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Quantitative Analysis of Serial Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Men with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with Enzalutamide.

Gandhy SU, Karzai FH, Bilusic M et al. · 2024 · European urology oncology

Background The emergence of positron emission tomography (PET) in prostate cancer is impacting clinical practice, but little is known about PET imaging as a tool to determine treatment failure in metastatic castration-resistant prostate…

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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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Determining the Effectiveness of Fibrin Sealants in Reducing Complications in Patients Undergoing Lateral Neck Dissection (DEFeND): A Randomised External Pilot Trial.

Bajwa MS, Jackson R, Dhanda J et al. · 2023 · Cancers

Objectives High-quality randomised controlled trials (RCT) to support the use of Fibrin Sealants (FS) in neck dissection (ND) are lacking. The DEFeND trial assessed critical pilot/feasibility questions and signals from clinical outcomes to…

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Odds and ends in psychopharmacology from the past 10 years.

Howland RH · 2015 · Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services

Seven topics previously described in this column are revisited. The use of quantitative electroencephalography has been shown in a prospective study to be effective for predicting antidepressant treatment response. A novel antidepressant…

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Feasibility of two levels of protein intake in patients with colorectal cancer: findings from the Protein Recommendation to Increase Muscle (PRIMe) randomized controlled pilot trial.

Ford KL, Sawyer MB, Ghosh S et al. · 2024 · ESMO open

Background Low muscle mass (MM) predicts unfavorable outcomes in cancer. Protein intake supports muscle health, but oncologic recommendations are not well characterized. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of…

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Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 4 (mGlu4) Positive Allosteric Modulators Lack Efficacy in Rat and Marmoset Models of L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia.

Finlay CJ, Jackson MJ, Fisher R et al. · 2024 · Journal of Parkinson's disease

Background Increased activity across corticostriatal glutamatergic synapses may contribute to L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease. Given the weak efficacy and side-effect profile of amantadine, alternative strategies to reduce…

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The effect of negative randomized trials and surgeon volume on the rates of arthroscopy for patients with knee OA.

Ghomrawi HMK, Marx RG, Pan TJ et al. · 2018 · Contemporary clinical trials communications

Publication of 2 (negative) randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in 2002 and 2008 demonstrating inefficacy of arthroscopic debridement of the knee (ADK) for osteoarthritis, and a 2004 national non-coverage Medicare determination, have…

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Efficacy of Wharton Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells infusions in moderate to severe SARS-Cov-2 related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a phase 2a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Pochon C, Laroye C, Kimmoun A et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in medicine

Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with a high in-hospital mortality, especially in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Wharton Jelly-derived Mesenchymal Stromal…

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Exhaled-Breath Testing Using an Electronic Nose during Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: An Experimental Pilot Study.

Goudman L, Jansen J, Vets N et al. · 2021 · Journal of clinical medicine

The increased awareness of discrepancies between self-reporting outcome measurements and objective outcome measurements within the field of neuromodulation has accelerated the search towards more objective measurements. The aim of this…

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Radiation Therapy for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas: A Strass-Ful Situation.

Farooqi AS, Guadagnolo BA, Mitra D et al. · 2023 · Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)

Locoregional recurrence (LRR) is the predominant pattern of relapse and often the cause of death in patients with retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS). As a result, reducing LRR is a critical objective for RPS patients. However, unlike soft…

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Pembrolizumab Plus Docetaxel Versus Docetaxel for Previously Treated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III KEYNOTE-921 Trial.

Petrylak DP, Ratta R, Matsubara N et al. · 2025 · Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Purpose The standard of care for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) after second-generation androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (ARPI) therapy is still docetaxel. The randomized, double-blind, phase III KEYNOTE-921…

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Do commercial nitrogen-fixing and biostimulant inputs add agronomic value over standard fertilization? An equivalence-based re-analysis of three randomized field trials in the Brazilian Cerrado

Horita V, Yuan L · 2026 · Preprint

Commercial inoculants based on associative diazotrophs and methylotrophic bacteria, and bios-timulant programs, are marketed for broad use in cereal and fiber production, yet most field deployment occurs over already adequate mineral…

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