Cardiac resynchronization therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

G Wells, R Parkash, JS Healey, M Talajic, JM Arnold… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
… Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of cardiac
resynchronization therapy compared with control in adults with symptomatic heart failure or …

Effect of statins on risk of coronary disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

JC LaRosa, J He, S Vupputuri - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
… for the 5 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials included in our meta-analysis
are presented in Table 1. A total of 30,817 participants were included in these trials. Mean …

Efficacy and tolerability of prostaglandin analogs: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

F Aptel, M Cucherat, P Denis - Journal of glaucoma, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Clinical trials published up to July 2006 were thoroughly searched using all available … The
inclusion criteria were prospective randomized controlled clinical trials; patients with primary …

TIPS for prevention of recurrent bleeding in patients with cirrhosis: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

A Luca, G D'Amico, R La Galla, M Midiri, A Morabito… - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
… In the present meta-analysis, we reviewed 11 randomized clinical trials in which TIPS
creation was compared with endoscopic therapy (sclerotherapy in five trials, sclerotherapy plus …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials in the treatment of human brucellosis

J Solís García del Pozo, J Solera - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… The 23 remaining studies were randomized clinical trials in patients presenting acute
brucellosis. One of these was a study published by Rodríguez Zapata et al. [23], which was …

Risk of fracture with thiazolidinediones: an updated meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

ZN Zhu, YF Jiang, T Ding - Bone, 2014 - Elsevier
… We included 24,544 participants with 896 fracture cases from 22 randomized controlled
trials. Meta-analysis showed that the significantly increased incidence of fracture was found in …

Garlic for treating hypercholesterolemia: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

C Stevinson, MH Pittler, E Ernst - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - acpjournals.org
… , and garlic's efficacy in lowering cholesterol levels in humans has been the subject of
randomized clinical trials. A meta-analysis of the effect of garlic on total serum cholesterol level (7) …

Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on the role of mechanical bowel preparation before colorectal surgery

K Slim, E Vicaut, MV Launay-Savary, C Contant… - Annals of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
… The meta-analysis was conducted according to the QUOROM statement; the inclusion
criteria were randomized clinical trials comparing MBP with no MBP before colorectal surgery. …

Effect of reduced dietary sodium on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

JP Midgley, AG Matthew, CMT Greenwood, AG Logan - Jama, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
Trial Selection. —Trials that had randomized allocation to control and dietary sodium
intervention groups, monitored by timed sodium excretion, with outcome measures of both systolic …

Pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

MJ Eisenberg, KB Filion, D Yavin, P Bélisle, S Mottillo… - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
… However, with relatively modest sample sizes and strict inclusion criteria, the randomized
controlled trials identified in our study provided minimal information regarding safety. Despite …