Clinical Trial Research

Research findings from D. Wardlaw et al update understanding of clinical trial research

Published in Hospital Business Week, April 19th, 2009

" Balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of painful vertebral fractures, which is intended to reduce pain and improve quality of life. We assessed the efficacy and safety of the procedure," researchers in Scotland report.

" Adults with one to three acute vertebral fractures were eligible for enrolment in this randomised controlled trial at 21 sites in eight countries. We randomly assigned 300 patients by a computer-generated sequence to receive kyphoplasty treatment (n=149) or non-surgical care (n=151). The primary outcome was the difference in change from baseline to 1 month in the short-form (SF)-36 physical component summary (PCS)...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-04-19)

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