Nature

Randomized controlled trials articles from across Nature Portfolio

Randomized controlled trials are clinical trials in which at least two interventions — the test treatment and a control treatment — are simultaneously evaluated in two or more arms of the trial, with ...
Medical Xpress

Randomized controlled trials could be harming nonprofits, experts argue

In the 1940s, medical researchers began using randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of health interventions. In RCTs, researchers create randomly assigned treatment and control groups, ...
BIOENGINEER

German trial protocol tests interprofessional outpatient care for older adults

A planned randomized trial in Germany will compare standard care with a 14-week interprofessional outpatient program for 540 ...
BMJ

Structured exercise interventions and survival outcomes in patients with cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

4 Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan Objective Structured exercise is widely recommended in oncology care to improve quality of life and physical function, but its ...
BMJ

Effects of different exercise training modalities on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in adults with hypertension: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

4 Postgraduate Program in Human Movement Sciences, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Porto Alegre, Brazil Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data ...