Two Transcutaneous Stimulation Techniques in Shoulder Pain: Transcutaneous Pulsed Radiofrequency (TPRF) versus Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): A Comparative Pil... by Mu-Lien Lin, Hung-Wei Chiu, Zao-Ming Shih, Po-Ying Lee, Pei-Zhi Li, Chin-Hong Guo, Yuan-Jie Luo, Shen-Chieh Lin, Kwan-Yu Lin, Yu-Ming Hsu, Angela Pang, Weiwu Pang

“…A prospective, randomized, and double-blind clinical trial. Setting. Academic pain service of a city hospital. …”
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Evaluation of intranasal TLR2/6 agonist INNA-051: safety, tolerability and proof of pharmacology by Francesca A. Mercuri, Scott White, Hayley A. McQuilten, Charlotte Lemech, Stephan Mynhardt, Rana Hari, Ping Zhang, Nicole Kruger, Grant McLachlan, Bruce E. Miller, Nicholas P. West, Ruth Tal-Singer, Christophe Demaison

“…Methods Two randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials were conducted in healthy adult participants. …”
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WALLABY Pilot Survey: Star Formation Enhancement and Suppression in Gas-rich Galaxy Pairs by Qifeng Huang, Jing Wang, Xuchen Lin, Se-Heon Oh, Xinkai Chen, B. Catinella, N. Deg, H. Dénes, B. -Q. For, B. S. Koribalski, K. Lee-Waddell, J. Rhee, A. X. Shen, Li Shao, K. Spekkens, L. Staveley-Smith, T. Westmeier, O. I. Wong, A. Bosma

“…Here, we investigate the SFR enhancement of gas-rich galaxy pairs detected by the Widefield ASKAP L -band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY. We construct a sample of 278 paired galaxies spanning a stellar mass ( M _* ) range from 10 ^7.6 to 10 ^11.2 M _⊙ . …”
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Twelve-month follow-up of a controlled trial of a brief behavioural intervention to reduce psychological distress in young adolescent Syrian refugees by Richard A. Bryant, Rand Habashneh, Maha Ghatasheh, Aiysha Malik, Ibrahim Said Aqel, Katie S. Dawson, Sarah Watts, Mark J. D. Jordans, Felicity L. Brown, Mark van Ommeren, Aemal Akhtar

“…Methods In this single-blind, parallel, controlled trial, Syrian refugees aged 10-14 years in Jordan who screened positive for psychological distress were randomised to receive either EASE or enhanced usual care (EUC). …”
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Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Parkinson’s Disease by Sheng Zhuang, Fu-Yu Wang, Xin Gu, Jia-Jing Wu, Cheng-Jie Mao, Hao Gui, Jing Chen, Chun-Feng Liu

“…We conducted a randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled parallel trial to compare the effect of 10 consecutive daily sessions of 1 Hz rTMS over right DLPFC on individuals with idiopathic PD between active and sham rTMS group. …”
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Probiotic Amelioration of Azotemia in 5/6th Nephrectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats by Natarajan Ranganathan, Beena Patel, Pari Ranganathan, Joseph Marczely, Rahul Dheer, Tushar Chordia, Stephen R. Dunn, Eli A. Friedman

“…Herein we describe a prospective, blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study, using 5/6th nephrectomized Sprague Dawley rat as a chronic renal failure model. …”
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Longer-term safety and efficacy of baricitinib for atopic dermatitis in pediatric patients 2 to <18 years old: a randomized clinical trial of extended treatment to 3.6 years by Andreas Wollenberg, Masanori Ikeda, Chia-Yu Chu, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Marieke M. B. Seyger, Apurva Prakash, Robinette Angle, Danting Zhu, Marco Pontes, Amy S. Paller

“…Background Baricitinib, an oral selective Janus kinase inhibitor, improved clinical signs and symptoms of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) at week 16 in the phase 3 pediatric study BREEZE-AD-PEDS.Objective To assess longer-term efficacy and safety of baricitinib in pediatric patients aged 2 to <18 years.Methods In BREEZE-AD-PEDS long-term extension, responders and partial responders (validated Investigator Global Assessment-Atopic Dermatitis [vIGA-AD®] 0/1/2) at Week 16 remained on double-blind treatment to which they were randomized (placebo, baricitinib [1-mg equivalent, 2-mg equivalent, or 4-mg equivalent); non-responders (vIGA-AD 3 or 4) at Week 16 transitioned to open-label baricitinib 4-mg equivalent. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Vitagnus, Soy, and Vitagnus-soy Capsules on Premenstrual Syndrome in University Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Roya Partovi Golshan, Maryam Moradi, Hasan Rakhshandeh, Vahid Ghavami, Seyed Mostafa Moshirian Farahi

“…This study aimed to compare the effects of the Vitagnus, soy, and Vitagnus-soy combination on PMS in students.Methods: This triple-blind, three-arm clinical trial was conducted on 108 students with PMS living in the dormitory of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences from September 2022 to October 2023. …”
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A legume-enriched diet improves metabolic health in prediabetes mediated through gut microbiome: a randomized controlled trial by Xiaorong Wu, Alvin Surya Tjahyo, Vera Sergeyevna Brok Volchanskaya, Long Hui Wong, Xianning Lai, Yi Ning Yong, Farhana Osman, Shia Lyn Tay, Priya Govindharajulu, Shalini Ponnalagu, Rachel Tso, Hwee Sze Teo, Kaijie Khoo, Huan Fan, Chew Chan Goh, Clara Poh Lian Yap, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Sumanto Haldar, Kevin Junliang Lim

“…The study was a 16-week, single-blind, parallel-design, randomized controlled trial (n = 63 intervention group (IG), n = 64 control group (CG); mean ± SD age 62.2 ± 6.3 years, BMI 23.8 ± 2.6 kg/m2). …”
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Safety and Phosphate‐Binding Capacity of Oxylanthanum Carbonate in Healthy Volunteers by Pablo E. Pergola, Melanie S. Joy, Armando Garsd, Steve J. Hasal, Atul Khare, Guru Reddy, Pramod Gupta, William F. Finn

“…It is formulated as small tablets that can be easily swallowed. In a double‐blind dose‐escalation phase 1 study, healthy volunteers (n = 32) were randomly divided into four treatment arms and randomly assigned to receive oxylanthanum carbonate tablets or a placebo over a period of 4 days to evaluate safety, urinary and fecal excretion of phosphorus, and pharmacokinetics. …”
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Effects of Blink Rate on Tear Film Optical Quality Dynamics with Different Soft Contact Lenses by María García-Montero, Laura Rico-del-Viejo, Irene Martínez-Alberquilla, Jose Luis Hernández-Verdejo, Amalia Lorente-Velázquez, David Madrid-Costa

“…A prospective randomized, double-blind, cross-over pilot study including four SHCLs (A: lotrafilcon B (Air Optix plus HydraGlyde, Alcon Laboratories); B: samfilcon A (Ultra, Bausch & Lomb); C: comfilcon A (Biofinity, CooperVision); and D: filcom V3 (Blu:gen, Mark’Ennovy)). …”
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Assessing patient risk, benefit and outcomes in drug development: an observational study of regorafenib clinical trials by Matt Vassar, Vinay Prasad, Ryan McIntire, Alyson Haslam, Brody Dennis, Chance Bratten, Griffin K Hughes, Andriana M Peña, Chase Ladd, Brooke Gardner, William Nowlin, Reagan Livingston, Jordan Tuia

“…Most studies (44 of 56; 78.75%) were non-blinded, and a majority were non-randomised (41 of 56; 73.21%). …”
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A brief alcohol intervention during smoking cessation treatment in daily cigarette smokers: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Tin Shun Titan Mak, Tzu Tsun Luk, Kam-wing Joe Ching, Nga-ting Grace Wong, Ching Han Helen Chan, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam

“…In this two-arm, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial, we randomized 100 daily smokers (82.0% male, mean age = 43.7 years) with past-year alcohol use in smoking cessation clinics. …”
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Auricular acupressure for minimizing adverse reactions to colonoscopic bowel preparation in hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial by Jiahui Zhang, Chang Liu, Guodong Ruan, Haiyan Zhang, Beiping Zhang, Xuejun Hu, Cailing Zhong

“…Methods: This was a prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial implemented at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. …”
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Submental liposuction for the management of lymphedema following head and neck cancer treatment: a randomized controlled trial by Uthman Alamoudi, Benjamin Taylor, Colin MacKay, Matthew H. Rigby, Robert Hart, Jonathan R. B. Trites, S. Mark Taylor

“…Study design was a non-blinded randomized controlled trial. Twenty patients were randomized into a treatment arm (underwent submental liposuction n = 10) and control arm (n = 10). …”
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Priming and task‐specific training for arm weakness post stroke: A randomized controlled trial by Erin C. King, Jacob M. Schauer, Shyam Prabhakaran, Alexandra Wax, Sebastian Urday, Sangeetha Madhavan, Daniel M. Corcos, Mary Ellen Stoykov

“…Methods In this single‐blind, randomized controlled trial, 76 adults with moderate to severe upper limb hemiparesis ≥6 months post‐stroke were stratified by baseline impairment and randomized to receive either BUMP or CP prior to receiving the same TST protocol. …”
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High-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation for chronic low back pain: protocol for a pilot, safety and feasibility randomised placebo-controlled trial by Ramakrishnan Mani, Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, John N J Reynolds

“…This pilot study aims to (1) evaluate feasibility, safety and acceptability of a novel neuromodulation technique, high-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation (HD-tIPNS), in people with CLBP, (2) explore the trend of effect of HD-tIPNS on pain and function, and (3) derive treatment estimates to support sample size calculation for a fully powered trial should trends of effectiveness be present.Methods and analysis A pilot, triple-blinded randomised two-arm placebo-controlled parallel trial. …”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Due to the lack of an effective postoperative follow-up system, the incidence of POCD in China is not clear, and although many drugs have been proposed to improve POCD in the animal study, their clinical applications are limited, while VR provides an innovative method to provide non-pharmacological management.Methods and design This is a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial. In this study, 600 patients over 55 years old undergoing laparoscopic surgery will be recruited. …”
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Enhancing Reliability in Infrastructure-Based Collective Perception: A Dual-Channel Hybrid Delivery Approach With Real-Time Monitoring by Yu Asabe, Ehsan Javanmardi, Jin Nakazato, Manabu Tsukada, Hiroshi Esaki

“…Standalone autonomous vehicles primarily rely on their onboard sensors and may have blind spots or limited situational awareness in complex or dynamic traffic scenarios, leading to difficulties in making safe decisions. …”
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3D modeling to predict vascular involvement in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Sguinzi R, Vidal J, Poroes F, Bartolucci DA, Litchinko A, Gossin E, Fingerhut A, Toso C, Buhler L, Egger B

“…Two radiologists specialized in pancreatic imaging and two pancreatic surgeons blindly and independently analyzed the pre-operative CT scans and 3D models using a defined checklist. …”
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