Surgical resection, radiotherapy and percutaneous thermal ablation for treatment of stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Arun Chockalingam, Menelaos Konstantinidis, Brandon Koo, John Timothy Moon, Andrew Tran, Sahar Nourouzpour, Emily Lawson, Kathleen Fox, Peiman Habibollahi, Bruno Odisio, Mohammed Loya, Ali Bassir, Nariman Nezami

“…Finally, we will use the Confidence in Network Meta-Analysis tool to assess quality of the evidence for each of the primary outcomes.Ethics and dissemination We aim to share our findings through high-impact peer review. …”
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Peer-based Retention Of people who Use Drugs in Rural Research (PROUD-R2): a multisite, randomised, 12-month trial to compare efficacy of standard versus peer-based approaches to r... by Morgan Brown, Miriam R Elman, Jodi Lapidus, April M Young, Kathryn E Lancaster, Sarann Bielavitz, Ryan R Cook, Gillian Leichtling, Edward Freeman, Angela T Estadt, Rhonda Alexander, Caiti Barrie, Kandi Conn, Rhody Elzaghal, Lisa Maybrier, Renee McDowell, Cathy Neal, Elizabeth N Waddell, P Todd Korthuis

“…Assessments are completed by intervention, control and study buddy participants at 6 and 12 months after enrolment.Ethics and dissemination The protocol was approved by a central Institutional Review Board (University of Utah). …”
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Internet-Based Dementia Prevention Intervention (DementiaRisk): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Knowledge Translation by Anthony J Levinson, Stephanie Ayers, Sandra Clark, Rebekah Woodburn, Maureen Dobbins, Dante Duarte, Roland Grad, Nick Kates, Sharon Marr, Doug Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Karen Saperson, Henry Siu, Gillian Strudwick, Richard Sztramko, Sarah Neil-Sztramko

“…ResultsThis study was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board on August 24, 2022 (project ID 14886) and received funding in February 2023. …”
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Daratumumab followed by tocilizumab for treatment of late antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients with high or moderate levels of de novo donor-specific antibodi... by Zhiliang Guo, Rula Sa, Daqiang Zhao, Songxia Li, Hui Guo, Lan Zhu, Gang Chen

“…Trial registration This retrospectively study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China (TJ-IRB20230729).…”
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Correlation of HER2 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with urothelial carcinoma in China by WANG Shanshan, YE Dingwei, YANG Li, CHENG Fan, YANG Tiejun, ZHANG Xiaoping, YU Zhixian, ZHANG Qingyun, YANG Yong

“…This study was approved by the medical ethics committee of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (ethical number: 2301268-12) and was registered at China Clinical Trial Registry (registration number: ChiCTR2300069746). …”
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Facing migration under adverse conditions: challenges and resilience in the Colombo-Venezuelan border area by Gloria Omaira Bautista, Axel Kroeger, Nelly Rosero Castillo, Eduardo Gabriel Osorio Sanchez, Dianne Sofía Gonzales Escobar, Rafael Olarte, Sonia Diaz Monsalve

“…The sampling interval was set at every 7 and 6 migrant households. Ethical approval was obtained by the ethics committees of the three participating universities and the local health authority. …”
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Beta-alanine supplementation in patients with COPD receiving non-linear periodised exercise training or neuromuscular electrical stimulation: protocol of two randomised, double-bli... by Martijn A Spruit, Emiel F M Wouters, Eline bij de Vaate, Peter Klijn, Frits M E Franssen, Wim Derave, Chris Burtin, Florence N Schleich, Roy Meys, Anouk A F Stoffels, Jana de Brandt, Hieronymus W H van Hees, Maurice J H Sillen, Bram van den Borst, Jacqueline M Otker, Jos Donkers, Maurice Hayot, Pascal Pomiès, Inge Everaert

“…Furthermore, quadriceps muscle strength and endurance, cognitive function, carnosine levels (in muscle), BA levels (in blood and muscle), markers of oxidative stress and inflammation (in blood, muscles and lungs), physical activity and quality of life will be measured.Ethics and dissemination Both trials were approved by CMO Regio Arnhem-Nijmegen, The Netherlands (NL70781.091.19. and NL68757.091.19).Trial registration number NTR8427 (BASE-TRAIN) and NTR8419 (BASE-ELECTRIC).…”
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Phase II study of concomitant radiotherapy with atezolizumab in oligometastatic soft tissue sarcomas: STEREOSARC trial protocol by Nicolas Penel, Dominique Vaur, Juliette Thariat, Alexandre Escande, Jennifer le Guevelou, Colin Debaigt, Esma Saada-Bouzid, Julien Viotti, Nazim Khalladi, David Thibouw, Marie Pierre Sunyach, Laurence Moureau-Zabotto, Mohamed Benchalal, Ovidiu Veresezan, Anne Ducassou, Cecile le Pechoux, Maria Jolnerovski, Celine Bazille, Raphael Serre, Christine Lovera

“…The total number of included patients should be 103.Trial registration The trial is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (ID: NCT03548428).Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by Comité de Protection des Personnes du sud-ouest et outre-mer 4 on 18 October 2019 (Reference CPP2019-09-076-PP) and from National Agency for Medical and Health products Safety (Reference: MEDAECNAT-2019-08-00004_2017-004239-35) on 18 September 2019.The results will be disseminated to patients upon individual request or through media release from scientific meetings. …”
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Improving community-based first response to out of hospital cardiac arrest (FirstCPR): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Sandra Ware, Blake Angell, Julie Redfern, Clara Chow, Cate Ferry, Lee Taylor, Christopher Semsarian, Adrian Bauman, Janet E Bray, Simone Marschner, Michael Nelson, Saurabh Kumar, Matthew Vukasovic, Kevin Lai, Paul M Middleton, Pramesh Kovoor, Garry Jennings, Sonali Munot, Andrew Coggins, Alan Robert Denniss, Sarah Khanlari, Ian Opperman

“…Focus groups and interviews will be conducted to examine barriers and enablers to implementation and costs will also be examined.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from The University of Sydney. …”
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Development of a core measurement set for research in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a study protocol (AO Spine RECODE-DCM CMS) by Robert Chen, Angus G K McNair, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Julio C Furlan, Benjamin M Davies, Oliver D Mowforth, Iwan Sadler, Bizhan Aarabi, Brian K Kwon, Michael G Fehlings, James S Harrop, Armin Curt, Ellen Sarewitz, Carl Moritz Zipser, Timothy F Boerger, Mark R N Kotter, James Milligan, Lindsay Tetreault, Danyal Khan, Keng Siang Lee, Alvaro Yanez Touzet, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, James D Guest, Sukhvinder Kalsi-Ryan, Shirley Widdop

“…A preliminary CMS review scheduled at 4 years from release.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Cambridge (HBREC2019.14). …”
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The impact of different gastrointestinal reconstruction techniques on gut microbiota after gastric cancer surgery by Yu Yang, Yu Yang, Hang-Yu Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Guo-Min Zhou, Jin Chen, Rui Ming, Dong Zhang, Huai-Wu Jiang, Huai-Wu Jiang

“…Although surgical intervention is crucial in significantly extending the survival of gastric cancer patients, the disruption of the balance of the intestinal microbiota caused by surgery itself should not be overlooked, as it may affect postoperative recovery.MethodsThis study was approved by the Biomedical Ethics Committee of Sichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital. …”
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Application of online and offline blended teaching model combined with curriculum ideological and political education: Taking the course of clinical anesthesiology for example (线上线... by LI Jing (李静), FAN Xiaoying (范晓英), ZHANG Wanping (张万平), SU Yuqiang (苏玉强)

“…A qualified anesthesiologist should not only have a solid theoretical and practical foundation, but also have a good professional ethics, humanistic quality and social responsibility. …”
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Successful Management of Peri-Implantitis around Short and Ultrashort Single-Crown Implants: A Case Series with a 3-Year Follow-Up by Giorgio Lombardo, Mauro Marincola, Andrea Cicconetti, Miguel Angel Simancas-Pallares, Jacopo Pighi, Jeffrey Lehrberg, Annarita Signoriello, Giovanni Corrocher, Xiomara Serpa-Romero, Luis Armando Vila Sierra, Luisa Arevalo-Tovar, Pier Francesco Nocini

“…The retrospective protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee for Clinical Sperimentation (CESC) of Verona and Rovigo, Italy (based in the University of Verona) (Prog. 1863CESC. …”
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The Influence of Personal Norms and Tax Compliance Intentions on The Tax Compliance Behavior of MSME Actors by Aprih Santoso, Susanto, R. Dwi Widi Pratito, Vensy Vydia, Cristino Gusmao

“…Moral norms focus on behavior that is considered right or wrong from a moral or ethical perspective, are often related to a sense of personal responsibility or justice, originate from internal values, ethics, religion, or philosophy believed by the individual, and can vary from one individual to another, although they are often also influenced by certain religious or philosophical teachings. …”
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Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults by Florence Ader, Jean-François Timsit, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, François-Xavier Lescure, Laetitia Moinot, Christelle Delmas, Hélène Espérou, Laurent Abel, Benjamin Leveau, Vinca Icard, Toni Alfaiate, Linda Wittkop, Charles Burdet, France Mentré, Marion Schneider, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Julien Poissy, Lila Bouadma, Bruno Lina, Florence Morfin-Sherpa, Maude Bouscambert, Alexandre Gaymard, Gilles Peytavin, Jeremie Guedj, Claire Andrejak, Cedric Laouenan, Drifa Belhadi, Axelle Dupont, Basma Basli, Anissa Chair, Samira Laribi, Julie Level, Marie-Capucine Tellier, Aline Dechanet, Dominique Costagliola, Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues, Juliette Saillard, Claire Fougerou, Carole Cagnot, Soizic Le Mestre, Delphine Lebrasseur-Longuet, Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez, Alpha Diallo, NoéMie Mercier, Sarah Tubiana, Benjamin Hamze, Ambre Gelley, Marion Noret, Eric D’Ortenzio, Oriane Puechal, Caroline Semaille

“…On 8 June 2020, 754 patients have been included.Ethics and dissemination Inserm is the sponsor of DisCoVeRy. …”
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Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol... by Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Abdedayem Khelifi

“…Mechanisms of change will be assessed on how the participative interactions towards the tool development can trigger change at national and regional levels.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the institutional review boards at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, the University of Sousse in Sousse, Tunisia, the University Hospital of Tanger, Morocco and Badr University of Cairo in Egypt. …”
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Comparison of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and urine cytology in diagnosing urothelial carcinoma: a single-center retrospective cohort study by WANG Zhiting, ZHU Xiaoli

“…Methods: This study included patients who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) from January 2022 to December 2023 and approved by Ethics Commetce of Fudan Univesity Shanghai Cancer Center, No.: 050432-4-2307E) that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Study protocol for key interventions to improve the follow-up adherence postcervical precancerous lesion treatment in Ethiopia: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber, Sefonias Getachew, Muluken Gizaw, Abel Shita, Alemnew Destaw, Eyerusalem Getachew, Miresa Midaksa, Sophie Rossner

“…Descriptive statistics, χ2 test (Fisher’s exact test), binary logistic regression analysis and intention-to-treat will be used to describe and interpret the results.Ethics and dissemination The trial protocol has been approved by the institutional review board of Addis Ababa University with protocol number (008/24/SPH). …”
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Determining the incidence, risk factors and biological drivers of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as part of the constellation of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) o... by Erika Austhof, Kelly M Heslin, Xiaoxiao Sun, Kristen Pogreba Brown, Caitlyn M McFadden, Caroline Scranton, Ivan Vujkovic-Cviji, Dominic Rodriguez, Laura Falk, Gayatri Arani, Victoria Obergh, Kate Bessey, Kerry Cooper

“…All laboratory data will be linked with in-depth epidemiologic data on demographics, symptoms and chronic conditions.Ethics and dissemination This study involves human participants and was approved by the University of Arizona Institutional Review Board (IRB (#00002332) and has been deemed minimal risk. …”
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以藝術本位教育探索文化回應氣候變遷： 創作《地下部落》的表演個案研究 Exploring Cultural Responses to Climate Change Through Arts-Based Education: A Performance Case Study of “Swadriadringi”... by 鄧宗聖 Tzong-Sheng Deng, 王慧蘭 Hui-Lan Wang

“…Knowledge reproduction strategies include mutual assistance, exploration, sharing, and rituals, which synthesize and form knowledge types such as ethics and natural resource management. …”
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