Comparative Assessment of Pivotal Trials Supporting the Indication Approvals of Innovative and Modified New Anticancer Drugs in China, 2016–2022 by Lixia Fu, Ruifen Xue, Jie Chen, Guoshu Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Yimin Cui

“…The study found that pivotal trials for innovative approvals tended to be single-arm trials, while modified approvals were more likely to employ randomized clinical trials with larger sample sizes and rigorous designs. …”
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The state of infectious diseases clinical trials: a systematic review of ClinicalTrials.gov. by Neela D Goswami, Christopher D Pfeiffer, John R Horton, Karen Chiswell, Asba Tasneem, Ephraim L Tsalik

“…Most ID studies are randomized (73%) but nonblinded (56%). Industry was the funding source in 51% of ID trials vs. 10% that were primarily NIH-funded. …”
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Effect of high-intensity interval training on body composition and bioenergetic indices in boys - futsal players by Balbasi Fatemeh, Shabani Ramin, Nazari Marzieh

“…Aerobic power was measured with 20-m shuttle run, and maximum anaerobic power was measured with RAST test. Paired sample t-test was used to determine pretest-posttest differences, and independent t-test was used to determine between-group differences. …”
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Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…Data analysis involved both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (paired and independent sample t-tests) using SPSS software (version 25), with a significance level set at α = 0.05. …”
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Effect of Expressive Arts Therapy Interventions on Comfort of Children Undergoing Surgery by Zeinab F. El Sayed, Bothayna N. Sadek

“…This study conducted at the Pediatric Surgical Department in Children's Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, on a purposive sample of 84 children undergoing surgery. Children randomly assigned to two equal groups (control group 42 and study group 42). …”
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Improvements in Safety Outcomes Following Brief Healthcare-Based Intimate Partner Violence Interventions among Women Who Screen Positive for Intimate Partner Violence-Related Traum... by Michelle M. Pebole, Brigitta M. Beck, Colin T. Mahoney, Katherine M. Iverson

“…At baseline, 35% (<i>n</i> = 21) of the sample screened positive for IPV-related TBI history. …”
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Determinants of preterm premature rupture of membranes among pregnant women at public hospitals in the Sidama Region, Ethiopia by Kidist Gebre, Desalegn Dawit Assele, Ephrem Lejore, Wondwosen Teklesilasie

“…The consecutive cases were recruited until the required sample size was reached, and controls were randomly selected. …”
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Correlation Between Hyperlipidemia-Related Diseases and Thorax/Thigh Circumference Ratio Along with Body Condition Score in Dogs Focusing on Molecular Mechanism: A Pilot Study and... by Kyuhyung Choi

“…Eleven client-owned dogs were selected randomly among patients that visited Bundang New York Animal Hospital, South Korea from June 2021 to August 2024. …”
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Meridian-Sinew Release Therapy as an adjunctive treatment for gouty arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xia Zhou, Shulei Peng, Lang Hu, Song Wei, Zhihuang Chen

“…Methods A comprehensive search of both Chinese and English literature databases was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met the inclusion criteria. …”
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ALEXIS: Recreating the X-Ray Emission from the Full Solar Disk as a Linear Combination of Discrete Regions in the Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-Rays by Jorge R. Padial Doble, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann

“…ALEXIS returns an average rms error between the X-Ray Sensor time series and the discrete EUV signals of 0.066 ± 0.036 for a randomly selected test bed sample of 1000 hr-long data segments from 2010 May to 2020 March. …”
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The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy-based digital therapeutic intervention on patients with alcohol use disorder by Song-Hee Lim, Jae-Kyoung Shin, Moo Eob Ahn, Chang-hyun Lee, Sang-Kyu Lee

“…The study highlights the potential of digital therapeutics in addiction treatment, while acknowledging limitations such as small sample size and short follow-up period. Future research should explore long-term effects and broader clinical applicability.Clinical trial registrationhttps://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/search/detailSearch.do?…”
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Effect of exercise-based counselling intervention for female school administrators with experience of work-family conflict: an exploratory study by Patricia Uzoamaka Agu, Daphney Mawila-Chauke, Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Saint Oliver R. Ngwoke

“…Methods A randomized control design was used, and a total of 86 school principals took part in the survey. …”
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Characteristics in the Population of Stray Dogs and Changes After One Year From a City in Southern Mexico by A. Novelo-Sanguino, M. Jiménez-Coello, J. C. Segura-Correa, A. Ortega-Pacheco

“…The sighting method was used using the “count within a selected block” method recommended by the World Society for the Protection of Animals. For the sample size, 21 blocks were randomly selected from the city. …”
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Electric Pulp Tester Response Thresholds Across Electrode Placement Sites in Maxillary and Mandibular Anterior Teeth: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shafqat Ali Shah, Fawad Ali Shah, Laila Gul, Rizwan Ullah Afridi, Ayesha Noor

“…Means of variables from each location were compared using ANOVA and Pair sample t Test while the critical level of significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. …”
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The Association between Obesity and Cognitive Function in Otherwise Healthy Premenopausal Arab Women by Abdulaziz Farooq, Ann-Marie Gibson, John J. Reilly, Nadia Gaoua

“…From a cohort of 220 women, 98 were randomly selected that provided complete data. Body composition was examined by dual-energy X-ray scan. …”
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Impacts of endogenous opioid blockade and sex on working memory among ad-libitum and abstinent smokers and non-smokers by Ryan Johnson, Briana N. DeAngelis, Motohiro Nakajima, Sharon S. Allen, Mustafa al'Absi

“…Background: Research examining the effects of opioid receptor antagonists on working memory is limited by small sample sizes that are often comprised of only male participants. …”
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A prospective comparative study of single-layer versus double-layer uterine closure techniques on cesarean scar formation by Mustafa Raşit Özler, Ragıp Atakan Al

“…Secondary outcomes included RMT at six weeks, healing ratios, presence of niche, operative time, transfusion need, infectious morbidity, and hospital stay duration. Sample size was based on preliminary data indicating a mean RMT of 5 mm (SD 0.6 mm). …”
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Histological and radiographic assessment of the regenerative potential of sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) as a novel direct pulp capping material in an animal model by Mostafa Kamel Mohamed, Mohamed Abdelfattah Abdelrahman, Abdel-Razik Hashem Abdel-Razik, Ahmad Abdel Hamid Elheeny

“…Quantitative data were analyzed using the paired-sample t-test, while the qualitative data based on Stanley's histological scoring system were tested using the Monte Carlo exact test. …”
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Effectiveness of combined regenerative medicine and exercise therapy for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a scoping review by Tomohiro Oka, Tomohiro Oka, Kosuke Suzuki, Katsuyoshi Tanaka, Kouhei Okuyama, Takashi Kitagawa

“…Sample sizes ranged from 17 to 32. Despite variations in PRP type (pure vs. leukocyte rich), and exercise regimen (home-based vs. supervised), all studies showed significant advantages in pain and function for the combined intervention group. …”
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THE EFFECT OF CORIANDER LEAVES EXTRACT ON THE DEGREE OF WISTAR RATS LIVER MICROSCOPIC DAMAGE WAS GIVEN MERCURIC CHLORIDE ORALLY by Zefania Regina Ardiani, Sudaryanto Sudaryanto, Hermawan Istiadi, Hadi Hadi

“…Observed with a magnification of 400x in 5 different fields of view of each sample and were assessed using Manja Roenigk's score. …”
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