Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Long-Term Effect of Randomization to Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Health in Older Women : Postintervention Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Although calcium and vitamin D (CaD) supplementation may affect chronic disease in older women, evidence of long-term effects on health outcomes is limited. ⋯ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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Meta Analysis
In solid tumors, neoadjuvant or adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade increases treatment-related grade 3 or 4 adverse events.
Fujiwara Y, Horita N, Adib E, et al. Treatment-related adverse events, including fatal toxicities, in patients with solid tumours receiving neoadjuvant and adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Lancet Oncol. 2024;25:62-75. 38012893.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
In severe eosinophilic asthma controlled with benralizumab, tapering high-dose ICS reduced dose while maintaining control.
Jackson DJ, Heaney LG, Humbert M, et al; SHAMAL Investigators. Reduction of daily maintenance inhaled corticosteroids in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma treated with benralizumab (SHAMAL): a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 4 study. Lancet. 2024;403:271-281. 38071986.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial
In suspected ACS, hs-cTnI- vs. c-cTnI-guided care was associated with improved outcomes at 5 y in certain subgroups.
Lee KK, Doudesis D, Ferry AV, et al; High-STEACS Investigators. Implementation of a high sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay and risk of myocardial infarction or death at five years: observational analysis of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2023;383:e075009. 38011922.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial
For due or overdue cervical cancer screening, direct or opt-in mailing of HPV self-sampling increased screening at 6 mo vs. education.
Winer RL, Lin J, Anderson ML, et al. Strategies to increase cervical cancer screening with mailed human papillomavirus self-sampling kits: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2023;330:1971-1981. 38015219.