Faster Onset of Bronchodilation with Formoterol than with Salmeterol in Patients with Stable, Moderate-Severe Copd: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study by John Kottakis, Giovanni Della Cioppa, Jacques Creemers, Louis Greefhorst, Violette Leclerc, Riccardo Pistelli, Tim Overend, Denise Till, Günter Rapatz, Vincent LeGros, Demosthenes Bouros, Nikolaos Siafakas

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Effects of Ciprofol and Propofol General Anesthesia on Postoperative Recovery Quality in Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Shi S, Wu J, Wu Y, Han X, Dai H, Chen X, Sun Z, Wang F

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Improved Analgesic Effect of Paravertebral Blocks before and after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial by Lihua Chu, Xiaolin Zhang, Yaping Lu, Guohao Xie, Shengwen Song, Xiangming Fang, Baoli Cheng

“…In this prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial, 44 patients undergoing VATS were enrolled, and they received patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) with sufentanil plus preoperative PVB (Group A, n = 15) or postoperative PVB (Group B, n = 15), or combination of preoperative and postoperative PVB (Group C, n = 14). …”
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Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study Comparing 0.0003% Calcitriol with 0.1% Tacrolimus Ointments for the Treatment of Endemic Pityriasis Alba by Berenice Moreno-Cruz, Bertha Torres-Álvarez, Diana Hernández-Blanco, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cazares

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Intra-Articular Injection of Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial by Bong-Woo Lee, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Joon-Yong Jung, Ji Hyeon Ju

“…To assess the impact of a single intra-articular (IA) injection of bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted. The study included 24 patients with knee OA who were randomly assigned to receive either a single IA injection of BM-MSCs or normal saline. …”
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Evaluation of Faecal Microbiota Following Probiotics in Infants of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Trial: Protocol for Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial by Gayatri Athalye-Jape, Chandra Prakash Rath, Harshad Panchal, Archita Mishra, Dorothy Graham, Sanjay Patole

“…To best of our knowledge, no study has evaluated the effects of probiotics on gut dysbiosis in the infants of mothers with GDM. (2) Methods: This study will be a single-centre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial enrolling sixty neonates born after 35 weeks of gestation to mothers with GDM. …”
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Weizmannia coagulans BC99 modulate gut microbiota after Helicobacter pylori eradication: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Ying Wu, Shirui Zhai, Caie Wang, Zhouya Bai, Pingping Tian, Shanshan Tie, Yao Wang, Yingjian Zhang, Lina Zhao, Shaobin Gu

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The effect of the fenugreek hydrolyzed protein on lipid profile in patients with mild-to-moderate hypercholesterolemia: A confirmatory triple-blind randomized-controlled clinical trial by Mahdi Badiee Gavarti, Ali Askari, Hamidreza Roohafza, Mozhde Askari, Zahra Teimouri Jervekani, Shima Kaveh, Mohammad Kermanialghoraishi, Alireza Sadeghimahoonak, Masoumeh Sadeghi

“…Methods: This study is a confirmatory, triple-blind, two-group parallel, randomized controlled trial, phase 3 conducted on patients aged 18–65 years with mild-to-moderate hypercholesterolemia and low risk for cardiovascular disease. …”
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Reduction of Pain Thresholds in Fibromyalgia after Very Low-Intensity Magnetic Stimulation: A Double-Blinded, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial by Ceferino Maestú, Manuel Blanco, Angel Nevado, Julia Romero, Patricia Rodríguez-Rubio, Javier Galindo, Juan Bautista Lorite, Francisco de las Morenas, Pedro Fernández-Argüelles

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Crystal structure modulating performances for 213-nm GeO2 solar-blind photodetectors via DC reactive magnetron sputtering method by Chengming Wei, Jiabao Liu, Xinru Lan, Cheng Yang, Shuiping Huang, Dongdong Meng, Zhengwei Chen, Hongguang Duan, Xu Wang

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“The effect of intramuscular dexmedetomidine versus oral gabapentin premedication on the emergence agitation after rhinoplasty”. A prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial by Tamer Samir Abdelsalam Abdelaziz, Hatem Elsayed Mohammed Elsayed, Doaa Mohammed Kamal Eldin, Ismail Mohammed Ibrahim

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The Effect of Intravenous Metoclopramide on Pain, Nausea, Discomfort, and Ease of Insertion of Nasogastric Tube in Emergency Department: A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad, Farzad Bozorgi, Asieh Khodami, Hamed Aminiahidashti, Mohammad Hajizade Juybari

“…Methods: In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 80 patients referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran Province, Iran were enrolled. …”
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Armodafinil versus Modafinil in Patients of Excessive Sleepiness Associated with Shift Work Sleep Disorder: A Randomized Double Blind Multicentric Clinical Trial by D. V. Tembe, A. Dhavale, H. Desai, D. N. Mane, S. K. Raut, G. Dhingra, U. Sardesai, S. Saoji, M. Rohra, V. G. Shinde, M. Padsalge, A. Paliwal, K. Abbasi, P. Devnani, S. Papinwar, S. Phadke, H. Mehta, V. Bhailume

“…This was a 12-week, randomized, comparative, double-blind, multicentric, parallel-group study in 211 patients of SWSD, receiving armodafinil (150 mg) or modafinil (200 mg) one hour prior to the night shift. …”
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Home-based strength and balance exercises for fall prevention among older individuals of advanced age: a randomized controlled single-blind study by Jian Zhou, Bo Liu, Jian-fang Xu, Fu-bai-hui Wang, Hui Ye, Jin-Ping Duan, Xin-wen Cui

“…Objective This research was to explore the effectiveness, safety, and adherence of home-based strength and balance exercises for fall prevention among the self-reliant individuals of advanced age and analyzed the beneficial components.Method This randomized controlled single-blind study included 124 individuals aged 80 years and over(mean age 84.4±3.2 years). …”
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Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Ajebew Bantihun, Kedir Abdela Gonete, Azeb Atnafu Getie, Asmamaw Atnafu

“…Background. Night blindness (XN) is a condition in which a person cannot see in dim light and is the earliest clinical manifestation of vitamin A deficiency. …”
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Reading and (not) seeing? by Sandra Saayman

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So what are we really talking about? A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Keywords and Collocations in the »Theologische Quartalsschrift« by Matthias Werner

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Durvalumab and tremelimumab in patients with advanced rare cancer: a multi-centre, non-blinded, open-label phase II basket trialResearch in context by Abha A. Gupta, Anna Tinker, Derek Jonker, Rahma Jamal, Hal Hirte, Eric W. Winquist, Quincy Chu, Christian Kollmannsberger, Ralph Wong, Thierry Alcindor, Torsten O. Nielsen, Ming Tsao, Tricia R. Cottrell, Diane Provencher, John Hilton, Monika K. Krzyżanowska, Christine Elser, Sebastien Hotte, Joana Sederias, Siwei Zhang, Wei Tu, Janet Dancey

“…Methods: We designed a multi-centre, non-blinded, open-label phase II basket trial with each of the following 8 rare cancers considered a separate phase II trial: salivary carcinoma, carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) with tumour infiltrating lymphocytes and/or expressing PD-L1, mucosal melanoma, acral melanoma, osteosarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCCO) or squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA). …”
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A multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing LY01011, a biosimilar, with denosumab (Xgeva®) in patients with bone metastasis from solid tumors by Mingchuan Zhao, Xichun Hu, Pengpeng Zhuang, Aiping Zeng, Yan Yu, Zhendong Chen, Hongmei Sun, Weihua Yang, Lili Sheng, Peijian Peng, Jingfen Wang, Tienan Yi, Minghong Bi, Huaqiu Shi, Mingli Ni, Xiumei Dai, Changlu Hu, Hongjie Xu, Dongqing Lv, Qingshan Li, Kaijian Lei, Xia Yuan, Ou Jiang, Xicheng Wang, Baihui Hu, Zhe Hou, Zhaoping Su, Song Zheng, Ming Zhou, Changlin Dou

“…Materials and methods: Eligible patients with BM from solid tumors were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive 120 mg of LY01011 or 120 mg of denosumab subcutaneously every four weeks during a 12-week double-blind treatment period, and then all enrolled patients continued to receive LY01011 until week 53. …”
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Effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) extract on lipid profile, glucose levels and its safety in adults: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. by Dimuthu Muthukuda, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Saumiyah Ajanthan, Namal Wijesinghe, Anuradha Dahanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>This was a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Participants were allocated to either C. zeylanicum extract or placebo group (1:1 allocation ratio). …”
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