Metformin versus insulin in gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review by Giovanna Noronha Berti, Igor Gutschov Oviedo Garcia, João Pedro Ruas Floriano de Toledo, Júlia Rodrigues Tatemoto, Lais Watanabe Marino, Mariana de Medeiros Legori, Sérgio Floriano de Toledo

“…Data sources: This article consists of a systematic review of randomized clinical trials. The searches were carried out on MEDLINE including 7 studies, between 2010 to 2021. …”
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Resurgence of blackwater fever among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol by Julian Abeso, Francis Okello, Peter Olupot-Olupot, George Paasi, Carolyne Ndila, Florence Alaroker, Glorias Asiimwe

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Omeprazole: Inhibiting the Final Common Pathway to Acid Secretion - The Acid Pump by A.B.R. Thomson

“…Omeprnzole has been shown in clinical trials to be the first consistently effective treatment of erosive/ulcerative reflux esophagitis. …”
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi

“…This review examines the limited number of clinical trials published, to date that have deployed this therapy and explores clinical trials in progress for the treatment of COVID-19.…”
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Mohamed, Moubarak, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Helal F., Hetta, Hazem M., Shaheen, Abdur, Rauf, Hayder M., Al-kuraishy, Safaa, Qusti, Eida M., Alshammari, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ritah, Kenganzi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Juma John, Ochieng, Lawrence Obado, Osuwat, Kevin, Matama, Ali I., Al-Gareeb, Emmanuel, Kairania, Monica, Musenero, Susan, Christina Welburn, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha

“…This review examines the limited number of clinical trials published, to date that have deployed this therapy and explores clinical trials in progress for the treatment of COVID-19…”
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Phospholipid derived mediators and glomerulonephritis by E. N. Wardle

“…A case can be made for clinical trials of PAF, leukotriene and thromboxane antagonists. …”
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Translational Science in Vascular Aging: From Bench to Bedside—Insights from a VascAgeNet Roundtable by Elisabetta Bianchini, Lynn Roth, Pierre Boutouyrie, Smriti Badhwar, Achim Schwarz, Vincenzo Gemignani, Rosa Maria Bruno, Bernhard Hametner, Chloe Park, Giacomo Pucci, Ioana Mozos, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Rachel E. Climie, Andrea Guala, Jordi Alastruey, Christopher C. Mayer

“…Pragmatic and registry-based clinical trials offer viable alternatives to traditional randomized controlled trials, facilitating real-world applicability. …”
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Impairment of cocaine-mediated behaviours in mice by clinically relevant Ras-ERK inhibitors by Alessandro Papale, Ilaria Maria Morella, Marzia Tina Indrigo, Rick Eugene Bernardi, Livia Marrone, Francesca Marchisella, Andrea Brancale, Rainer Spanagel, Riccardo Brambilla, Stefania Fasano

“…Furthermore, a screening of small therapeutics currently in clinical trials for cancer therapy revealed PD325901 as a brain-penetrating drug that blocks ERK signalling in the nanomolar range. …”
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Research Progress on the GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Coagonist Tirzepatide, a Rising Star in Type 2 Diabetes by Zijun Ma, Kaiqin Jin, Mengmeng Yue, Xin Chen, Jun Chen

“…Its hypoglycaemic and weight loss effects have been demonstrated in several large clinical trials, and there is also evidence that it has great potential for cardiovascular protection. …”
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Mechanisms of Inflammation in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy: From Bench to Bedside by Stavros N. Moysidis, Aristomenis Thanos, Demetrios G. Vavvas

“…Here we review inflammatory and other mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of PVR, we highlight important clinical trials, and we discuss how findings at the bench have the potential to be translated to the bedside.…”
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Effects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: the need for rigor by Joshua D. Grill, Daniel Gillen

“…Abstract We consider the recent publication by Ornish and colleagues and the rigor expected for interventional clinical trials. We contend that lifestyle intervention trials should strive for the same rigor as drug trials and highlight opportunities to improve rigor in this example, particularly in design, data analysis, and publication of results for this and other lifestyle intervention studies.…”
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A Systematic Overview of the Measurement Properties of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire by Yves Lacasse, Eric Wong, Gordon Guyatt

“…The authors examined the measurement properties of a disease-specific HRQL questionnaire, the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ), when used by independent investigators in clinical trials and observational studies.…”
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Neuroprotection as a Therapeutic Target for Diabetic Retinopathy by Cristina Hernández, Massimo Dal Monte, Rafael Simó, Giovanni Casini

“…Of central importance for clinical trials is the detection of retinal neurodegeneration in the clinical setting, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography seems the most indicated technique. …”
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Pharmacotherapeutic Options for Managing Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Giulia Di Stefano, Andrea Di Lionardo, Giuseppe Di Pietro, Giorgio Cruccu, Andrea Truini

“…We searched for relevant papers within PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Clinical Trials database (ClinicalTrials.gov). Two authors independently selected studies for inclusion, data extraction, and bias assessment. …”
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A Review on the Application of PD-1 Blockade in EBV-Associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Immunotherapy by Jin Bian, Yan Niu, Yanli Ma, Fuhua Chen, Ning Ma

“…Immune checkpoint blockade therapy targeting the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L 1) receptors have shown efficacy in early phase I clinical trials, with ongoing phase III clinical trials. …”
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Validation of a multiplexed immunoassay for immunological analysis of pre erythrocytic malaria vaccines by L. K. Stockdale, S. Provstgaard-Morys, D. Bellamy, D. Woods, K. Rapi, A. Bajer, B. Hollingdale, O. Muñoz, S. Malik, A. V. S. Hill, K. J. Ewer

“…Abstract The primary immunological readout for clinical trials of R21/MatrixM™ malaria vaccine, is total IgG antibody specific to the central four amino acid NANP repeat region of the circumsporozoite protein. …”
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Human Brain Organoid: A Versatile Tool for Modeling Neurodegeneration Diseases and for Drug Screening by Cuili Ma, Hwanwook Seong, Xiaowei Li, Xiao Yu, Shunliang Xu, Yujing Li

“…Clinical trials serve as the fundamental prerequisite for clinical therapy of human disease, which is primarily based on biomedical studies in animal models. …”
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DEPEND study protocol: early detection of patients with pancreatic cancer – a pilot study to evaluate the utility of faecal elastase-1 and 13C-mixed triglyceride breath test as scr... by Christopher D Byrne, Sam Wilding, Paul Remi Afolabi, Declan McDonnell, Victoria Goss, Jocelyn Walters, Zaed Z Hamady

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Evaluation of the Content Validity of the COVID-19 Symptoms Daily Diary by Dine J, Guan Y, Milien M, Ervin C, Byrne DD, Brown ML, De Anda C, Norquist JM

“…This rigorous evaluation (aligned with regulatory guidance) indicates that the CSDD is fit for the purpose of supporting efficacy endpoints in planned clinical trials evaluating medications for COVID-19 treatment.Keywords: patient-reported outcome measures, COVID-19, qualitative, symptom burden…”
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The effects of ultra-selective beta1-antagonism on the metabolic and cytokine profile in septic shock patients receiving noradrenaline: a sub-investigation from the STRESS-L Random... by Jarrod L. Thomas, Kirsty C. McGee, Anower Hossain, Gavin D. Perkins, Anthony C. Gordon, Duncan Young, Danny McAuley, Mervyn Singer, Ranjit Lall, Tina Kramaric, Janet M. Lord, Tony Whitehouse, Luis A. J. Mur, for the STRESS-L. collaborators

“…Trial Registration: EU Clinical Trials Register Eudra CT: 2017-001785-14 ( https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/trial/2017-001785-14/GB ); ISRCTN registry Identifier: ISRCTN12600919 ( https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN12600919 ).…”
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