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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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On the Negative Result Experiments in Quantum Mechanics.

Konishi K · 2024 · Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)

We comment on the so-called negative result experiments (also known as null measurements, interaction-free measurements, and so on) in quantum mechanics (QM), in the light of the new general understanding of the quantum-measurement…

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Clinical Performance of the CTGCTV2 Assay for the BD COR System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae From Extragenital Specimens.

Van Der Pol B, Ippolito J, Gao R et al. · 2026 · Sexually transmitted diseases

Background Extragenital (oropharyngeal and anorectal) Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (or gonococci [GC]) infections are underdiagnosed. Here we report sensitivity and specificity estimates that were obtained from the…

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Interpretation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Nasal Allergy Test.

Džafić F, Ahmetović A, Čoloman N et al. · 2026 · International archives of allergy and immunology

Introduction Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a prevalent health concern. In Europe, 20-40% of the population is affected. Diagnostic methods include skin tests, measurement of serum immunoglobulin E (IgE), nasal smear for eosinophils, and…

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Baclofen as add-on to standard psychosocial treatment for alcohol dependence: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 1 year follow-up.

Ponizovsky AM, Rosca P, Aronovich E et al. · 2015 · Journal of substance abuse treatment

Background Limited clinical trials and case-reports yielded conflicting results regarding the efficacy of baclofen (a GABAB agonist) in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy and tolerability of…

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Neurophysiological Changes Associated with Antidepressant Response to Ketamine Not Observed in a Negative Trial of Scopolamine in Major Depressive Disorder.

Park L, Furey M, Nugent AC et al. · 2019 · The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology

Background This randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial examined the antidepressant efficacy of the muscarinic antagonist scopolamine in major depressive disorder subjects with more severe and refractory forms of major depressive…

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The Functional Visual Field(s) in simple visual search.

Wu CC, Wolfe JM · 2022 · Vision research

During a visual search for a target among distractors, observers do not fixate every location in the search array. Rather processing is thought to occur within a Functional Visual Field (FVF) surrounding each fixation. We argue that there…

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Oral cannabidiol (CBD) as add-on to paracetamol for painful chronic osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Pramhas S, Thalhammer T, Terner S et al. · 2023 · The Lancet regional health. Europe

Background Painful knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is common, pharmacological treatment, however, is often hampered by limited tolerability. Cannabidiol, which preclinically showed anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity, could supplement…

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Effect of High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy on Bone Mineralization in Offspring Until Age 6 Years: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial.

Brustad N, Garland J, Thorsen J et al. · 2020 · JAMA pediatrics

Importance Studies suggest an association between maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and offspring anthropometry and bone mineralization, but investigations are few and with mixed results. Objective To investigate the effect of a…

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Cholesterol efflux capacity of high-density lipoprotein was not associated with cognitive decline and brain structures in older people with diabetes mellitus.

Wu Y, Tan KC, Shiu SW et al. · 2022 · Journal of diabetes investigation

Aims/introduction To examine the association between cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) of serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and cognitive function and brain structures in older people with diabetes mellitus. Materials and methods…

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Three ways to find a fluke: Evaluating diagnostic methods for Fasciola hepatica surveillance in Swedish sheep.

Felländer M, Grandi G, Juremalm M et al. · 2026 · Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports

Infections with Fasciola hepatica are most prevalent in south-western Sweden, but climate change may facilitate further spread, as both the parasite and its snail host thrive in humid, mild conditions. Sheep are particularly susceptible,…

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[The challenge of delabeling antibiotic allergy in Colombian children: do parents trust the negative result of the drug provocation test with the implicated antibiotic?]

Rincón-González AM, Galeano-Tamayo DC, Zuluaga LSD · 2025 · Revista alergia Mexico (Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico : 1993)

Objective To explore the factors associated with the use of the antibiotic implicated in an adverse reaction following a negative challenge test in pediatric patients in a clinical allergology service of a health institution in Medellin.…

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Cervical length and fetal fibronectin for the identification of true spontaneous onset of labor.

Warintaksa P, Youkhong C, Trikasemmart M et al. · 2026 · The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Introduction True labor is characterized by regular uterine contractions and cervical changes. However, the precise diagnosis of the "onset" of true labor is challenging, as the examination of cervical changes requires multiple timepoints,…

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