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Ensayos clínicos con análisis secuencial y su interrupción precoz ¿cómo interpretarlos?

Medwave; 20 (5), 2020
El análisis secuencial de ensayos clínicos permite el monitoreo continuo de los datos emergentes para el investigador, así como una mayor seguridad para evitar someter a los participantes a una terapia inferior o fútil en términos de eficacia o seguridad, antes que esta sea evidente, mientras se con...

Clinical trials on drug repositioning for COVID-19 treatment

ABSTRACT The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed on December 2019 about a coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province (China). Subsequently, on March 12, 2020, 125,048 cases and 4,614 deaths were reported. Coronavirus is an enveloped RNA virus, from the genus Betacoronavirus, that is...

Latin American interventions in children and adolescents' sedentary behavior: a systematic review

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify and evaluate the effects of community-based interventions on the sedentary behavior (SB) of Latin American children and adolescents. METHODS A systematic review on community-based trials to reduce and/or control SB in Latin American countries (Prospero: CRD42017072157)....

Gut microbiota and the use of probiotics in constipation in children and adolescents: systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: To perform a systematic review of literature data on gut microbiota and the efficacy of probiotics for the treatment of constipation in children and adolescents. Data source: The research was performed in the PubMed, the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and the Latin ...

Uso de fármacos anticorpos monoclonais, imunomoduladores e anti-inflamatórios no tratamento da infecção por COVID-19

O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar o levantamento bibliográfico de artigos científicos e ensaios clínicos sobre a utilização de anticorpos monoclonais, imunomoduladores e anti-inflamatórios como possíveis alternativas terapêuticas para uso em pacientes com COVID-19, com ênfase nos mecanismos...

Shortened tuberculosis treatment regimens: what is new?

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Given the global burden of tuberculosis, shortened treatment regimens with existing or repurposed drugs are needed to contribute to tuberculosis control. The long duration of treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) is associated with nonadherence and loss to follow up, and the treatme...

Federal university hospitals: heterogeneity in the coordination of clinical trials authorized by the National Health Surveillance Agency

Clin. biomed. res; 40 (2), 2020
Introduction: This study aimed to describe clinical trials approved by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) and coordinated by federal university hospitals (FUHs), as well as to investigate the relationship between the number of clinical trials and the assistance provided by these FUHs. Meth...

Visual data: a new tool to improve the presentation of clinical trial results

ABSTRACT Randomized controlled trials are known to be the best tool to determine the effects of an intervention; however, most healthcare professionals are not able to adequately understand the results. In this report, concepts, applications, examples, and advantages of using visual data as a complementa...