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Are randomized controlled trials harming nonprofits?

In recent book, UChicago’s Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley argue that the research method isn’t always the best tool ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Ivermectin to Control Malaria — A Cluster-Randomized Trial

Malaria control and elimination is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance and behavioral adaptation of vectors. Whether mass administration of ivermectin, a broad-spectrum antiparasitic ...
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Surgery Versus Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial (SURF-RCT Trial) and a Nonrandomized Prospective Observational Trial (SURF-Cohort Trial)

Impact of Lean Body Mass–Based Oxaliplatin Dose Calculation on Neurotoxicity in Adjuvant Treatment of Stage III Colon Cancer: Results of the Phase II Randomized LEANOX Trial The trials were conducted ...
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Game-Changer? Wegovy Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Addiction Trial

Findings come amid growing off-label prescribing of GLP-1 drugs for addiction ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

A Randomized Trial of Tenecteplase in Acute Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled trial involving adults with acute, nonarteritic central retinal artery occlusion who had symptom onset within 4.5 hours ...
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The use of docetaxel as a radiosensitizer in patients with head and neck cancer unsuitable for cisplatin based chemoradiation: Landmark 3-year survival analysis of a randomized ...

Omission of concurrent chemotherapy in and out of a phase III randomized controlled trial for stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Neoadjuvant APG-157 monotherapy in patients with locally advanced ...