The Effects of Body Acupuncture on Obesity: Anthropometric Parameters, Lipid Profile, and Inflammatory and Immunologic Markers by Hamid Abdi, Baixiao Zhao, Mahsa Darbandi, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Shima Tavallaie, Amir Ali Rahsepar, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh, Mohammad Safariyan, Mohsen Nemati, Maryam Mohammadi, Parisa Abbasi-Parizad, Sara Darbandi, Saeed Akhlaghi, Gordon A. A. Ferns

“…A randomized controlled clinical trial in 196 obese subjects was performed to examine the effectiveness of body acupuncture on body weight loss, lipid profile and immunogenic and inflammatory markers. …”
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Percutaneous thoracostomy with thoracic lavage for traumatic hemothorax: a performance improvement initiative by Michael A Vella, Ryan Peter Dumas, Jeremy W Cannon, Ali Ali, Jay Yelon, Carl A Beyer, Martha M Brinson, Nathaniel McLauchlan, Sarah M Joergensen

“…Seven patients were discharged home in stable condition, one was discharged to an acute rehabilitation facility, and one was discharged to a skilled nursing facility.Conclusions Percutaneous thoracostomy with pleural lavage is clinically feasible and effective and warrants further evaluation with a multicenter clinical trial.Level of evidence Therapeutic/care management, level V.…”
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A Full GMP Process to Select and Amplify Epitope-Specific T Lymphocytes for Adoptive Immunotherapy of Metastatic Melanoma by N. Labarriere, A. Fortun, A. Bellec, A. Khammari, B. Dreno, S. Saïagh, F. Lang

“…This GMP process is thus ready to be used in an upcoming phase I/II clinical trial on metastatic melanoma patients.…”
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Results of non-interventional observational study of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis by Yelena N. Shirokova, Anna F. Sheptulina

“…Open single center clinical trial included 30 patients with PBC of the I-III stage. …”
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Determining the Joint Effect of Obesity and Diabetes on All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular-Related Mortality following an Ischemic Stroke by Colleen Bauza, Renee’ Martin, Sharon D. Yeatts, Keith Borg, Gayenell Magwood, Anbesaw Selassie, Marvella E. Ford

“…Additionally, there was evidence of an attributable proportion due to interaction as well as evidence of a highly statistically significant interaction on the multiplicative scale for cardiovascular-related mortality. In this clinical trial cohort of ischemic stroke survivors, obesity and diabetes synergistically interacted to increase the hazard of cardiovascular-related mortality.…”
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Hormonal Therapies for Acne: A Comprehensive Update for Dermatologists by Courtney A. Smith, Emily Gosnell, Turkan Banu Karatas, Chelsea Deitelzweig, Elizabeth M. B. Collins, Howa Yeung

“…Spironolactone is an effective acne treatment with clinical trial data to support its use as a first-line acne treatment for women with acne. …”
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Genome analysis uncovers an inverse correlation between alterations in P21‐activated kinases and patient survival across multiple cancer types by Jessie M. Vo, Linh M. La, Ananda V. Anderson, Abdulaziz H. Alanazi, Payaningal R. Somanath

“…To investigate this, we used data from the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics, analyzing several randomized, multicentered phase‐3 clinical trial datasets. The analysis revealed significant genetic alterations in PAK genes, particularly in cancers such as breast, prostate, pancreatic, and lung. …”
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Evaluation of Humoral Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigens for Correlation with Clinical Status and Effective Vaccine Development by Mamiko Niki, Maho Suzukawa, Shunsuke Akashi, Hideaki Nagai, Ken Ohta, Manabu Inoue, Makoto Niki, Yukihiro Kaneko, Kozo Morimoto, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Seigo Kitada, Sohkichi Matsumoto, Koichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hoshino

“…However, the recent failure of a clinical trial for a booster BCG vaccine and increasing evidence of antibody-mediated immunity prompted us to evaluate humoral immunity to Mtb-specific antigens. …”
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Obesity Is Not Associated with Impaired Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination in HIV-Infected Persons by Charitha Gowda, Noah McKittrick, Deborah Kim, Rosemarie A. Kappes, Vincent Lo Re, Pablo Tebas

“…We performed a retrospective analysis of immunogenicity data from a clinical trial of inactivated, trivalent influenza vaccine. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Maternal Supportive Care and Acupressure (BL32 Acupoint) on Pregnant Women’s Pain Intensity and Delivery Outcome by Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Zahra Masoudi, Mohammad Javad Hadianfard, Maryam Kasraeian, Najaf Zare

“…This trial is registered with the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trial Code IRCT2014011011706N5.…”
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“I would like to use it more effectively…” nursing student’s experiences with NANDA-I nursing terminology: a qualitative descriptive study by Turgay Yalcinkaya, Erkan Ünsal, Ayşegül Dönmez, Sebnem Cinar Yucel

“…Developing nursing education curricula is crucial to help students gain a better understanding of NANDA-I terminology and to utilize it effectively in clinical practice. Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Machine learning based quantitative pain assessment for the perioperative period by Gayeon Ryu, Jae Moon Choi, Hyeon Seok Seok, Jaehyung Lee, Eun-Kyung Lee, Hangsik Shin, Byung-Moon Choi

“…These results highlight the models’ effectiveness in pain assessment throughout the surgical process, identifying waveform skewness and diastolic phase rate decrease as critical for intraoperative pain assessment and systolic phase area or baseline fluctuation as significant for postoperative pain assessment. Clinical trial registration: Registration name: Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS). …”
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Natural products against resistant bacterial infections: A systematic literature review by Harshit Kaushik, Ruchika Sharma, Anoop Kumar

“…Methodology: The relevant studies were searched in PubMed and clinical trial websites till 18th February 2022. Results: Out of 11,869 studies, 361 studies were selected for qualitative analysis as per the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Unlocking Female Fertility with a Specific Reproductive Exercise Program: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trail by Barbara Petra Kovács, Júlia Balog, Barbara Sebők, Márton Keszthelyi, Szabolcs Várbíró

“…We also propose a single-centered, randomized, open-label clinical trial using our newly developed exercise in the intervention group, compared to walking and no exercise in the other groups, to investigate the benefits of this exercise program in the future. …”
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Sexual Absorption of Vaginal Progesterone: A Randomized Control Trial by Kathryn S. Merriam, Kristina A. Leake, Mollie Elliot, Michelle L. Matthews, Rebecca S. Usadi, Bradley S. Hurst

“…This study is registered under Clinical Trial number NCT01959464.…”
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The Characteristic and Short-Term Prognosis of Tinnitus Associated with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Xiaoqiong Ding, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhichun Huang, Xu Feng

“…The study was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR1800014797).…”
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Promoter Polymorphism of RGS2 Gene Is Associated with Change of Blood Pressure in Subjects with Antihypertensive Treatment: The Azelnidipine and Temocapril in Hypertensive Patients... by Ken Sugimoto, Tomohiro Katsuya, Kei Kamide, Tomomi Fujisawa, Izumi Shimaoka, Mitsuru Ohishi, Ryuichi Morishita, Toshio Ogihara, Hiromi Rakugi

“…We performed a prospective study to examine the genetic effect on the response to a calcium (Ca) channel blocker, azelnidipine and an ACE inhibitor, temocapril treatment in patients with hypertension, as a part of the prior clinical trial, the Azelnidipine and Temocapril in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Study (ATTEST). …”
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Improvement of Renal Function by Long-Term Sustained Eculizumab Treatment in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria by Haruhiko Ninomiya, Naoshi Obara, Akiko Niiori-Onishi, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Yuichi Hasegawa, Shigeru Chiba

“…We administered eculizumab to a patient with PNH, who was one of 29 patients enrolled in the AEGIS clinical trial, an open-label study of eculizumab in Japan. …”
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PPARγ Ligands Regulate Noncontractile and Contractile Functions of Airway Smooth Muscle: Implications for Asthma Therapy by Chantal Donovan, Xiahui Tan, Jane Elizabeth Bourke

“…Of particular interest, a small clinical trial has shown that oral RGZ treatment improves lung function in smokers with asthma, a group that is generally unresponsive to conventional steroid treatment. …”
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Ivermectin as a Treatment Modality in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Up-To-Date RCTs by Raghava Kalyan Maddukuri, Madhavi Latha Desimalla, Reshma Banavathu, Sai Pavan Kumar Arepalli

“…Literature search was carried out in PubMed, Scopus, and google scholar. Clinical trial registries (clinical trail.gov) and preprint servers (Medrxiv) were also searched for registered and preprint data respectively. …”
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