A randomized prospective trial by O'Sullivan and colleagues randomized 50 Gy preoperative RT to 66 Gy postoperative RT.
Preliminary results of a randomized, prospective trial of laparoscopic vs open vertical banded gastroplasty.
The authors evaluated the safety and efficacy of this approach in a randomized prospective trial.
A randomized prospective trial was designed to compare use of the 2 devices under training or control conditions.
Thota PN, Zuccaro G Jr ,Vargo II JJ, et al. A randomized prospective trial comparing unsedated esophagoscopy via transnasal and transoral routes using a 4 mm video endoscope with conventional endoscopy with sedation.
Marks DI, Paietta EM, Moorman AV, Richards SM, Buck G, DeWald G, et al. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults: clinical features, immunophenotype, cytogenetics, and outcome from the large randomized prospective trial (UKALL XII/ECOG 2993).
Definitive evidence will necessitate a well-designed randomized prospective trial, although it is not likely that this will be possible or feasible.
Among the 33 articles describing the effects of systemic medications on ocular blood flow, only 11 (33.3%) investigated glaucoma patients, of which only one (9.1%) was a double-masked, randomized, prospective trial.
To assess these controversies, we propose the implementation of a screening program to detect early lymphedema in conjunction with a randomized, prospective trial designed to generate Level 1 evidence regarding the efficacy of early intervention and appropriate treatment strategies.
To conduct a randomized prospective trial of immune globulin treatment for 105 Rh+ children with newly-diagnosed immune thrombocytopenic purpura and a platelet count < 20,000/μL, to determine whether anti-D immune globulin (anti-D) is as effective as intravenous immune globulin (IVIg).
A randomized prospective trial to thoroughly evaluate the short-term and long-term impact of image-guided HA injection with and without knee bracing is needed.
