The influence of cold versus room temperature charcoal on reducing nausea of poisoned patients: A randomized clinical trial by Morteza Talebi Doluee, Bita Dadpoor, Behrang Rezvani Kakhki, Veda Vakili, Elahe Barati, Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

“…Methods: This clinical experimental trial study approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Regional School of Medicine of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences with the code 930106. …”
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Preoperative frailty assessment could be a predictive factor for the prognosis of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective case-control study by Rui Pan, Xiaohui Li, Jingjing Han, Qian Li, Zheng Lei, He Huang, Yu Chen

“…Trial registration The clinical study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (2021-SR-393). …”
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Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase I, Dose- Escalation Study to Evaluate the Tolerance, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Immunogenicity of PEGylated Urate Ox... by Sun F, Wang C, Xu Y, Lin P, Cao Y, Zhang J, Li X, Jiang X, Fu Y, Cao Y

“…Relevant documents, including protocol, informed consent and drug inspection report, are all approved independently by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. …”
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The effects of intermittent fasting diet alone or in combination with probiotic supplementation in comparison with calorie-restricted diet on metabolic and hormonal profile in pati... by Sepide Talebi, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Hamed Mohammadi, Ashraf Moini, Kurosh Djafarian

“…Ethical aspects The current trial received approval from the Medical Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (IR.TUMS.MEDICNE.REC.1401.425). …”
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Predictors and moderators of treatment outcomes in phase-based treatment and trauma-focused treatments in patients with childhood abuse-related post-traumatic stress disorder by Noortje I. van Vliet, Rafaele J. C. Huntjens, Maarten K. van Dijk, Mark Huisman, Nathan Bachrach, Marie-Louise Meewisse, Sietske van Haren, Ad de Jongh

“…TC = 5991) NTR5991 and was approved by the medical ethics committee of Twente NL 56641.044.16 CCMO.…”
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MAF bZIP Transcription Factor B (MAFB) Protected Against Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Rhinitis via the Alleviation of Inflammation by Restoring the T Helper (Th) 1/Th2/Th17 Imbalance... by Sun Y, Liu T, Bai W

“…The experimental procedures were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University (2019PS341K) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Effectiveness of endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia correction for clinically occult inguinal hernia (EFFECT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Marleen M. Roos, Egbert-Jan M. M. Verleisdonk, Floris B. M. Sanders, Arno W. Hoes, Rebecca K. Stellato, Geert W. J. Frederix, Rogier K. J. Simmermacher, Josephina P. J. Burgmans, EFFECT study group

“…Trial registration The study protocol (NL61730.100.17) is approved by the Medical Ethics Committee (MEC-U) of the Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands. …”
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Protocol for a double-blinded randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of faecal microbiota transplantations on thyroid reserve in patients with subclinical autoimmune hypo... by Max Nieuwdorp, Elena Rampanelli, Eric Fliers, Aline C Fenneman, Anne H van der Spek

“…The recruitment of the first patient and donor occurred on 18 December 2019.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from the hospital Ethics Committee (Medical Ethics Committee) at Amsterdam University Medical Center. …”
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Needs and Experiences With Health Care Providers of Adult Rare Disease Patients and Caregivers of People With Rare Diseases: Protocol for a Qualitative Study by Tina Černe, Eva Turk, Spela Mirosevic, Danica Rotar Pavlič

“…This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia (0120-47/2022/3), and recruitment is expected to begin in May 2024, with data analysis results anticipated by the end of 2025. …”
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Comparison of efficacy and safety of His-Purkinje system pacing versus cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy: protocol for a randomised c... by Junjun Chen, Liting Cheng, Junmeng Zhang, Zefeng Wang, Zhuo Liang, Jieruo Chen, Yongquan Wu, Xiao Du, Ruiqing Dong, Fei Hang, Xinlu Wang, Ziyu Wang

“…The primary outcome is the duration of QRS complex (QRS width), and the secondary outcomes are NT-proBNP (N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide), C reactive protein, the number of antibiotics used, left ventricular ejection fraction, end systolic volume, end diastolic volume, the hospitalisation duration, the incidence of postoperative infection, pacemaker parameters (threshold, sensing and impedance), the 6-minute walking test, and quality of life (36-Item Short Form Survey scale), all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, heart failure-related rehospitalisation rate, other rehospitalisation rates, major complication rates and procedure costs.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the Beijing Anzhen Hospital Medical Ethics Committee (No. 2020043X).Trial registration number Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR2000034265).…”
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Clinically SUspected ScaPhoid fracturE: treatment with supportive bandage or CasT? ‘Study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial’ (SUSPECT study) by Jan A N Verhaar, Abigael Cohen, Gerald A Kraan, Nina M C Mathijssen, Marc A Koopmanschap, Sander Mol, Joost W Colaris

“…Secondary outcomes include functional outcome, recovery of function, pain, patient satisfaction, quality of life and cost-effectiveness measured by medical consumption, absence from work or decreased productivity.Ethics and dissemination The Medical Ethics Committee of the Erasmus MC Medical Centre, Rotterdam, approved the study protocol (MEC-2017-504). …”
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Enhanced PeriOperative Care and Health protection programme for the prevention of surgical site infections after elective abdominal surgery (EPOCH): study protocol of a randomised... by Marja A Boermeester, Markus W Hollmann, Charles C van Rossem, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Stijn W de Jonge, Niels Wolfhagen, Quirine JJ Boldingh, Wouter J Bom, Linda M Posthuma, Jochem CG Scheijmans, Bart MF van der Leeuw, Joost AB van der Hoeven, Jens Peter Hering, Dirk JA Sonneveld, Otto E van Geffen, Eduard R Hendriks, Ewoud B Kluyver, Ahmet Demirkiran, Luc RCW van Lonkhuijzen, Thomas Slotema, Werner A Draaisma, Seppe JSHA Koopman, Linda M Over, Peter van Duijvendijk

“…Analysis of the primary endpoint will be on an intention-to-treat basis.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is granted by the Amsterdam UMC Medical Ethics Committee (reference 2015_121). Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and summaries shared with stakeholders. …”
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PERSonalised Incentives for Supporting Tobacco cessation (PERSIST) among healthcare employees: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Alex Burdorf, Nienke W Boderie, Johannes LW van Kippersluis, Diarmaid T Ó Ceallaigh, Márta K Radó

“…Effectiveness will be determined by intention-to-treat analysis.Ethics and dissemination The Erasmus MC Medical Ethics Committee decided that according to the Dutch Human Research Law (WMO), the protocol required no formal ethical approval. …”
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Motion-robust MR imaging of the shoulder using compressed SENSE MultiVane by Mamoru Niitsu, Shinji Saruya, Katsunobu Sakaguchi, Keisuke Watarai, Masami Yoneyama, Yasutomo Katsumata, Kaiji Inoue, Eito Kozawa

“…This prospective study was approved by our institution’s medical ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained from all 31 patients. …”
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The effectiveness of creating an online life story book on persons with early dementia and their informal caregivers: a protocol of a randomized controlled trial by Teuntje R Elfrink, Sytse U Zuidema, Miriam Kunz, Gerben J Westerhof

“…Trial registration This study has been approved by the Twente Medical Ethics Committee under the file number p16-04 (Dutch Trial Register: NTR5939 , date of registration: 14 March 2016).…”
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A multistage multimodal deep learning model for disease severity assessment and early warnings of high-risk patients of COVID-19 by Zhuo Li, Zhuo Li, Ruiqing Xu, Yifei Shen, Jiannong Cao, Ben Wang, Ying Zhang, Shikang Li

“…We conduct experiments on a clinical dataset consisting of 216 COVID-19 patients that have passed the ethical review of the medical ethics committee. Experimental results validate our assumption that sequential stage-wise learning outperforms single-stage learning, but history long ago has little influence on the learning outcome. …”
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CATERPILLAR-study protocol: an assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing taurolidine-citrate-heparin to heparin-only lock solutions for the prevention of central line-... by Marta Fiocco, Marc H W A Wijnen, Ceder Hildegard van den Bosch, Yvette Loeffen, Alida F W van der Steeg, Jan-Tom T van der Bruggen, Florine N J Frakking, Cornelis P van de Ven, Marianne D van de Wetering

“…The results of the interim analysis and overall conduct of the trial will be discussed by a data safety monitoring board.Ethics and dissemination The medical ethics committee NedMec, Utrecht, the Netherlands, has approved this research (number 20/370). …”
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Atorvastatin mucoadhesive tablets in the management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis: a randomized clinical study by Tahereh Molania, Jafar Akbari, Amirhossein Babaei, Anahita Lotfizadeh, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Abbas Mesgarani, Anahita Baasl, Maede Salehi

“…The present study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences with the ethics code IR.MAZUMS.REC.1400.8346. …”
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Usability of dual HIV/syphilis self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial by Min Wang, Yun Zhang, Chuanyi Ning, Hong Zhang, Jieling Mo, Sumin Tan, Haimei Huang, Jiawen Zhu, Weiyi Tian, Jinli Mo, Ping Cen

“…The secondary outcome includes changes in sex behaviours (eg, number of male sex partners and the proportion of consistent condom use) and the mean number of HIV tests used by the social network members over the study period.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Guangxi Medical University, China (20210173). …”
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Effects of discontinuation of levothyroxine treatment in older adults: protocol for a self-controlled trial by Simon P Mooijaart, Rosalinde K E Poortvliet, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Robert S Du Puy, Olaf M Dekkers, A Janneke Ravensberg

“…A total of 513 participants will be recruited to estimate the expected proportion of 50% with a 95% CI ranging from 45% to 55%.Ethics and dissemination Approval was obtained from the institutional Medical Ethics Committee. The Older People Advisory Board Health and Well-being has reviewed the research proposal and their comments were used for improvement. …”
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