Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Virtual colonoscopy, optical colonoscopy, or fecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer screening: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial
... head-to-head randomized controlled trials demonstrating that one screening test is more effect- ive than another in reducing colorectal cancer ...a pilot randomized controlled ...
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A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of exercise, spinal manipulation, and neuro emotional technique for the treatment of pregnancy-related low back pain
... Exercise [15], spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) [16,17], and a mind-body therapy called Neuro Emo- tional Technique (NET) that addresses the emotional component of a condition [18] have been demonstrated to be effective ...
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Mandibular response after rapid maxillary expansion in class II growing patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial
... main trial with special regards to the type of intervention and observation inter- vals, the primary objective of the present investigation was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled ...
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A pilot randomized controlled trial to improve geriatric frailty
... subjects randomized to moderate-intensity on-site exercise training 3 times per week for 9 months,, the subjects’ BMD did not differ from that of 47 subjects randomized to a low- intensity home exercise ...
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A pilot randomized controlled trial using EEG-based brain–computer interface training for a Chinese-speaking group of healthy elderly
... second pilot trial, we examine the accept- ability, safety, and preliminary efficacy of our BCI CT program in healthy Chinese-speaking Singaporean ...
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Mesalazine in the initial management of severely acutely malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction : a pilot randomized controlled trial
... current trial should not be consid- ered generalizable either to children with stunting but without acute malnutrition or to populations of moderately or severely malnourished children without high prevalence of ...
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Glycerin suppositories used prophylactically in premature infants (SUPP) trial: a study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
... external pilot study that will assess the feasibility of a superiority, placebo-controlled, parallel-design, multicenter randomized controlled ...external pilot study. Participants will ...
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The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation for refractory angina (RASCAL study): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
... South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will act as the lead sponsor for the trial. All research team members obtaining informed consent will have appro- priate training and current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) ...
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Si ni tang (a Chinese herbal formula) for improving immunofunction in sepsis: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
... Shufuzi can form yang. It is the “sovereign” ingredient. It is pungent and sweet, and it warms the kidneys. Ganjiang is pungent and warm. It is the “minister” ingredient. It can restore yang when combined with shufuzi. ...
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The impact of palliative care on quality of life, anxiety, and depression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomized controlled pilot study
... Patients randomized to the support group actually had reduced health related quality of life and in- creased anxiety, but improved satisfaction with participa- tion in the support group ...a pilot ...
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Collaborative Care for Older Adults with low back pain by family medicine physicians and doctors of chiropractic (COCOA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial ...COCOA Trial, we are enrolling approximately 120 parti- cipants 65 years old or older who report subacute or chronic LBP of a minimum ...
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Patient education integrated with acupuncture for relief of cancer related fatigue randomized controlled feasibility study
... Methods: We assessed the feasibility of delivering patient education integrated with acupuncture for relief of CRF in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with breast cancer survivors ...
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A task-oriented circuit training in multiple sclerosis: a feasibility study
... a pilot randomized-controlled trial: (i) to test the safety, feasibility and acceptability of a two weeks high-intensity task oriented circuit training in multiple sclerosis subjects with ...
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World Health Organization “School Mental Health Manual” based training for school teachers in Urban Lahore, Pakistan: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... a pilot study of a teachers’ training intervention based on the WHO-EMRO Manual of School Mental Health in Urban Lahore was planned ...a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), with ...
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Aromatherapy for the treatment of PONV in children: a pilot RCT
... a pilot randomized controlled trial examining the effect of aromatherapy on post- operative nausea and vomiting in patients 4 – 16 undergoing ambulatory surgery at a single ...were ...
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Evaluation of a nurse mentoring intervention to family caregivers in the management of delirium after cardiac surgery (MENTOR D): a study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial
... this randomized pilot trial examines the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an experimental nursing intervention to help family caregivers manage post-cardiac surgery delirium in ...
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Deep brain stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area and the thalamus in patients with essential tremor: study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial
... In recent years, the posterior subthalamic area (PSA), including the prelemniscal radiation and the zona incerta, emerged as a potential new anatomical target to treat ET [11–14] (for a review see Xie et al. [15]). Some ...
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Successful knowledge translation intervention in long term care: final results from the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial
... AP conceived the study, provided leadership on all aspects of trial implementation, acquired funding, and was the lead facilitator of intervention sessions. CCK was responsible for study design, overseeing study ...
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The efficacy and safety of Danggui Sayuk Ga Osuyu Saenggang tang on Korean patients with cold hypersensitivity in the hands: study protocol for a pilot, double blind, randomized, placebo controlled, parallel group clinical trial
... the trial such as the availability of room with well- controlled temperature, for reducing any potential ...the pilot study, we will not be able to completely exclude the presence of ...
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Tai Chi for osteopenic women: design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
... a pilot prag- matic randomized clinical trial to gather preliminary data regarding the effectiveness of Tai Chi in reducing rates of bone turnover in post-menopausal ...
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