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Virtual Environment Rehabilitation for Patients with Motor Neglect Trial (VERMONT)
BACKGROUND: Motor neglect occurs in patients with chronic pain conditions. Virtual environments (VE) help rehabilitation through biofeedback and improving motivation. AIM: To assess the feasibility of a VE for patients with...
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MINocyclinE to Reduce inflammation and blood brain barrier leakage in small Vessel diseAse (MINERVA) trial study protocol.
BACKGROUND: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common cause of stroke and cognitive impairment. Recent data has implicated neuroinflammation and increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability in its pathogenesis, but...
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Adaptive sample size modification in clinical trials
We consider sample size re-estimation in a clinical trial, in particular when there is a significant delay before the measurement of patient response. Mehta and Pocock have proposed methods in which sample size is increased when...
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Complement inhibition in ANCA vasculitis.
David Jayne
Feb 21, 2020
A role for the alternative complement pathway has emerged in the understanding of ANCA vasculitis pathogenesis. Current therapies of ANCA vasculitis are limited by partial efficacy and toxicity and many patients pursue a...
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Cancer immunotherapy trial registrations increase exponentially but chronic immunosuppressive glucocorticoid therapy may compromise outcomes
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Programme [RJAG/076 to TJ], Cancer Research UK and the Cambridge Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Academic Clinical Fellowship...
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Biomarker-guided trials
Biomarker-guided trials have drawn considerable attention as they promise to lead to improvements in the benefit-risk ratio of treatments and enhanced opportunities for drug development. A variety of such designs have been...
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Capturing the systemic immune signature of a norovirus infection
BACKGROUND: The infection of a participant with norovirus during the adaptive study of interleukin-2 dose on regulatory T cells in type 1 diabetes (DILT1D) allowed a detailed insight into the cellular and cytokine immune...
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Stem Cell Therapies for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by demyelination and axonal degeneration. MS patients typically present with a relapsing-remitting (RR) disease course...
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Prism Adaptation in Rehabilitation? No Additional Effects of Prism Adaptation on Neglect Recovery in the Subacute Phase Poststroke
Background. Patients with neglect ignore or respond slower to contralesional stimuli. Neglect negatively influences independence in activities of daily living (ADL). Prism adaptation (PA) is one of the most frequently studied...
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MINocyclinE to Reduce inflammation and blood brain barrier leakage in small Vessel diseAse (MINERVA) trial study protocol.
Background: Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common cause of stroke and cognitive impairment. Recent data has implicated neuroinflammation and increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability in its pathogenesis, but...
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Risk of contamination when planning psychological therapy trials can be assessed using a simple framework
Pamela Jacobsen, Lisa Wood
Aug 01, 2020

Objectives: The objective of this study was to develop and pilot a standard framework that could be used to assess risk of contamination in psychological therapy trials, at the protocol development stage. Study Design and...

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Managing uncertain recovery for patients nearing the end of life in hospital
Abstract: Background: The AMBER (Assessment, Management, Best Practice, Engagement, Recovery Uncertain) care bundle is a complex intervention used in UK hospitals to support patients with uncertain recovery. However, it has yet...
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