Sentence examples for the comparator studies from inspiring English sources

For the KMIS there were also a few noted trends with one of the comparator studies.

The comparator studies only described outcomes in patients who had undergone two-stage open surgical repair with vascular graft replacement [ 28– 31].

The comparator studies were all conducted between 1990 and 2006, and therefore most of the evidence preceded establishment of the E-vita open registry.

Of the comparator studies reporting the effect of FFP on blood loss, one reported lower blood loss as a result of FFP [ 34].

The EAC noted that the comparator studies mostly preceded the E-vita open plus studies according to their date of publication and, furthermore, the comparator studies were all conducted in the US whereas the E-vita open plus studies were all conducted in Europe.

From the baseline patient information presented in the papers, there was no reason to suspect that the patient populations in the E-vita open plus studies were markedly different from those included in the comparator studies.

The comparator study did not report this outcome [ 20].

It was unclear how the sponsor had selected the comparator study [ 20].

The comparator study test throughout the study was Abbott Determine™ HIV-1/2 (Inverness Medical, reported specificity 99.6%, sensitivity 99.4% [ 19]).

However, the comparator study from Bruni et al. [ 31] only included women with normal cytology whereas the cytology status was not known in the present study [ 32].

The comparator study selected by the sponsor evaluated the clinical and radiographic complications associated with growth rod treatment and was not an efficacy study.