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341. Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 21, 2013 - Staging is used primarily to determine appropriate treatment strategies; treatment options for colorectal … Clinicians determine the T, N, and M components and use them to assign patients into four broad disease … One of the challenges of this systematic review is to determine how cancer stages can be translated between … Staging after treatment (interim staging, or restaging) is primarily intended to determine if the tumor … diagnosis of a recurrence, staging aims to assess the extent of disease to guide treatment decisions and determine

342. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     October 19, 2010 - approach to searching for grey literature/regulatory information therefore included consulting the TEP to determine … Determine Outcomes to Extract. … number of abstracts and articles out for review to the Methods and Content Leads, contact reviewers to determine

343. Topic Suggestion Description | Effective Health Care Program
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     April 10, 2009 - Home » Get Involved » Nominated Topics » Topic Suggestion Description Topic Suggestion Description Date submitted: April 10, 2009 Download Topic Suggestion Disposition [PDF · 113.5 KB] Briefly describe a specific question, or set of related questions, about a health …

344. Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 06, 2018 - Current Page Topic Timeline Aug. 30, 2016 Topic Initiated Apr. 3, 2017 Research Protocol Sep. 6, 2018 Systematic Review Lower Limb Prostheses: Measurement Instruments, Comparison of Component Effects by Subgroups, and Long-Term Outcomes Systematic Review September 6, 2018 Download Main Document PDF 2.2 MB …

345. Proposed Governance and Data Management Policy for the Systematic Review Data Repository (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2012 - The agency (or contractor) would also determine appropriate terms of service. 4 Based on internal

346. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 08, 2014 - Multidetector CT is widely used as the critical imaging test to determine whether, where, and how to … cancer (most often non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)), as accurate N staging is important to determine … If direct comparisons are insufficient to determine comparative accuracy, we will broaden the inclusion … Grading the Strength of Evidence (SOE) for Major Comparisons and Outcomes We will determine

347. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2010 - We will review abstracts against pre-established inclusion/exclusion criteria to determine potential … The project manager, together with the expert clinical abstractors, will review all the abstracts to determine … abstracts and articles out for review to the project and scientific directors, contact reviewers to determine

348. Chronic-urinary-retention-protocol (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2012 - In men it may also be important to determine whether the retention is high-pressure or low-pressure … Two independent investigators will screen full text to determine if inclusion criteria are met. … We will assess the clinical heterogeneity among methodological and PICOTS elements to determine appropriateness

349. Treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Advantages for producing a valid result Results will attempt to determine the existence of geographic … Data Observational Study Design description Systematic review of the literature that seeks to determine … Advantages for producing a valid result Results will attempt to determine the existence of genetic … Causality will be difficult to determine, but it is possible that associations between genetics and … Individual Participant Data Design description Systematic review of the literature that seeks to determine

350. FRN 40 - Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - The draft CER found insufficient evidence to determine the comparative effectiveness of MRSA screening … • While there are several ongoing clinical trials, additional research is needed to determine the … It would be important to determine whether to address all surgical patients or the listed subgroups … • Outcomes: It is important to clarify the study objectives as they will determine the appropriate … • Recommendations: o Examine each element of an intervention bundle to accurately determine the

351. Disposition of Comments for CER 195 Management of Uterine Fibroids (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - We aimed to report on the content of the literature for this KQ in order to determine if studies themselves … TEP Reviewer#4 Discussion/ Conclusion But to determine appropriate sample sizes we need to know what … We primarily sought to determine if the literature now contained trials explicitly designed and powered … to determine for which women/which type of fibroids outcomes might differ. … “as is data to determine” should read “as are data to determine.”

352. A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis: A Brief Summary of Findings for Clinicians | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 29, 2016 - The results of the trial cannot be used to determine the effect of specific glucocorticoids (triamcinolone

353. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - Those impressions are used to determine potential impact.

354. Treatments for Fibromyalgia in Adult Subgroups | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 03, 2014 - Two independent investigators will screen full text to determine if all inclusion criteria are met and … to determine if subgroup outcomes are reported. … critical appraisal by Fisher et al. 57 of the principal methods for pooling individual-level RCT data to determine … We will assess the heterogeneity among clinical, methodological and PICOTS elements to determine the

355. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Those impressions are used to determine potential impact.

356. Asthma-Provider-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - We also sought to determine whether any observed changes in asthma care processes directly improve … In the absence of national qualitative standards to determine magnitude of effect in clinical asthma … The strength of the evidence is insufficient to determine the effect of feedback and audit interventions … The strength of evidence is insufficient to determine the effect of multicomponent interventions on … In summary, with only one study at high risk of bias, there is insufficient evidence to determine the

357. Disposition of Comments Report for Imaging Techniques for Treatment Evaluation for Metastatic Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2014 - reporting imaging used for treatment evaluation and following the women for some time after that to determine … Findings are limited by the lack of studies done to determine utility of imaging in a particular instance … obtained by randomized trials or, more realistically, pragmatic trials or prospective studies to determine … These clinical decision-support tools are based on research and evidence, and aid physicians to determine … We agree that it can be challenging to determine the effects of any one type of imaging on outcomes

358. C- Evidence-based Practice Center Technical Brief Protocol (pdf file)
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     August 05, 2010 - alternative diagnostic tools conducted by the state of Washington in 2007 did not reveal adequate data to determine … Diagnosis: use of the test to determine the presence and type of structural or functional abnormalities … Patient management or treatment planning: use of the test to determine the management plan, including

359. Medicare Prescription Drug Data Development: Methods for Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Using Observational Data | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 26, 2008 - Analysts may not be able to predict, or determine, what factors are unbalanced or in which direction … To determine whether patients were persistent with a course of therapy, we examined two types of gaps … We determined the frequency of subjects who linked to the enrollment table to determine the percentage … Further analysis is required to determine if this higher rate is causally associated with initiating … Likewise, researchers should determine if the ADEs display a dose-response relationship.

360. Disposition of Comment Report for Wireless Motility Capsule Versus Other Diagnostic Technologies for Evaluating Gastroparesis and Constipation (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2013 - We consulted with several statisticians and methodologists to determine what methods would be most … We consulted with several statisticians and methodologists to determine what methods would be most … We consulted with several statisticians and methodologists to determine what methods would be most … Unfortunately, there are insufficient results to determine non-inferiority or superiority based on … Thus, we sought to demonstrate which was in evidence and determine if more evidence is needed.