Insurance data can help fill gaps between longer medical trials for patients up against the clock

Randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard for establishing a medication's effects, producing the evidence by which ...
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Effect of an Invitation or the Effect of Participation: What Should Randomized Controlled Trials of Cancer Screening Examine?

Personalized Chemotherapy on the Basis of Tumor Marker Decline in Poor-Prognosis Germ-Cell Tumors: Updated Analysis of the GETUG-13 Phase III Trial Earlier detection of cancer offers an opportunity to ...
BMJ

High-intensity interval training for cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Data sources Five databases were searched from inception to March 2024. Study appraisal and synthesis Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing HIIT with MICT/CON were performed ...
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New CONSORT reporting guidelines published today in five medical journals

An updated set of guidelines to improve transparency and clarity in the reporting of randomised controlled trials have been published today. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) ...
BMJ

Impact of exercise on health outcomes in people with cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

Objective To examine the comprehensive health impacts of exercise on people with cancer by systematically summarising existing evidence and assessing the strength and reliability of the associations.
The New York Times

When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical

New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way. By Teddy Rosenbluth The Department of Health and Human Services ...