A vaccine trial is called 'unethical' and a 'unique' opportunity. What's its fate?

The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. Local ...

Telesurgery matches local robotic urological surgery in first randomized trial

Telesurgery (operating on a patient remotely using a surgical robot via a secure telecommunication link) appears to be as ...
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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 ...
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Randomized clinical food trials: Best clinical practice, quality management & data processing

Thought LeadersAoife Hayes, Kevin O'Regan & Julie ScanlonClinical Trials Assitant, Operations Manager & Quality Assurance ManagerAtlantia Clinical Trials Food clinical trials may not be as familiar to ...
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

‘WeekendGo!’ A digital health intervention for promoting children’s physical activity in the family environment: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol

Insufficient physical activity (PA) among children has become a major global public health concern. The family environment ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Central retinal artery occlusion can result in permanent vision loss. Effective treatment is lacking. We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled trial involving ...
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

Evaluating the efficacy of a personalised sub-symptomatic exercise treatment programme for rehabilitation of military service members with persistent symptoms following mild ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains a significant health concern for the US Military Health System and a threat to warfighter readiness. Although most service members (SMs) recover following an ...