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161. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0012_03-21-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - listed above concluded that further large randomized controlled studies are necessary in order to evaluate

162. Proposals for a Phased Evaluation of Medical Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/medical-tests-proposals/research
     December 01, 1969 - Phase 0 studies are exploratory first-in-human trials to evaluate whether the drug or agent behaves in … In 1978, Freedman classified designs to evaluate and compare imaging techniques and observed a parallel … It is inevitable that such trials evaluate the effectiveness of testing as well as that of downstream … How to evaluate a diagnostic marker test. … When is measuring sensitivity and specificity sufficient to evaluate a diagnostic test, and when do we

163. Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening and Treatment of Post–Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review. Evidence Summary. (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/evidence-summary-cer-200-post-acs-depression.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - The objectives of the systematic review are: • To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of selected depression … This review sought to evaluate tools, which were feasible to use and have been validated in general … were compared against the gold standard of a validated criterion standard (e.g., Purpose of Review Evaluate

164. Executive summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 270: Behavioral Interventions for Migraine Prevention (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-270-bimp-executive-summary.pdf
     May 01, 2024 - populations.3-6 Existing systematic reviews on behavioral therapies are notably outdated and do not evaluate … comprehensive systematic review and the accumulation of new evidence, we conducted a systematic review to evaluate

165. Nutrition as Prevention for Improved Cancer Health Outcomes | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2024 - Future studies could then be specifically designed to evaluate the main outcomes of interest relevant … Further, studies should be specifically designed to evaluate the main outcomes of interest for clinical

166. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-anticholinergic-medicines_research.pdf
     December 01, 2009 - Our objective was to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of regimens containing tiotropium versus … The objective of this study was to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of regimens containing tiotropium … We conducted several sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact on study results. … Fourth, follow-up was stopped after 365 days to evaluate results over a one-year period. … Thus, there is still need to evaluate tiotropium safety in patient populations who are treatment naïve

167. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting for Trials Evaluating Treatment for Infertility | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - The overall goal of this project was to evaluate the utility of CT.gov for detecting selective reporting

168. Facilitating the Implementation of EPC Reports in Learning Health Systems Engaged in Quality Initiatives: an EPC Pilot Project on ADHD | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - Page Contents Purpose of Report To evaluate

169. Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/alcohol-misuse-drug-therapy/research
     January 01, 2021 - and harms of medications (both FDA approved and others) for adults with alcohol-use disorders, and to evaluate

170. Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: An Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/diabetes-update-2015/research
     December 01, 2019 - Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update (2011) Structured Abstract Objectives To evaluate

171. Topic Disposition: Evaluation and Management of Headaches in Pregnancy (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Assessment of each criterion determined the need to evaluate the next one. … Use of existing electronic health care databases to evaluate medication safety in pregnancy: Triptan

172. Diagnosis and Management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/ocd-protocol.pdf
     August 15, 2023 - “If screening suggests [obsessive compulsive] symptoms may be present, clinicians should fully evaluate … We will evaluate outcomes as listed in the Study Eligibility Criteria section, focusing on sensitivity … As described below, we will evaluate the strength of evidence (SoE) for these outcomes. … We may also evaluate SoE for other included outcomes. … Assessment of Quality and/or Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate each

173. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/disparities-quality-improvement/research-protocol
     December 01, 2019 - and Focus of the Systematic Review Objective: The purpose of the planned systematic review is to evaluate … The resulting report will create a foundation of evidence to evaluate the effectiveness of existing quality … To ensure representation of the pediatric population, we will also include studies that evaluate a quality … To evaluate the value of quality improvement interventions for disparity reduction, eligible studies

174. Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 01, 2023 - To evaluate the comparative effectiveness and harms of partial breast irradiation (PBI) compared with … Further investigation is needed to evaluate the outcomes of PBI in patients with various clinical and … risk, including both the heart and lung, evaluation of overall survival is critically important to evaluate … We could not statistically evaluate publication bias in all of the comparisons because the number of … There is a critical need to further evaluate patient reported outcomes and their influence on decision-making

175. Comparative Effectiveness of Medications To Reduce Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Excerpt The purpose of this review is to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of tamoxifen citrate

176. Ced-Appendix-3 (xls file)
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     June 24, 2022 - external control groups derived from RWD for single-arm trials and other studies ISPE_2020 Design Evaluate … FDA Data There are validation protocols that evaluate how well the data reflects the patient population … captures patient medical history and preexisting conditions, as well as followup information needed evaluate … NAM2019 Could real-world providers in these settings accurately recognize or evaluate this event or … ISPE_2020 Generalizability Evaluate representativeness and/or generalizability of the RWE or describe

177. Obesity Prevention and Control | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/obesity-research-methods/research-protocol
     January 01, 2019 - epidemic, programs and policies targeting social determinants have been difficult to implement and evaluate … A recent systematic review examined the use of natural experiments to evaluate the efficacy of policy … Additionally, it illustrates what study designs and analytic methods have been used to evaluate the effect … The goal is to identify research gaps in studies designed to evaluate obesity prevention and control. … Grading the Strength of Evidence for Major Comparisons and Outcomes We will not evaluate the strength

178. AHRQ EPC Pilot Projects Summary: Improving Health Systems' Access to High Quality Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2020 - evidence available in their decision making, but they have limited time and resources to identify and evaluate … They conducted interviews with their health system partners to evaluate potential usability of their

179. Diagnosis of Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Suspected Acute Appendicitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/appendicitis/research-protocol
     December 01, 2019 - alternative diagnostic approaches because they typically assess a single diagnostic modality, do not evaluate … We will evaluate the robustness of our findings in sensitivity analyses that exclude studies at high … Instead, we will qualitatively evaluate similarities and differences in study populations, diagnostic … Assessing Applicability We will follow the Methods Guide 62 to evaluate the applicability of included … We will evaluate studies separately by important clinical subgroups: children, women of reproductive

180. Management of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth (pdf file)
     effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/suicidal-thoughts-young-people-draft-protocol.pdf
     March 14, 2024 - lack of access to care.26, 27 Given the challenges mentioned, we will conduct a systematic review to evaluate … Assessment of the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias of the included … We will evaluate heterogeneity between studies using I2 indicator. … patients and caregivers), consistency of results (based on qualitative and statistical approaches to evaluate … We will use this information to evaluate applicability of the evidence to real-world clinical practice