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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

In clinical hand osteoarthritis research, self-reported pain questionnaires do not reflect the patient experience.

van der Meulen C, van de Stadt LA, Kroon FPB et al. · 2025 · Rheumatology (Oxford, England)

Objective Pain in hand osteoarthritis (OA) is evaluated with repeated pain questionnaires. It is unclear whether these questionnaires adequately capture changes in pain recalled by patients. This study investigated whether changes on pain…

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Trends of Publication of Negative Trials Over Time.

Laviolle B, Locher C, Allain JS et al. · 2025 · Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

Studies with negative results are less likely to be published than others, potentially leading to publication bias. Introduced in 2000, trial registration could have participated in decreasing the proportion of unpublished studies. We…

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Long-Term Effects of Dexmedetomidine versus Propofol During the Implantation of a Neurostimulator-A Post-Trial Follow-Up Analysis.

Ter Bruggen FFJA, Redekop WK, Stronks DL et al. · 2021 · Journal of pain research

Objective The success of neurostimulation depends partly on the amount of coverage of the neurostimulation-induced paresthesia of the painful area. This is often achieved by asking feedback from patients intraoperatively. If sedation…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Test-retest and interrater reliability of experimental within-subject variability of pain reports as assessed by the focused analgesia selection test.

Agostinho M, Shani A, Canaipa R et al. · 2024 · Pain reports

Introduction Within-subject variability (WSV) of pain intensity reports has been shown to predict the placebo response. The focused analgesia selection test (FAST), which allows to experimentally assess WSV of pain reports, has been used…

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Lumateperone monotherapy for major depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder: efficacy and safety in a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Correll CU, Durgam S, Kozauer SG et al. · 2026 · International clinical psychopharmacology

This Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluated the efficacy and safety of lumateperone to treat bipolar depression. Patients (18-75 years) with bipolar I or bipolar II disorder experiencing a major depressive…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

[Vaccination: What's new?]

Seybold U · 2018 · Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)

Vaccination practices in Germany are driven by scientific developments and a complex regulatory environment. Some important developments in 2018 are described here: Starting in 2018 only quadrivalent influenza vaccines will be used for the…

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'Puppy Dog Eyes' Are Associated With Eye Movements, Not Communication.

Bremhorst A, Mills DS, Stolzlechner L et al. · 2021 · Frontiers in psychology

The inner brow raiser is a muscle movement that increases the size of the orbital cavity, leading to the appearance of so-called 'puppy dog eyes'. In domestic dogs, this expression was suggested to be enhanced by artificial selection and…

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Addition of HIV self-test kits to partner notification services to increase HIV testing of male partners of pregnant women in Zambia: two parallel randomised trials.

Mutale W, Freeborn K, Graybill LA et al. · 2021 · The Lancet. Global health

Background Testing men for HIV during their partner's pregnancy can guide couples-based HIV prevention and treatment, but testing rates remain low. We investigated a combination approach, using evidence-based strategies, to increase HIV…

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Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

Targeting the SHIP1 Pathway Fails to Show Treatment Benefit in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Potentially Effective Therapies in This Enigmatic Syndrome.

Nickel JC, Moldwin R, Hanno P et al. · 2019 · The Journal of urology

Purpose In this 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicenter, 3-arm, parallel group, phase 3 trial we assessed the effects of a novel SHIP1 activator on bladder pain and urinary symptoms in patients with interstitial…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

An internet-based cognitive-behavioral self-management intervention for patients with hand osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia - Two randomized controlled trials.

Terpstra JA, van Beugen S, van der Vaart R et al. · 2026 · Internet interventions

Background Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases have a high burden. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a therapist-guided internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (iCBT) on pain coping and secondary physical, psychological, and…

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A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial: Effects of eHealth Interventions for Pain Control Among Adults With Cancer in Hospice.

Wilkie DJ, Yao Y, Ezenwa MO et al. · 2020 · Journal of pain and symptom management

Context Unrelieved cancer pain at the end of life interferes with achieving patient-centered goals. Objective To compare effects of usual hospice care and PAINRelieveIt® on pain outcomes in patients and their lay caregivers. Methods In a…

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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of oral doxycycline for epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

Thompson KP, Sykes J, Chandakkar P et al. · 2022 · Orphanet journal of rare diseases

Background Vascular malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) lead to chronic recurrent bleeding, hemorrhage, stroke, heart failure, and liver disease. There is great interest in identifying novel therapies for epistaxis…

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Accommodation, pattern glare, and coloured overlays.

Allen PM, Dedi S, Kumar D et al. · 2012 · Perception

We manipulated the accommodative response using positive and negative lenses to study any association between symptoms of pattern glare and accommodation. Two groups of eighteen young adults were selected from seventy-eight on the basis…

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Effect of acute kidney injury and overall survival in patients with postoperative head and neck cancer who received chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin: A supplementary analysis of the phase II/III trial of JCOG1008.

Imamura Y, Kiyota N, Tahara M et al. · 2024 · Cancer medicine

Background In a randomized phase II/III trial (JCOG1008), weekly cisplatin (40 mg/m 2 ) was non-inferior to 3-weekly cisplatin (100 mg/m 2 ) for postoperative high-risk head and neck cancer. We investigated how acute kidney injury (AKI), a…

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No association between chronotype and cardiovascular response to a cognitive challenge in the morning using a Bayesian approach.

Wüst LN, Cajochen C, Lasauskaite R · 2025 · Neurobiology of sleep and circadian rhythms

A chronotype is defined as a preference for certain behaviours (e.g., sleep and wake) to occur at specific times of day. It is therefore also temporally linked with cognitive performance across the day. In an exploratory analysis, we…

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Effect of different doses of gadolinium contrast agent on clinical outcomes in MS.

Ackermans N, Taylor C, Tam R et al. · 2019 · Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

Objective The objective of this paper is to evaluate potential dose-dependent adverse effects of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) on MS progression. Methods Outcomes from a cohort of 612 secondary progressive MS (SPMS) patients,…

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Making Sense of a Negative Clinical Trial Result: A Bayesian Analysis of a Clinical Trial of Lorazepam and Diazepam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus.

Chamberlain DB, Chamberlain JM · 2017 · Annals of emergency medicine

Study objective We demonstrate the application of a Bayesian approach to a recent negative clinical trial result. A Bayesian analysis of such a trial can provide a more useful interpretation of results and can incorporate previous…

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Fluorescence-Guided Laparoscopy after Oral Hypericin Administration for Staging of Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer-A Pilot Study.

Yurttas C, Horvath P, Fischer I et al. · 2024 · Journal of clinical medicine

(1) Background: Laparoscopic staging is essential in gastric cancer (GC) to rule out peritoneal metastasis (PM). Hypericin, a plant-derived fluorescent compound, has been suggested to improve laparoscopic visualization of PM from GC. This…

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Efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological and non-biological pharmacological treatment: a systematic literature review informing the 2016 update of the ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis.

Regel A, Sepriano A, Baraliakos X et al. · 2017 · RMD open

To assess the efficacy and safety of non-biological therapies in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to inform the update of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)/European League Against Rheumatism…

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Nutritional Supplements for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain.

Abdelrahman KM, Hackshaw KV · 2021 · Biomedicines

Neuropathic pain affects 7-10% of the population and is often ineffectively and incompletely treated. Although the gold standard for treatment of neuropathic pain includes tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake…

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Longitudinal course of neurofilament light chain levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-insights from a completed randomized controlled trial with rasagiline.

Witzel S, Statland JM, Steinacker P et al. · 2024 · European journal of neurology

Background and purpose Rasagiline might be disease modifying in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim was to evaluate the effect of rasagiline 2 mg/day on neurofilament light chain (NfL), a prognostic biomarker in ALS.…

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