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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...

Avaliação da resposta inicial de desenvolvimento de ensaios clínicos para COVID-19 no Brasil

RESUMO: Objetivo: Descrever as características metodológicas e de boas práticas em pesquisa dos estudos de intervenção para COVID-19 desenvolvidos no Brasil nos primeiros meses da pandemia. Métodos: Revisamos o boletim da Comissão Nacional de Ética em Pesquisa - edição especial Coronavírus...

Outcomes of chronic total occlusions in coronary arteries according to three therapeutic strategies: a meta-analysis with 6985 patients from 8 published observational studies

Abstract Objective: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and medical treatment (MT) in patients with chronic total occlusions (CTOs). Methods: We identified eligible observational studies ...

Rumo a uma nova geração de ensaios clínicos: pesquisa-ação participativa em saúde

A Pesquisa-ação Participativa em Saúde (PaPS) é uma abordagem que inclui as pessoas no processo. Não é feita "nas" pessoas como sujeitos passivos que fornecem "dados", mas "com" elas para fornecer informações relevantes no sentido de melhorar as suas vidas e produzir soluções. O processo de pes...

Supervisión de ensayos clínicos en hospitales del Seguro Social de Salud del Perú: enfoque administrativo y regulatorio

RESUMEN El objetivo del estudio fue describir las características de los ensayos clínicos (EC) supervisados por el Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación en EsSalud entre el 2015 y 2018 y las principales observaciones de las supervisiones realizadas. Se realizó un estudio d...

III. The role of the Research Ethics Committees in the regulation of Pharma-Sponsored studies

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (5), 2019
Participants of Pharma-sponsored research are exposed to risks, benefits, and uncertainties that do not occur in other forms of clinical studies. Ethics committees represent the subjects’ first line of protection. This responsibility begins with the study review and ends after all study subjects finish ...