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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/version-2-risk-of-reinfection-from-SARSCoV2_0.pdf
December 31, 2022 - Planned Updates
For this update, we modified our search strategies to focus on identifying longitudinal controlled … Comparative
Trial
Netherlands
Patients with PCR confirmed COVID-
19 disease, age >18 years. … interventional
trial
France
Group 1: SARS-CoV-2 naive
participants (participants without
antecedent … interventional
trial
Mali
Group 1: Hospitalized patients in one
of the four centers in Bamako … A general parametric
approach to the meta‐analysis of randomized
clinical trials.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/vaccine-safety_research-protocol.pdf
September 18, 2012 - rule out overt toxicity and
identify potential toxic effects that might occur during the clinical trial … Investigational New Drug application must be submitted so that the
FDA can monitor the safety of clinical trial
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/grades-predictive-values_white-paper.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Library from 2010 onward to find Cochrane reports that: (1)
include an outcome with more than eight randomized … controlled trials (RCTs) on therapeutic
interventions that had been graded as high SOE; (2) present
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/peptic-ulcer-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - FDA has recommended
classifying eluxadoline as a controlled substance, thus prompting final scheduling … rates up to 24% reported in some vedolizumab trials and the unknown risk of PML outside
of well-controlled … clinical trial populations as limiting the drug’s potential to fulfill an unmet
need for more efficacious
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-240-acute-pain-appendix-f.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Risk of bias assessment for randomized controlled trials
Author, Year
(Full citations are listed in
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-265-radiation-bone-disease-disposition-comments.pdf
August 29, 2023 - Again, removing this trial
would not change the conclusions. … Did trial inclusion criteria or
baseline characteristics parse out the timing of interventions like
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-261-postpartum-care-executive-summary.pdf
June 01, 2023 - • Healthcare Delivery Strategies – Where Care Is Provided
o For general postpartum care (5 randomized … controlled trials [RCTs] and 1
nonrandomized comparative study [NRCS]), whether the visit is
conducted
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/07_diabetes_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - A phase III trial
comparing use of Oral-lyn as a prandial insulin to injected human insulin was expected … o Extended-release exenatide is a controlled-release, once-weekly formulation
delivered by subcutaneous … In September 2011, the company announced plans for its phase III
trial after releasing final 48-week … results from its phase II trial. … Another
research expert noted that another clinical trial compared this intervention to behavioral
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/genetic-testing-developmental-disabilities_research-protocol.pdf
September 30, 2014 - The ideal type of evidence for establishing the clinical
utility is from high quality randomized controlled … search other grey literature sources, such as government and specialty society
Web sites, clinical trial … For clinical
utility studies,
randomized
controlled
For clinical trials, non-
utility studies, … health
randomized
clinical trials,
outcomes, observational
impact on
clinical or
family
studies … maternal:ti)
24 Limit by
publication
and study type
#23 AND ('clinical article'/de OR 'clinical trial
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
May 05, 2017 - Added "Randomized Comparative Studies"
header
Peer
Reviewer #1
Executive Summary P 20
Figure … P23
Line 45
Why is “Quality of life and
patient-centered
outcomes” in a tinier font
than “Non-Randomized … "The two randomized
comparative trials were not combined in a meta-
analysis on the basis of clinical … It must, because only one
trial is nonrandomized. … If children (ww vs TT)
are properly randomized there
should NOT be a major difference in
COME/hearing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tympanostomy-tubes-disposition.pdf
May 05, 2017 - Added "Randomized Comparative Studies"
header
Peer
Reviewer #1
Executive Summary P 20
Figure … P23
Line 45
Why is “Quality of life and
patient-centered
outcomes” in a tinier font
than “Non-Randomized … "The two randomized
comparative trials were not combined in a meta-
analysis on the basis of clinical … It must, because only one
trial is nonrandomized. … If children (ww vs TT)
are properly randomized there
should NOT be a major difference in
COME/hearing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/breast-cancer-imaging_research-protocol.pdf
December 17, 2013 - None
Timing All timing None
Setting All care settings None
Study design Systematic reviews
Randomized … control trials
Non-randomized control trials
Cohort studies (prospective and retrospective)
Case-control
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/headaches-pregnancy.pdf
March 23, 2019 - o Cluster headache
o Other TACs
Timing:
• Any
7
Setting:
• Any
Design:
• Randomized … controlled trials
• Nonrandomized comparative studies, including pre-post studies
• Single group studies … o Cluster headache
o Other TACs
Timing:
• Any
Setting:
• Any
11
Design:
• Randomized … controlled trials
• Nonrandomized comparative studies, including pre-post studies
• Single group studies … For randomized controlled trials, we will adapt the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool,25 focusing on
issues
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/epc-year-in-review-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - PreventiveServices-P2P-FPM-Report_FINAL_508.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31931527/
2020 Clinical Trial … Intellectual equipoise and challenges: accruing patients with advanced cancer to a
trial randomizing … Surface perturbation training to prevent falls in older adults: a highly pragmatic, randomized
controlled … trial.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/decide16final-mortality-risk-in-copd-pts-using-theophylline.pdf
December 01, 2009 - effects are uncommon and fewer drug interaction
issues arise.16
Most theophylline studies have been controlled … was to evaluate outcomes associated with
theophylline use in patients with COPD outside the clinical trial … A 4-year
trial of tiotropium in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. … A randomized, controlled trial of
theophylline in patients with severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary … Propensity score
methods for bias reduction in the
comparison of a treatment to a non-
randomized control
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-management_research.pdf
December 01, 2009 - effects are uncommon and fewer drug interaction
issues arise.16
Most theophylline studies have been controlled … was to evaluate outcomes associated with
theophylline use in patients with COPD outside the clinical trial … A 4-year
trial of tiotropium in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. … A randomized, controlled trial of
theophylline in patients with severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary … Propensity score
methods for bias reduction in the
comparison of a treatment to a non-
randomized control
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/health-information-exchange_executive.pdf
December 01, 2015 - ED = emergency department; HIE = health information exchange; RCT = randomized controlled trial
We reviewed … Only two randomized
trials (in 3 publications) were identified. … Impact of an
electronic link between the emergency department and
family physicians: a randomized controlled … trial. … Organizational
challenges in developing one of the Nationwide Health
Information Network trial implementation
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/obesity-child_research-protocol.pdf
March 31, 2010 - limited by many other shortcomings such as
inappropriate management of study heterogeneity, lack of randomized … , controlled interventions;
lack of objective outcome measures, poor methodology in the primary studies … quality will be assessed using the Downs & Black quality assessment
tool.
30
For the RCTs and non-randomized … sex, ethnicity, socioeconomic status), settings (physical and social
environments), study design (randomized
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-234-headaches-pregnancy-summary.pdf
November 01, 2020 - Results
We found 16 primary studies (14,185 patients), representing direct evidence (3
randomized … controlled trials, 8 nonrandomized comparative studies [i.e., observational
studies that compared 2
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/coronary-artery-stenting_research-protocol.pdf
August 19, 2011 - therapeutic decisionmaking outcomes, the following study
designs will be considered eligible:
7
o Randomized … We will conduct the search in MEDLINE® and in the Cochrane Central Register of
Controlled Trials. … A
prime example of the failure of randomized clinical trials.