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1601. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2010 - Ongoing studies and interim analyses. Sources of Full text publications. … Studies on patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or acute leukemia. … Inclusion criteria for observational studies are as above except for “Types of studies.” … New studies will be evaluated against inclusion/exclusion criteria in the same manner as all other studies … Criteria for Inclusion/Exclusion of Studies in the Review B.

1602. Multiple-Sclerosis Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2015 - We excluded studies of pediatric MS patients, studies of mitoxantrone (since it has a maximum lifetime … Risk-of-Bias Assessment of Individual Studies The risk of bias of eligible studies was assessed by two … Of the remaining 38 articles comprising 27 unique studies, only 16 studies contained complete information … Harms reported from unique studies included in the analytic set DMT Number of Studies; Total N; … Studies reporting reasons for discontinuing medication DMT Total Number of Studies Adverse Event

1603. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      May 22, 2012 - These studies vary from small and large nonrandomized, single-center studies to randomized, prospective … , but also by including the results of other studies, such as prospective cohort studies and comparative … These studies had the least bias, and the results were considered valid. … These studies had significant flaws that might have invalidated the results. … studies with ≥ 100 patients will also be considered.

1604. Depression SSRI Surveillance Assessment_CER 62_Low-1 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - in the CER, and some studies had no control or comparison group. … The few new studies we identified supported the conclusions of the original CER. … No new studies identified. NA EPC investigator did not know. … No observational studies met the eligibility criteria. … No observational studies met the eligibility criteria.

1605. Bladder-Cancer-Non-Muscle-Invasive Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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      July 21, 2014 - and cohort studies. … For all KQs we will exclude uncontrolled observational studies, case- control studies, case series, and … case reports, as these studies are less informative than studies with a control group. … Sources of funding for all studies will also be recorded. … We will not exclude studies rated as being high risk of bias a priori, but high risk of bias studies

1606. Untitled (pdf file)
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      February 17, 2016 - The 2012 report included studies published from 1980 through May 2011. … There were few studies evaluating the new factor Xa inhibitors. … We evaluated the number and characteristics of studies—including RCT, nonrandomized comparative studies … We will explore subgroup differences within (and possibly across) studies. … "[Mesh] OR (case and control) OR "Clinical Studies" [Publication Type] OR "Clinical Studies as Topic

1607. Pediatric Quality Measures Program 3.0: An Evidence Map of Measures for Vision, Hearing, and Developmental Screening and Followup (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2014 - Have any of these studies shown improvements in quality of care, improvements in health outcomes, or … If no such studies of children are available, what studies have assessed whether specific equivalent … We will also hand search the included studies of previous relevant reviews and consult with our Key … Comparisons: We plan to include studies that have comparisons of different interventions or measures … selection criteria, or standard appraisal of studies.

1608. S13 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - studies to be per- formed after marketing. … Patient safety studies are another example. … Post-marketing studies of drug efficacy: why? Am J Med. 1985;78:475–480. 4. … Exposure-time-varying hazard function ratios in case-control studies of drug effects. … Postmarketing studies of drug efficacy: when must they be randomized?

1609. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)
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      April 25, 2013 - these studies. … studies (e.g. … Important studies missing? … Important studies missing? KQ2: These studies rely heavily on SSc and liver disease. … Few studies of IPAH.

1610. Disposition of Comments Report for Testing of CYP2C19 Variants and Platelet Reactivity for Guiding Antiplatelet Treatment (pdf file)
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      September 25, 2013 - Most studies genotyped and analyzed one of these variants and not the other while other studies have … ); VerifyNow P2Y12 (28 studies); the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) assay (14 studies … ); Multiplate analyzer (12 studies); and Platelet Function Analyzer-100 (8 studies). … Unfortunately, this information is usually based on studies of healthy volunteers, or studies that … Were such studies actually identified?

1611. Disposition of Comments Report for The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain (pdf file)
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      September 29, 2014 - The characteristics of the studies are clearly described. … Not aware of any additional studies that ought to have been included studies that ought to have been … Indeed for some questions, no studies met the criteria. … However, there is a need for published studies evaluating the effectiveness of risk mitigation studies … Indeed for some questions, no studies met the criteria.

1612. Disposition of Comments for CER 208 Treatment for Bipolar Disorder in Adults A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      August 07, 2018 - and high risk of bias studies. … the lithium studies) were longer. … We have noted when maintenance studies were extensions of short-term studies for acute episodes. … Moreover, 14 studies had small sample sizes of less than 200 participants and 21 studies (79 percent … I note that the authors explicitly INCLUDED studies with time to relapse as an outcome, and studies

1613. Disposition of Comments Report for Evaluation and Treatment of Tinnitus (pdf file)
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      August 23, 2013 - We note these studies in the discussion. … Eligibility of studies was not based on the methodological quality of studies. … Eligibility of studies was not based on the quality of studies. … studies are flawed. … The studies are not independent as several studies had multiple treatment arms.

1614. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2014 - 3 studies comparing at least 2 different surgical interventions,54-56 and 11 studies evaluating a surgical … We included studies without a comparison group because we anticipated finding few comparative studies … Three studies compared two surgical techniques.54-56 We also included 11 studies that evaluated a surgical … We expanded our review to include observational studies, but these studies were largely limited to convenience … Among the studies we identified, we found a general lack of well-designed, well-controlled studies,

1615. Osteoporosis-Bone-Fracture Executive (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2012 - do not apply to most studies that assess adherence. … treatment at 1 year, with adherence ranging widely across studies … No studies describe primary nonadherence (i.e. nonfulfillment). … Newcastle- Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale, Cohort Studies. … Quality Assessment Scales for Observational Studies. 2004. 19.

1616. Disposition of Comments for Imaging Tests for the Staging of Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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      November 20, 2014 - that directly compared imaging studies. … When studies are big, smaller difference between studies could be detected along with a higher I2 value … studies only evaluating single modalities. … Of note is the fact that the AHRQ report included only studies on PET/CT, thereby excluding older studies … We suggest assessing the following studies for possible inclusion, as these studies were included by

1617. Disposition of Comments Report for Comparative Effectiveness Review 128 Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery (pdf file)
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      April 30, 2014 - , and reviews studies in progress germane to the topic. … of studies. … Please note that we were referring to study arms (not studies). … Regarding the studies by Zmora and Bucher: we decided to include them with studies using enemas for … Do we know why they were excluded (e.g. non-surgical studies)?

1618. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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      August 16, 2016 - and non-randomized comparative studies. … but excluding PTRAS or medical management studies. … The comparative studies section has separate sections for RCTs and nonrandomized studies. … It was agreed upon to restrict the review of PTRAS cohort studies to prospective studies. … studies.

1619. hemorrhage-postpartum-protocol-140611 (pdf file)
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      June 11, 2014 - We will include population-based case series or registry studies (e.g., studies reporting data from … We will include pre-post studies and other comparative studies of any size and addressing systems-level … prospective/ retrospective cohort studies, case series with ≥50 cases • KQ 5: Pre- and post-studies … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the quality of studies … studies with lower risk of bias, i.e., studies of good or fair quality as determined in our quality

1620. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 08, 2011 - Most studies supporting the use of procalcitonin have utilized the quantitative test which is neither … studies and non-randomized, comparative studies (observational, case-control, and cohort studies) of … relevant to the key questions that were not included in the draft list of selected studies. … Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies. … Such studies would inform one link in an analytic framework, providing indirect evidence.