Randomized Treatment Outcome Pilot Study
![Comparison of Crocus sativus L and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A pilot double blind randomized trial [ISRCTN45683816]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==)
Comparison of Crocus sativus L and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A pilot double blind randomized trial [ISRCTN45683816]
... the outcome was the 17- item ...main outcome measure of response of depression to ...the study the person who administrated the medications, rater and patients were blind to ...
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Participation in a novel treatment component during residential substance use treatment is associated with improved outcome: a pilot study
... rehabilitation treatment program at a Veteran’s Ad- ministration hospital between November 2009 and March 2011 were analyzed retrospectively in a quasi- experimental ...the study, which was significantly ...
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Value and Safety of High Flow Oxygenation in the Treatment of Inpatient Asthma: A Randomized, Double-blind, Pilot Study
... HFNC appears to be more effective than COT in reducing the dyspnea score within the first 2 hours of treatment in asthma exacerbation with an indication of hospitalization. Optimization of the device and ...
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Treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with green tea extract: a pilot randomized controlled clinical study
... primary outcome was the mean change in uterine leiomyoma burden (volume and number), which was assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVU), and/or transabdominal ultrasonography, at baseline (visit 1) and at ...
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Mindfulness and body psychotherapy based group treatment of chronic tinnitus: a randomized controlled pilot study
... Inclusion criteria were 1) age between 18 and 80 years 2) location in the north-western part of Germany or in Belgium and the ability to understand the German lan- guage 3) no communicational problems 4) individual ...
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L-lysine as adjunctive treatment in patients with schizophrenia: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over pilot study
... the study, difficulties arise as to the possibilities of making reliable conclusions about the efficacy of L-lysine treat- ...of treatment on outcome measures were in fact ...longer treatment ...
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Pilot study of a social network intervention for heroin users in opiate substitution treatment: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... all randomized participants will be included in the analysis irrespective of whether or not they stayed in the trial, with missing data treated as failing to achieve ...primary outcome measure will be the ...
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Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the lumbar dorsal root ganglion in patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain: a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study
... consent for the study. This was a single-center, parallel- group, placebo-controlled, triple-blinded (patients, caregiv- ers, and outcome assessors) RCT. The inclusion criteria were as follows: age 18 ...
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Trial to re evaluate ultrasound in the treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): a multicenter randomized pilot study
... investigators randomized patients by acces- sing a 24-hour toll-free remote telephone randomization system that ensured ...placebo- treatment devices were identical in every way with the exception of the ...
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Cytokine removal in human septic shock: Where are we and where are we going?
... feasibility study, the removal of cytokines was con- firmed with cytokine extraction rates approaching 30% ...this study, plasma concentrations of both IL-6 and TNF-α, but not IL-10, were significantly ...
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Acupuncture in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a double blind controlled pilot study
... Recent randomized trials and meta-analysis in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, acupuncture has been shown to provide pain relief and improvement in joint function ...over study, acupuncture was ...
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Early hCG addition to rFSH for ovarian stimulation in IVF provides better results and the cDNA copies of the hCG receptor may be an indicator of successful stimulation
... prospective, randomized, pilot study was designed to compare the IVF outcome between two groups of patients, the first receiving rLH and the second hCG, both in addi- tion to rFSH in patients ...
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Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: study design of a waitlist controlled randomized group pilot study and the first results
... main outcome criterion (depression measured with the BDI-II), a regression analysis was computed with age, sex, medication (antidepressants yes or no), psychotherapy, depression severity, and group as pre- ...
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Contextualization and standardization of the supportive leadership behavior questionnaire based on socio- cognitive theory in Iran
... The second factor, integrity, supports in- terpersonal context, and it develops from trustworthiness, encouragement and good interpersonal communication skills, which could help the followers to achieve their goals and ...
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New drugs to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: the case for bedaquiline
... for treatment of TB was the rifamycins over 40 years ...in treatment regimens. In clinical trials, treatment with bedaquiline added to a background multidrug-resistant TB regimen was associated with ...
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder in adolescents: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... One randomized pilot study demonstrated feasibility and suggested potential efficacy of a brief indi- vidual CBT for binge eating and associated psychopath- ology [46]; another randomized ...
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Music-instruction intervention for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized pilot study
... delayed-entry randomized pilot trial of 40 subjects. Given its pilot nature, a formal power calculation was not performed, although it was estimated that 40 subjects would enable us to detect a 15% ...
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Furosemide and albumin for diuresis of edema (FADE): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... VASST study showed that a more posi- tive fluid balance at both 12 hours and day 4 correlated significantly with mortality ...and randomized controlled trial data from Wheeler et ...
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Critical appraisal and update on the clinical utility of agomelatine, a melatonergic agonist, for the treatment of major depressive disease in adults
... the treatment of major depres- sion, and suggests areas for further ...placebo-controlled study in elderly patients did not demonstrate a significant benefit for ...
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A tutorial on sensitivity analyses in clinical trials: the what, why, when and how
... Most statistical analyses rely on distributional assumptions for observed data (e.g. Normal distribution for continuous outcomes, Poisson distribution for count data, or binomial distribution for binary outcome ...
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