Chinese EQUATOR Centre, Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Centre, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Hong Kong), School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Hand osteoarthritis is a disabling condition with few effective therapies. Hand osteoarthritis with synovitis is a common inflammatory phenotype associated with pain. We aimed to examine the efficacy ...
In this multisite, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, participants (aged 40-75 years) with hand osteoarthritis (Kellgren and Lawrence grade ≥2 in at least one joint) a...
Between Nov 22, 2017, and Nov 8, 2021, of 202 participants who were assessed for eligibility, 97 (48%) were randomly assigned to receive methotrexate (n=50) or placebo (n=47). 68 (70%) of 97 participa...
Treatment of hand osteoarthritis and synovitis with 20 mg methotrexate for 6 months had a moderate but potentially clinically meaningful effect on reducing pain, providing proof of concept that methot...
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia....
Double-blind peer review is considered a pillar of academic research because it is perceived to ensure a fair, unbiased, and fact-centered scientific discussion. Yet, experienced researchers can often...
We aim to develop fMRI neurofeedback as a treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In prior work, we found that providing neurofeedback of activity in the anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC) i...
Double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) remains the gold standard for diagnosing food allergy, despite sparse comparisons to open food challenges (OpenFCs). The objective of this retr...
This study included patients from the Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital with a positive oral food challenge, defined as strict objective signs, with peanut during the period 2001-2022. Severi...
In total, 318 positive OpenFCs and 86 DBPCFCs were included. There was no difference in severity of symptoms nor threshold values comparing the two challenge types, neither when stratified for age gro...
Our findings do not advocate for DBPCFC being superior to OpenFC, if the latter is performed with strict objective stop criteria by trained staff....
Melatonin is effective for migraine prevention in adults. We hypothesized that melatonin would also be effective for migraine prevention in children and adolescents....
This was a randomized, double-blind trial of melatonin (3 mg or 6 mg) versus placebo for migraine prevention in 10-17 year-olds with 4-28/28 headache days at baseline. Participants were recruited from...
The study closed early due to slow enrollment (n = 72). Two participants were in the single-blind phase when the study closed, therefore the meaningful n = 70. Sixteen percent (11/70) were lost to fol...
When compared to recall at enrollment, headache days decreased across the single-blind placebo phase and the double-blind phase. There was no suggestion of superiority of melatonin; however, given the...
Periodontitis is a persistent inflammatory condition. Eliminating the infection and reducing its risk factors are the first steps in treating periodontitis. When the anti-infective therapy is complete...
This double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial included 28 candidates for pocket elimination surgery referred to the private office of a periodontist in Bandar Abbas, Iran, from April 18 to Aug...
Four weeks after intervention, BOP was significantly lower with Anaheal compared to placebo (0% vs. 35.7%, P = 0.014). However, there was no significant difference in GI between groups (P = 0.120). Me...
One-week treatment with Anaheal at a dose of 1 g/d after pocket elimination surgery resulted in significantly lower BOP compared to placebo....
Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (IRCT), IRCT20201106049289N1. Registered 06/04/2021. Registered prospectively, https://www.irct.ir/trial/52181 ....
This study aimed to establish the 95% effective dose (ED95) of esketamine in combination with propofol for hysteroscopy and then to evaluate its efficacy and safety profile....
This prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial consisted of two cohorts. In cohort 1, 45 women aged 18-65 years undergoing hysteroscopy were randomly assigned to either group E (esketamin...
The ED95 of esketamine was 0.254 mg/kg (95% CI: 0.214-1.004), while that of alfentanil was 9.121 μg/kg (95% CI: 8.479-13.364). The anesthesia success rate was 93.0% in group E and 95.2% in group A (p ...
This study determined the ED 95 dose of esketamine for intravenous general anesthesia during hysteroscopy. Esketamine showed less respiratory and hemodynamic depression, as well as fewer adverse effec...
www.chictr.org.cn, (ChiCTR2300077283); registered November 3, 2023....
To determine whether intravenous vitamin C compared with placebo, reduces vasopressor requirements in patients with vasoplegic shock....
Double-blinded, randomised clinical trial (RCT) conducted in two intensive care units in Perth, Australia. Vasopressor requirements at enrolment needed to be >10 μg/min noradrenaline after hypovolaemi...
Of the 71 patients randomised (35 vitamin C, 36 placebo group), the median vasopressor duration was 44 h [95% CI, 37-54 h] and 55 h [95% CI, 33-66 h]) in the vitamin C and placebo groups (p = 0.057). ...
In this RCT of patients with vasoplegic shock of at least moderate severity, the use of IV vitamin C compared with placebo did not significantly reduce the duration of vasopressors....
Prospective registration - trial number ACTRN12617001392358....
