a Publicly
Available Repository of Randomized
Controlled … Development of the PTSD-Repository: a
publicly available repository of randomized
controlled trials
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/type-2-diabetes-medications-update/research
December 01, 2019 - Data Sources
We searched the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases … Results
The review included 140 randomized controlled trials and 26 observational studies.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/acs-pci-adjunctive-devices/research
December 01, 2019 - Review methods
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), controlled observational studies enrolling ≥500
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-report-3-nonopioid-pharmacol-chronic-pain.xlsx
September 20, 2022 - Randomized
N Analyzed Intervention Duration (Weeks) Funding Source
Hussain, 2021
Pakistan
Placebo-controlled … Placebo 12 Hospital
Langford, 2013
UK, Czech Republic, Canada, Spain, France
Placebo-controlled
Good
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/migraine-prevention/research
December 01, 2019 - searched major electronic bibliographic databases, including Medline® and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled … Results
Prevention of episodic migraine in children was examined in 24 publications of randomized controlled
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/psoriasis-chronic/research
December 01, 2019 - Data sources
Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science from inception … Review methods
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies were included in our review
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/asthma-treatment/research
December 01, 2019 - Nursing and Allied Health Literature; Physiotherapy Evidence Database; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled … improve asthma symptoms or reduce reliever medication use over 6 to 12 months in adults with poorly controlled
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-274-tethered-spinal-cord-executive-summary.pdf
October 01, 2024 - review identified a large number of studies, but the body of evidence
is limited due to the lack of controlled … research on tethered spinal cord diagnosis and
treatment evaluated in this review, better reporting and controlled
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-high-risk-drugs-rapid-response.pdf
January 01, 2024 - If not, we
would examine empirical studies (randomized controlled trials [RCTs] and non-
randomized … If
systematic reviews are not available: randomized
controlled trials, non-randomized studies with … Tran 202125 included 11 studies (1 RCT and 10 retrospective controlled cohort
studies) that enrolled … Jang 202122 included 12 studies (5 RCTs, 4 controlled cohort studies, 3 single-
group pre-post studies … Lo 202221 included 9 studies (8 RCTs and 1 controlled clinical trial) that enrolled
1,335 participants
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/prostatic-hyperplasia-medications/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Trials (CENTRAL) to identify randomized controlled trials for primary health outcomes published and … We will attempt to assess long-term or rare harms with nonrandomized controlled trials and large controlled … trials as topic/
randomized controlled trial/
random allocation/
double blind method/
single … controlled clinical trial.pt.
randomized controlled trial.pt.
multicenter study.pt. … trials as topic/
randomized controlled trial/
random allocation/
double blind method/
single
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/migraine-emergency/research-protocol
December 01, 2019 - Inclusion criteria
ED = emergency department; NRCT = nonrandomized controlled trial; NSAIDs = … nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; RCT = randomized controlled trial. … The search terms will be adapted to accommodate the controlled vocabulary and search languages of each … trials and nonrandomized controlled trials. 20 The tool examines six domains (sequence generation, … trials vs. nonrandomized controlled trials) and random effects versus fixed effects analyses.