Sentence examples for use of a comparator from inspiring English sources

Patients were to have a treatment duration of ≥60 days and no use of a comparator regimen within 3 months before and 12 months after the index date.

The major strengths of this study are its size, the use of a comparator group (studying biomass smoke exposed and non-exposed groups) and the adjustment for confounders, often inadequately dealt with in previous studies.

The first results of this prototype demonstrate that the fixed pattern dispersion is reduced below a noise level of 15 e−, allowing the use of a single comparator or a low-resolution ADC per pixel column.

When making indirect comparisons of treatment effect between different trials use of a common comparator, often a placebo, is ideal.

For example, the use of a constant comparator in all but one study [ 65] suggests that they are unlikely to have used optimal designs [ 52].

The use of a systemic comparator arm (e.g. ciclosporin or methotrexate) for this length of time is also problematic because of cumulative toxicity and blinding.

Because of the use of a standard comparator, this study is not expected to enroll any multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, and indeed study procedures must include active steps to avoid enrolling subjects infected with pathogens likely resistant to the comparator.

The strengths of our study include learner homogeneity, use of a PL comparator, matching of TBL and PL groups and mitigation of the carryover effect using our study design, blinding of students to study design and testing, relevance of topics [ 21, 22], measures taken to minimize the practice effect, delayed post-testing 48 hours later, and complete follow-up.

Use of an active comparator control condition.

Thus, the use of an internal comparator is helpful to ensure the representativity of enrolled patients.

In our assessment of risk of bias, we did not consider the use of an active comparator as inappropriate.