Additional comparisons are also performed between the proposed AMALGAM method and a randomised (or no-learning) version thereof, as well as a selection choice function-based multiobjective hyperheuristic available in the literature.
The method was a randomised controlled trial using one intervention group and one control group; the study was conducted between January and June 2012.
Our next objective would be focused on validating the method in a randomised cohort of patients, with a systematic follow-up, to extend and systematise such an assay to other chemotherapeutic agents, which could provide the basis of anticancer drug dosages and save more lives eventually.
Design and methods: In a randomised, double-blind, cross-over study in 50 patients with coronary heart disease and normal serum creatinine, folic acid (5 mg/daily) was administered for 6 weeks and blood was analysed for von Willebrand factor, soluble E-selectin, and thrombomodulin.
We describe the rationale, design and analytic methods of a randomised controlled trial comparing acupuncture and sham acupuncture for patients with FD, at different time points.
Service users and carers were asked to be involved in a research study that sought to use quantitative methods, including a randomised controlled trial, to investigate the experience of recovery.
This paper describes the methods for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two manual therapy techniques in the treatment of people with cervicogenic dizziness for which there is limited established evidence-based treatment.
Method This was a randomised trial conducted at four clinical centres (Clinicaltrials.gov registration number: NCT00733525).
This study is a mixed methods study, incorporating a randomised controlled trial and a qualitative case study at Monash University.
Using a mixed methods design comprising a randomised controlled trial and a nested qualitative evaluation, we will recruit 68 adolescents age 13 - 18 years with type 1 diabetes (HbA1c > 8.0%) and their parents from 2 Danish hospitals and randomise into GSD-Y or control groups.
