Immunogenicity persistence after four intramuscular triple-dose or standard-dose hepatitis B vaccine in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: A 1-year follow-up study... by Xinyuan Mo, Zhaoyue Men, Linying Gao, Yizhuo Gao, Tian Yao, Yuan Liu, Yuan Yuan, Tongchuan Xue, Fuzhen Wang, Suping Wang, Keke Wang, Xiaofeng Liang, Yongliang Feng

“…All three hepatitis B vaccine regimens demonstrated comparable declines in anti-HBs levels, with a rapid decrease observed within 1-year of follow-up.Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03962816).https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03962816…”
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The Bipolar Depression Electrical Treatment Trial (BETTER): Design, Rationale, and Objectives of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial and Data from the Pilot Study Phase by Bernardo de Sampaio Pereira Junior, Gabriel Tortella, Beny Lafer, Paula Nunes, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, André R. Brunoni

“…We describe a randomized, sham-controlled, double-blinded trial using tDCS for refractory, acutely symptomatic BD (the bipolar depression electrical treatment trial, BETTER). …”
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Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial) by J Haxby Abbott, Daniel C Ribeiro, Zohreh Jafarian Tangrood, Gisela Sole, Ross Wilson

“…Adverse events (n=2, only in the tailored group) were minor in nature and included skin injury or pain following taping.Conclusions Our feasibility trial showed that additional strategies are required for improving recruitment, enrolment and minimising drop-out of participants into the trial and making it feasible to conduct a full trial.Trial registration number ANZCTR: 12617001405303.…”
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Self-administered active versus sham acupressure for diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a nurse-led randomized clinical trial by Maha Gamal Ramadan Asal, Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed, Samira Ahmed Alsenany, Zahraa Hassan Ramzy, Rasha Fathy Ahmed Dawood

“…Aim This randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effect of active acupressure compared to sham acupressure on primary and secondary outcomes among IBS-D patients. …”
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Can home care work be organized to promote musculoskeletal health for workers? Results from the GoldiCare cluster randomized controlled trial by Fredrik Klæboe Lohne, Marius Steiro Fimland, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Andreas Holtermann, Skender Redzovic

“…Methods A 16-week cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted with 125 workers from 11 home care units, divided into six intervention units and five control units. …”
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Andexanet alfa: trials just leave us with more questions by Richard J. Buka

“…Andexanet Alfa in Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients Receiving an Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor (ANNEXA-I), the first ever randomized controlled trial of a reversal agent for direct oral anticoagulants, was published in 2024. …”
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Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial by Kirsten Austad, Cecilia Thai, Alegna Zavatti, Nhi Nguyen, Diana Bautista-Hurtado, Patrick Kenney, Noelia Lugo, Joo H. Lee, Howard Lanney, Ziming Xuan, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Brian Jack

“…Result will inform future efforts to improve the safety and equity of the hospital discharge process. Trial registration: clinicaltrials.gov NCT05988229 (August 14, 2023) https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05988229.…”
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Randomized clinical trial: the effects of mirtazapine in functional dyspepsia patients by Lina Cao, Gaozhong Li, Jingmei Cao, Fuxin Li, Wei Han

“…Mirtazapine group also showed significant weight gain and decreased visceral sensitivity index score. …”
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2013 Sweet Corn Variety Performance Trial, Jay, Florida by Darcy E. P. Telenko, Libbie Johnson, William Wendt

“… This 5-page fact sheet summarizes the 2013 sweet corn variety trial at the UF West Florida Research and Education Center Jay Research farm in Jay, Florida. …”
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2013 Sweet Corn Variety Performance Trial, Jay, Florida by Darcy E. P. Telenko, Libbie Johnson, William Wendt

“… This 5-page fact sheet summarizes the 2013 sweet corn variety trial at the UF West Florida Research and Education Center Jay Research farm in Jay, Florida. …”
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Methodological aspects in gastroenteric methane evaluation trial in water buffalo by Maria Chiara La Mantia, Emanuela Rossi, Francesco Cenci, David Meo Zilio, Roberto Steri, Miriam Iacurto, Antonella Chiariotti

“…The laser beam is pointed toward the source to acquire the data. The trial aimed to compare an easy sampling (1’ during a milking session), with a longer and labor-intensive one (5’ animals captured in a crash). …”
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Meta Analysis of the Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Ankylosing Spondylitis by Ping LI, Yinjie WANG, Jigang TIAN

“…A total of 767 participants involving 395 patients were included in the trial group and 372 patients in the control group. …”
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Ambulatory Pessary Trial Unmasks Occult Stress Urinary Incontinence by Bilal Chughtai, Sara Spettel, Jonathan Kurman, Elise De

“…Twenty-six patients completed the 1-week pessary trial. Ten (38%) women showing no evidence of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) underwent surgical repair of prolapse without anti-incontinence procedure. …”
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Acceptance Factors and Psychological Investigation of Clinical Trials in Cancer Patients by Jiangjie Sun, Jingyi Fang, Chenchen Zhang, Nannan Jia, Weiming Zhao, Jinjian Gao, Yingying Huang, Jiqing Hao, Liping Zhang

“…To understand the degree of oncology patients’ awareness of drug clinical trials and oncology patients’ willingness to participate in drug clinical trials and the factors influencing them. …”
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Stress Reduction in Perioperative Care: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Haridimos Kondylakis, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Dimitrios Katehakis, Hatice Aldemir, Paul Zikas, George Papagiannakis, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Pedro L González-Sanz, Konstantinos Apostolakis, Constantine Stephanidis, Francisco J Núñez-Benjumea, Rosa M Baños-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Angelina Kouroubali

“…ConclusionsOur results provide an important first step toward a deeper understanding of optimizing DH solutions to support patients undergoing surgery and for potential applications in remote patient monitoring and communication. Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05184725; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05184725 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.2196/38536…”
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Effects of intracameral dexamethasone injection versus topical steroids post phacoemulsification operation by Alaa I. A. Ghonim, Mervat E. Elgharieb, Amr A.-F. Gab-Alla, Ehab M. Moawad

“…Results Included the corneal thickness that showed no discernible change between postoperative numbers in both groups. …”
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Acute beneficial effects of a functional energy shot on cognitive performance and mood states during cognitively demanding task performance: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-con... by Olivia K. O’Shea, Olivia K. O’Shea, Nathan Lawley, Anna Azzopardi, Allison Gutkowski, Michelle Murphy Niedziela, Rachel Horn, David O. Kennedy, Jason Adamson

“…Working memory tasks showed faster performance post-consumption, and mood assessments revealed positive effects on vigor, fatigue and overall mood disturbance.DiscussionThese results indicate wide cognitive and mood effects of this functional energy shot, potentially attributable to synergistic combination of active ingredients.Clinical trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT06384586.…”
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A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial of ketamine in Rett syndrome by Kathleen Campbell, Jeffrey L. Neul, David N. Lieberman, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Tim A. Benke, Cary Fu, Alan Percy, Bernhard Suter, David Morris, Randall L. Carpenter, Eric D. Marsh, Jana von Hehn

“…Electroencephalography showed the expected increase in high frequency power with ketamine. …”
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Prevention of Postoperative Events following Reversal with Sugammadex or Neostigmine (the P-PERSoN Trial): Pilot Data Following Early Termination of a Prospective, Blinded, Randomi... by Benjamin Olesnicky, Matthew Doane, Clare Farrell, Greg Knoblanche, Anthony Delaney

“…Conclusions. The P-PERSoN trial showed no difference in postoperative pulmonary complications between sugammadex and neostigmine based reversal of aminosteroid neuromuscular block, but was underpowered to show any difference due to early trial termination. …”
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Latest progress on 3.5 GHz 5G NR trial by Guangyi LIU, Qixing WANG, Jianjun LIU, Fei WANG, Yi ZHENG

“…The 5^thgeneration mobile system (5G) was designed to fulfill the mobile market requirements for higher data rate,lower latency and higher connection density beyond 2020.3.5 GHz spectrum was a typical band for 5G deployment and could be a global band for 5G development.The performance of 3.5 GHz 5G would be very meaningful as a reference for global operators.Based on the first release of 5G specification frozen in June 2018 by 3^rdgeneration partner project (3GPP),field trials of 5G network in typical urban area were conducted to validate the peak data rate,cell throughput and latency of 5G network.The trial results show that 5G NR system can achieved 1 Gbit/s peak data rate and 4 ms latency of single direction.…”
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