Pilot study: Randomised controlled trial
Sleep Treatment Outcome Predictors (STOP) Pilot Study: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining predictors of change of insomnia symptoms and associated traits following cognitive–behavioural therapy for insomnia in an unselected sample
... this pilot study is to examine feasibility of a design to test hypotheses focusing on an unselected sample, that is, without selection on insomnia complaints, in order to plan a larger behavioural genetics ...
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A randomised controlled trial of intravenous zoledronic acid in malignant pleural disease: A proof of principle pilot study
... this pilot trial was to assess potential efficacy of ZA in this patient group to inform a future, suitably powered ...week trial follow up (see S5 file: Statistical analy- sis plan for full ...
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The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) prisons project pilot study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing dihydrocodeine and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification
... LEEDS is intended to complement rather than compete with research taking place in a community primary or sec- ondary care setting. Much of the current evidence base for pharmacological treatment of drug use comes from ...
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The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) prisons project pilot study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing dihydrocodeine and buprenorphine for opiate detoxification
... Background: In the United Kingdom (UK), there is an extensive market for the class 'A' drug heroin. Many heroin users spend time in prison. People addicted to heroin often require prescribed medication when attempting to ...
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Reducing Implant Infection in Orthopaedics (RIIiO): a pilot study for a randomised controlled trial comparing the influence of forced air versus resistive fabric warming technologies on postoperative infection rates following orthopaedic implant surgery in adults
... Background: Approximately 70,000 to 75,000 proximal femoral fracture repairs take place in the UK each year. Hemiarthroplasty is the preferred treatment for adults aged over 60 years. Postoperative infection affects up ...
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Antenatal breast expression in women with diabetes: outcomes from a retrospective cohort study
... Australian study by Forster et al. reported a pilot study investigating the feasibility of developing a larger randomised controlled trial on the antenatal breast milk expression ...
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The treatment of booking gestational diabetes mellitus (TOBOGM) pilot randomised controlled trial
... The primary aim of this pilot study was to test the protocol for a larger scale RCT of either immediate or deferred treatment for Booking GDM. Clinic midwives at the Campbelltown Hospital Book-in clinic ...
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Acceptability to patients, carers and clinicians of an mHealth platform for the management of Parkinson’s disease (PD Manager): study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
... the pilot trial reported in this paper represents the next step in the testing of the ...Manager pilot will use a randomised controlled ...This pilot study will therefore ...
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Identifying important barriers to recruitment of patients in randomised clinical studies using a questionnaire for study personnel
... a pilot study was carried out March ...a randomised Controlled Trial in Stroke (EFFECTS) [17], an ongoing RCT in ...EFFECTS study, which meant that the responders should answer ...
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Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial
... this pilot study, we have focused on establishing the key design features required for a full scale randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of acupuncture for chronic neck ...
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Acupuncture for chronic neck pain: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial
... this pilot study, we have focused on establishing the key design features required for a full scale randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of acupuncture for chronic neck ...
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Feasibility and acceptability of PrE operative Physical Activity to improve patient outcomes After major cancer surgery: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial (PEPA Trial)
... The proportion of patients who consent to the study and the reasons for non-consent will be summarised. Charac- teristics of patients randomised to each group will be com- pared. The number and percentage ...
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Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for Surgical Wounds Healing by Secondary Intention (SWHSI trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial
... Previous randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of NPWT have failed to recruit to time and target, thus we aimed to conduct a pilot RCT to assess the feasibility of conducting a future, full-scale ...
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The feasibility of following up prisoners, with mental health problems, after release: a pilot trial employing an innovative system, for engagement and retention in research, with a harder to engage population
... This study illustrates that it is possible to engage and re- tain offenders with common mental health problems in ...research study attended a follow-up interview 4–8 weeks after release from ...a ...
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Internet delivery of intensive speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy: a pilot randomised controlled trial
... Thirty-five children were identified and contacted about the study, of whom 22 were recruited (8 female, 14 male; mean age 8.8 years (SD 3.2)) between October 2014 and October 2015 (figure 1). As dysarthria in ...
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Effectiveness of school based humanistic counselling for psychological distress in young people: pilot randomized controlled trial with follow up in an ethnically diverse sample
... the study, and willing for their parents or carers to be informed--were sent letters with further information about the ...the study, the young person then met with the researcher in a confidential and ...
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Liraglutide and the management of overweight and obesity in people with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and first episode psychosis: protocol for a pilot trial
... This pilot study is a double-blind, randomised, placebo- controlled trial investigating the use of once-daily liraglu- tide subcutaneous injection in obese or overweight people with ...
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A randomised controlled demonstration trial of multifaceted nutritional intervention and or probiotics: the healthy mums and babies (HUMBA) trial
... multi-ethnic study, in an obese non-pregnant cohort, confirmed the feasibility of using mobile phone technol- ogy together with behaviour change ...cent pilot study of 35 overweight and obese ...
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Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of couple based psychosexual support following prostate cancer surgery: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
... Methods/Design: The intervention will comprise six sessions of psychosexual and relationship support delivered by experienced couple-support practitioners. Specialist training in delivering the intervention will be ...
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Antipsychotic drugs versus cognitive behavioural therapy versus a combination of both in people with psychosis:a randomised controlled pilot and feasibility study
... Participants were randomly assigned to the three treatment arms (1:1:1) using a secure web based randomisation system (Sealed Envelope) with randomised permuted blocks of 4 and 6, stratified by gender and first ...
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