Tag: RCT
Exploring the effectiveness of Topical Wound Oxygen therapy in diabetic foot...
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Until about a decade and a half ago, vascular surgeon Alisha Oropallo, MD, could be counted among the skeptics....
AAA and complex repair: ‘We need more evidence,’ says UChicago chief
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of open repair versus endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), as well as...
Equivalency to clinical practice ‘varies considerably’ across recent carotid intervention trials
The transferability to real-world clinical practice of contemporary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably,” according to a recent analysis...
Clinical outcomes of the ClotTriever system in DVT set to be...
Inari Medical has announced planned enrollment of the DEFIANCE randomized controlled trial (RCT), which is designed to compare the clinical outcomes of patients with...
Biomarkers of heart failure show early reversal with catheter thrombolysis compared...
In a secondary analysis of the SUNSET sPE randomized control trial, lead investigator Efthymios Avgerinos, MD, of the division of vascular surgery, University of...
Interview: Combating the problem of spin, or overinterpretation, in RCTs
The presence of spin, or overinterpretation, in scientific papers that ultimately demonstrate statistically insignificant findings had been gnawing away at Thomas Forbes, MD, for...
Canadian Vascular: Spin in RCTs
A large proportion of statistically nonsignificant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) yielded interpretations that were inconsistent with their results, according to an analysis of 31...
MicroStent to treat PAD below the knee receives FDA breakthrough device...
Micro Medical Solutions (MMS) recently revealed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breakthrough device designation for its MicroStent vascular stent. This novel technology is designed...