[HTML][HTML] The evolution of master protocol clinical trial designs: a systematic literature review

EL Meyer, P Mesenbrink, C Dunger-Baldauf… - Clinical Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Recent years have seen a change in the way that clinical trials are being
conducted. There has been a rise of designs more flexible than traditional adaptive and …

Effect of dexamethasone on days alive and ventilator-free in patients with moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and COVID-19: the CoDEX …

BM Tomazini, IS Maia, AB Cavalcanti, O Berwanger… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) is associated with substantial mortality and use of health care resources …

Corticosteroids in COVID-19 ARDS: evidence and hope during the pandemic

HC Prescott, TW Rice - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Corticosteroids, such as hydrocortisone and dexamethasone, haveanti-inflammatory,
antifibrotic, andvasoconstrictiveeffects, which intensivists have been trying to leverage for …

Continuing versus suspending angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: Impact on adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients with …

RD Lopes, AVS Macedo, RJ Moll-Bernardes… - American Heart …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) expression may increase due to
upregulation in patients using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxychloroquine versus placebo in the treatment of non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (COPE–Coalition V): A double-blind, multicentre, randomised …

Á Avezum, GBF Oliveira, H Oliveira… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Previous Randomised controlled trials (RCT) evaluating chloroquine
and hydroxychloroquine in non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients have found no significant …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-associated ARDS treated with DEXamethasone (CoDEX): study design and rationale for a randomized trial

BM Tomazini, IS Maia, FR Bueno… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: The infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) spreads worldwide and is considered a pandemic. The most common …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of closed-incision negative-pressure therapy versus silver-impregnated dressings in mitigating surgical site complications in high-risk …

CA Higuera-Rueda, AK Emara… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is associated with significant risk of
wound-related morbidity. The present study aimed to evaluate the 1) efficacy of closed …

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) versus conventional in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in couples with non-severe male infertility (NSMI-ICSI): protocol for a multicentre …

D Zheng, L Zeng, R Yang, Y Lian, YM Zhu, X Liang… - Bmj Open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), originally introduced as add-on to in
vitro fertilisation (IVF) for couples with severe male infertility, is in current clinical practice …

Adding new experimental arms to randomised clinical trials: impact on error rates

B Choodari-Oskooei, DJ Bratton, MR Gannon… - Clinical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Experimental treatments pass through various stages of development. If a
treatment passes through early-phase experiments, the investigators may want to assess it …

Randomised trial to determine the effect of vitamin D and zinc supplementation for improving treatment outcomes among patients with COVID-19 in India: trial protocol

KK Sharma, U Partap, N Mistry, Y Marathe, M Wang… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Presently, there are few population-level strategies to address SARS-CoV-2
infection except preventive measures such as vaccination. Micronutrient deficiency …