Carrageenan-Free Diet Shows Improved Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Signaling in Prediabetes: A Randomized, Pilot Clinical Trial by Leo Feferman, Sumit Bhattacharyya, Erin Oates, Nicole Haggerty, Tianxiu Wang, Krista Varady, Joanne K. Tobacman

“…Participants with prediabetes (n=13), defined as HbA1c of 5.7%-6.4%, enrolled in a 12-week, randomized, parallel-arm, feeding trial. One group (n=8) was provided all meals and snacks with no carrageenan. …”
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Causal associations between circulating protein ratios and drug resistance in papillary thyroid cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Jiaqin Deng, Ming Yu, Yihua Gu, Yeqian Lai, Lihong Qiu

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Mendelian randomization analysis does not support a causal influence between lipoprotein(A) and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases by Yun Ti, Dan Xu, Xiaoning Qin, Yang Hu, Yuru Xu, Qingzhao Zhao, Peili Bu, Jingyuan Li

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Unloader brace or high tibial osteotomy in the treatment of the young patient with medial knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial by Mark Stam, Joost Verschueren, Mark V van Outeren, Reinoud W Brouwer, Robert D A Gaasbeek, Sorin G Blendea, Eline M van Es, Max Reijman, Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra

“…Results: 51 patients were included in the study, of whom 23 were randomized to the unloader brace and 28 to the HTO. …”
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Nurse-Led Self-Management Support After Organ Transplantation – A Multicenter, Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial by Regina van Zanten, Monique van Dijk, Joost van Rosmalen, Joost van Rosmalen, Denise K. Beck, AnneLoes van Staa, Ann Van Hecke, Ann Van Hecke, Emma K. Massey

“…In this unblinded multi-center stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial the effectiveness of the nurse-led ZENN-intervention was tested in promoting self-management skills in comparison to standard care among heart, lung and kidney transplant recipients. …”
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The Effects of Confiding on Shift Work Nurses’ Emotion Regulation and Self-Perceived Well-Being: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial by Cui Lu, Yawen Sun, Chunyan Wang, Tianyong Chen, Yi Tang

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the intervention “thinking about the social support obtained from confiding about work-related hassles” on shift work nurses’ emotion regulation and self-perceived well-being. An online randomized controlled trial was conducted with 66 shift work nurses, including 34 in the experimental group and 32 in the control group, to assess the impact of an 8-week confiding intervention focused on thinking about the social support obtained from confiding. …”
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Effects of the Multidimensional Treatment on Pain, Disability, and Sitting Posture in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Tae-Sung In, Jin-Hwa Jung, Kyoung-Sim Jung, Hwi-Young Cho

“…Sixty LBP patients were recruited and were randomly divided into two groups: multidimensional treatment (MT) group (n = 30) and unimodal treatment (UT) group (n = 30). …”
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Investigating the effectiveness of ailurophobia treatment using virtual reality technique compared to metacognitive therapy: a randomized clinical trial by Alireza Ebrahimi, Farzad Akbarzadeh, Negar Asgharipour, Razie Salehabadi, Malihe Arjamandi

“…Methods The present study was a Randomized Clinical Trial study that was conducted on 28 patients with Ailurophobia. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Study of Robot-Assisted versus 3D Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Carcinoma Prostate by Ketan Kumar Kapoor, Anup Kumar

“…Materials and Methods. A prospective randomized comparative study was performed from 1st January 2020 to 30th June 2021. …”
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The effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychology approach on quality-of-life in postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial by Shifteh Hashemzadeh, Traneh Emamgholi Khoshechin, Leila Rastegari, Saeedeh Zenoozian

“…Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychological approach on the quality-of-life of postmenopausal women. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 70 eligible postmenopausal women (each group=35). …”
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GnRH Agonist versus hCG Trigger in Ovulation Induction with Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Minh Tam Le, Dac Nguyen Nguyen, Jessica Zolton, Vu Quoc Huy Nguyen, Quang Vinh Truong, Ngoc Thanh Cao, Alan Decherney, Micah J. Hill

“…A total of 197 infertile women were randomly assigned to receive either GnRHa trigger (n=98 cycles) or hCG trigger (n=99 cycles) for ovulation trigger. …”
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Comparing the effectiveness of different exercise interventions on quality of life in stroke patients: a randomized controlled network meta-analysis by Liqun Jiang, Huimin Ding, Qishuai Ma, Shang Gao, Xinxin Zhang, Buongo Chun

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The effects of melatonin on follicular oxidative stress and art outcomes in women with diminished ovarian reserve: a randomized controlled trial by Sonia Sadeghpour, Morteza Ghasemnejad-Berenji, Farzad Maleki, Tahereh Behroozi-Lak, Robabeh Bahadori, Hojat Ghasemnejad-Berenji

“…Method We put 68 women with DOR who were going through ART into a randomized controlled trial. Starting on the fifth day of their menstrual cycle, we gave them either 3 mg of Melatonin or a placebo every day before stimulating their ovaries. …”
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The causal effects between low back pain and cerebrospinal fluid metabolites: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Run Peng, Xiaoxin Wang, Wei Wang, Zeqin Li, Yuze Sun, Mingliang Yang

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Comparison of Approaches for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Network Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. by Navkaranbir S Bajaj, Rajat Kalra, Nirav Patel, Taimoor Hashim, Hemant Godara, Sameer Ather, Garima Arora, Tilak Pasala, Thomas T Whitfield, David C McGiffin, Mustafa I Ahmed, Steven G Lloyd, Nita A Limdi, Pankaj Arora

“…Six randomized controlled trials were identified and included in the final analyses and review. …”
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The efficacy and safety of fluvoxamine in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials. by Qiufeng Zhou, Guozheng Zhao, Yu Pan, Ying Zhang, Yuehua Ni

“…<h4>Background</h4>Recently, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of fluvoxamine have been successfully conducted for the treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). …”
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Effect of exercise training on modulating the TH17/TREG imbalance in individuals with severe COPD: A randomized controlled trial by Juliana Tiyaki Ito, Luan Henrique Vasconcelos Alves, Luana de Mendonça Oliveira, Rafaella Fagundes Xavier, Regina Maria Carvalho-Pinto, Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tibério, Maria Notomi Sato, Celso R. F. Carvalho, Fernanda Degobbi Tenorio Quirino dos Santos Lopes

“…Exercise training can modulate the immune response in healthy subjects.Objective We aimed to evaluate the effects of exercise training on Th17/Treg responses and the differentiation of Treg phenotypes in individuals with COPD.Methods This randomized controlled trial included 50 individuals with severe or very severe COPD who were allocated to the Exercise or Control groups. …”
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Effects of royal jelly consumption on clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke: A triple-blind randomized controlled trial by Elham Karimi, Arman Arab, Fariborz Khorvash, Maryam Kazemi, Reza Amani

“…Out of 64 enrolled patients (45–80 yrs.) with ischemic stroke, 32 were randomized to the RJ group and 32 to the placebo (control) group. …”
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Genetic causality between insomnia and specific orthopedic conditions: Insights from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Mingyi Yang, Jiale Xie, Yani Su, Ke Xu, Pengfei Wen, Xianjie Wan, Hui Yu, Zhi Yang, Lin Liu, Peng Xu

“…We utilized the TwoSampleMR package of the R software (version 4.1.2) to conduct a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Our primary method of analysis was the random-effects inverse variance weighted (IVW) approach. …”
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A Mobile App–Based Gratitude Intervention’s Effect on Mental Well-Being in University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial by Chloë Fuller, Silvia Marin-Dragu, Ravishankar Subramani Iyer, Sandra Melanie Meier

“…After the baseline survey, participants were randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention. …”
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