Randomised trials and ribavirin

Randomised trials and ribavirin.

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Interferon alfa with or without ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C: systematic review of randomised trials.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of interferon alfa with or without ribavirin for treatment of chronic hepatitis C. DESIGN Systematic review of randomised trials on interferon alfa plus ribavirin combination therapy versus interferon alfa. Patients were naive (not previously treated with interferon), relapsers (transient response to previous interferon therapy), or non-responders (...

Introducing “Agreement on what to Measure in Randomised Controlled Trials in Burn Care” Research Project

پروژه پژوهشی "توافق درباره‌ی پیامدهای قابل اندازه‌گیری در کارآزمایی های کنترل‌دار مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی" توسط گروهی از پژوهش‌گران با تجربه، در حوزه سوختگی، زیر نظر دکتر Young از کشور انگلستان در حال انجام می‌باشد. هدف نهایی از انجام این مطالعه، تهیه و تدوین مجموعه‌ای از پیامدهای اساسی (core outcome set (COS)) است که در گزارش کارآزمایی های شاهد‌دار تصادفی مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی باید مور...

Randomised controlled trials.

Cluster randomised trials.

Although randomised controlled trials are the reference methodology to assess the effects of therapeutic interventions, for interventions that naturally occur in groups of individuals random allocation of participants may be inappropriate. In these cases, the unit of random allocation may be the group or cluster, rather than the individual. Clinical trials that randomly allocate groups or clust...