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Because of discrepancies in outcome measures and time points for outcome measurements, we could not use scatter plots to explore associations between clinical effectiveness and annual costs.
The heterogeneity in clinical outcomes across different diseases, discrepancies in time points for outcome measurements, and the inconsistency in the levels of outcome reporting, also limited the type of analyses and, therefore, the conclusions that could be drawn regarding the effectiveness and safety of some orphan drugs.
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One study used CAM in ICU patients and received no point for outcome measurement [ 3].
For both VA-based and Duke-based studies, the primary time point for outcome assessment is 12-months following baseline assessment.
In that study using tumour response according to Miller Payne criteria as a surrogate end point for outcome, 2/2 TNBC patients with a BRCA1 mutation achieved a pathological complete remission (pCR) on conventionally dosed cisplatin [ 37].
In summary, the evidence for efficacy of intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin for TMJ pain are based on non-randomized studies and one single blind study where the nature of the blinding (patient- or physician-blinded) as well as the time-point for outcome measurement were not described.
These variables are: 1) allocation concealment, with trials at low risk of selection bias having smaller effects; 2) time point for outcome assessment, with trials with longer intervals between assessments demonstrating greater effects; and 3) the type of antimicrobial, with tetracycline appearing to have larger biological effects than other antibiotics.
However, mortality is not a sensitive end point for outcomes with a high survival rate, such as breast cancer.
That is, they would receive no points regardless of the outcome, while the other would receive points for that outcome.
We conducted analyses by quartile of cumulative exposure, with cut points for each outcome determined from the cumulative exposure of the cases of that outcome at time of diagnosis, and separate cut points derived for lagged and unlagged exposures.
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