In the case of screening mammography, two meta-analyses reported that although tailored interventions are more efficacious compared to non-tailored ones in increasing mammography screening [ 17, 18], reminder-type, targeted interventions could also be efficacious in promoting repeated use of mammography [ 19].
In fact, PT treatment was found to be more efficacious when compared to A treatment in many outcome measures.
Given the background that somatostatin is an ideal vasoactive drug in the field of liver pathology, it is our opinion that somatostatin will be more efficacious and safe as compared to currently used beta blocker drugs like propanolol, in the control of acute oesophageal variceal bleeding due to Schistosoma mansoni infection.
36 It was not the purpose of the present study to examine which therapy would be more efficacious; however, future studies comparing IGF-1 with hGH in a controlled randomised multicentre study are planned.
Diclofenac 150 mg/day demonstrated better results (is likely to be more efficacious) in pain relief on VAS compared to all other treatments in both time points (probability of being better, that is more efficacious, treatment >85% in all pairwise comparisons), with the exception of etoricoxib at 6 weeks (Pr (diclofenac being better) = 52%).
38 In comparison to conventional GnRH agonists, clinical studies indicate that 6-month depot leuprorelin may be more efficacious, although there are no prospective trials comparing these different formulations.
Results are conflicting; two studies suggest no differences in efficacy between compared drugs, while one study found donepezil to be more efficacious than galantamine, and one study found rivastigmine to be more efficacious than donepezil.
It was hypothesized that IBUNa would be more efficacious than placebo and would provide a faster onset of analgesia compared with standard IBU tablets.
