Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Progressive Resistance Training or Neuromuscular Exercise for Hip Osteoarthritis : A Multicenter Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Exercise is recommended as first-line treatment for patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, randomized controlled trials providing evidence for the optimal exercise type are lacking. ⋯ Independent Research Fund Denmark.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
In Enterobacterales bacteremia, antipseudomonal β-lactam de-escalation was noninferior to continuation for clinical cure at 3 to 5 d.
López-Cortés LE, Delgado-Valverde M, Moreno-Mellado E, et al; SIMPLIFY study group. Efficacy and safety of a structured de-escalation from antipseudomonal β-lactams in bloodstream infections due to Enterobacterales (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, multicentre, randomised trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024;24:375-385. 38215770.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial
In older patients with AF and frailty, switching from VKA to NOAC therapy increased a composite of major or CRNM bleeding at 12 mo.
Joosten LP, van Doorn S, van de Ven PM, et al. Safety of switching from a vitamin K antagonist to a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant in frail older patients with atrial fibrillation: results of the FRAIL-AF randomized controlled trial. Circulation. 2024;149:279-289. 37634130.
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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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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial
In higher-risk, statin-intolerant adults with diabetes, bempedoic acid reduced MACE at a median 3 y.
Ray KK, Nicholls SJ, Li N, et al; CLEAR OUTCOMES Committees and Investigators. Efficacy and safety of bempedoic acid among patients with and without diabetes: prespecified analysis of the CLEAR Outcomes randomised trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024;12:19-28. 38061370.