Sensitivity analyses were planned to evaluate the potential effect of timing of TBI, age, drugs and year of publication on efficacy.
At the beginning of the study, gametocytaemia was detected in three patients (two in the fixed group), and it was not detected during the follow-up in any of the patients This is probably the first publication on efficacy of AS+SMP in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Only 2 publications reported efficacy of other PCVs.
Although there are many publications claiming efficacy based on retrospective studies, case-control studies, prospective observational, and nonrandomized studies, conclusions based on such studies are often discredited by later RCTs.
This identified 1835 unique publications for the efficacy review and 4418 unique publications for the other topics.
‡Retrieved trial was separate publication for primary efficacy outcomes only.
A recent publication assessed the efficacy of cetuximab in the palliative treatment of patients with intrahepatic CC unresponsive to first-line gemcitabine-oxaliplatin pretreatment.
Since the initial publication of the efficacy of IPC in hepatic steatosis subjected to IRI [ 15], the protective effect of IPC on steatotic livers has been the topic of research for several laboratories.
A number of case reports, though subject to a publication bias, document efficacy of rFVIIa by reporting a close temporal relationship between the administration of rFVIIa and cessation of bleeding [ 20, 30, 33].
To investigate the relationship between industry- vs nonindustry-funded publications comparing the efficacy of topical prostaglandin analogs by evaluating the correspondence between the statistical significance of the publication's main outcome measure and its abstract conclusions.
Topical antibiotics are often used, but very few publications support their efficacy [3].
