Measurement in clinical trials: A neglected issue for statisticians?

Biostatisticians have frequently uncritically accepted the measurements provided by their medical colleagues engaged in clinical research. Such measures often involve considerable loss of information. Particularly, unfortunate is the widespread use of the so‐called ‘responder analysis’, which may involve not only a loss of information through dichotomization, but also extravagant and unjustified causal inference regarding individual treatment effects at the patient level, and, increasingly, the use of the so‐called number needed to treat scale of measurement. Other problems involve inefficient use of baseline measurements, the use of covariates measured after the start of treatment, the interpretation of titrations and composite response measures. Many of these bad practices are becoming enshrined in the regulatory guidance to the pharmaceutical industry. We consider the losses involved in inappropriate measures and suggest that statisticians should pay more attention to this aspect of their work. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Application of Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to Clinical Problems in Radiotherapy

The goals of this report are: 1) to review the number needed to treat (NNT) concept, which, although well established in many sectors of medicine, is still relatively new to the radiotherapy community; 2) to discuss several clinical radiotherapy examples illustrating the inherent advantages of the NNT approach; and 3) to discuss potential future roles of the NNT concept within radiotherapy.     

慢性乙型肝炎的中医药生态治疗优势

现代医学的生物、心理与社会医学模式特点之一是对以身心疾病为主的现代疾病的预防和治疗 ,更加注重人体的整体性、强调药物作用的多靶点性 ,即整体调节作用。运用中医学的整体观与辩证论治治疗慢性疾病。如肝病的生态治疗就是发挥绿色天然中药复方的多重综合、双向调节功能 ,调动人体的防御机能 ,强调药物作用的多靶点性及整体调节作用以清除病毒、调节免疫、增强抵抗力、恢复肝功能、防止肝炎的慢性纤维化     

中药结合心理干预治疗不安障碍40例

[目的]探索不安障碍治疗的有效途径。[方法]采用中药结合心理干预治疗不安障碍患者40例。[结果]显效31例(77·5%)、有效7例(17·5%)无效2例(5·0%)。SDS、CMI有显著性差异。[结论]中药结合心理干预治疗不安障碍疗效显著。     

影响直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术预后因素

目的：探讨影响直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术预后的主要因素.方法：选取2000年7月至2002年6月间的102例行直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术的病人作为研究对象,回顾性分析病人临床资料.结果：102例行直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术的病例,失访4例,失访率为3.9%,现存活96例,10例术后复发和转移,复发率为10.2%,91例术后性生活无显著障碍,99例泌尿功能基本正常.结果表明影响直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术预后存在因素.结论：直肠癌全直肠系膜切除术可以减少术后复发和转移,减少患者术后泌尿和性功能方面的并发症,可提高病人生活质量的保证.     

高技术条件下战场救治的特点及医德要求

高技术条件下战争的特殊性给战场救治带来了新的挑战。通过分析高技术条件下的战场救治的特点,提出了要圆满完成战场救治任务,军队医务人员必须承担的医德责任和应具备的身心素质。     

Universal HIV testing and treatment and HIV stigma reduction: a comparative thematic analysis of qualitative data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in South Africa and Zambia

Despite continued development of effective HIV treatment, expanded access to care and advances in prevention modalities, HIV‐related stigma persists. We examine how, in the context of a universal HIV‐testing and treatment trial in South Africa and Zambia, increased availability of HIV services influenced conceptualisations of HIV. Using qualitative data, we explore people’s stigma‐related experiences of living in ‘intervention’ and ‘control’ study communities. We conducted exploratory data analysis from a qualitative cohort of 150 households in 13 study communities, collected between 2016 and 2018. We found that increased availability of HIV‐testing services influenced conceptualisations of HIV as normative (non‐exceptional) and the visibility of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in household and community spaces impacted opportunities for stigma. There was a shift in community narratives towards individual responsibility to take up (assumingly) widely available service – for PLHIV to take care of their own health and to prevent onward transmission. Based on empirical data, we show that, despite a growing acceptance of HIV‐related testing services, anticipated stigma persists through the mechanism of shifting responsibilisation. To mitigate the responsibilisation of PLHIV, heath implementers need to adapt anti‐stigma messaging and especially focus on anticipated stigma.     

碱性成纤维细胞生长因子对庆大霉素肾毒性治疗作用的 …

目的：初步观察碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（ｂＦＧＦ）对庆大霉素（Ｇｅｎｔａｍｉｃｉｎ,ＧＭ）肾毒性的治疗作用。方法：雄性Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠３２只,随机分为对照组、实验组（ＧＭ）中的ＧＭ１组、ＧＭ２组、ＧＭ３组各８只。ＧＭ组按１６０ｍｇ／ｋｇ．ｄ＾－１肌注ＧＭ８ｄ,对照组注身等量生理盐水。于实验第９天宰杀对照组和ＧＭ１组的各８只动物,分别取血做血清尿素氮（ＢＵＮ）和血清肌酐（Ｓｃｒ）检查,以取肾皮质做光镜     

晚期肺癌73例外科治疗分析

目的 总结近９ａ实施的肺癌手术２０３例,其中属于Ⅲｂ或Ⅳ期的晚期肺癌７３例,旨在讨论晚期肺癌的手术指征,手术操作要点。方法 行全肺切除１８例（左肺１５例,右肺３例）,肺叶切除５４例,肺癌切除后复发余肺切除１例,经心包内处理肺血管１７例,合并民房部分切除２例;支气管成形术１３敢管隆凸成形术１例。结果 除１例因急性呼吸功能衰竭导致死亡外,其余均临床治愈,术后生存率１ａ内为９５％,１ａ以不足２ａ为８０％     

心血管疾病介入诊治术患者心理状态调查分析

对８６２例心血管疾病介入诊治术患者术前分别采用心理护理（ｎ＝４３１）和非心理护理（ｎ＝４３１）前后比较心理状态差别观察。结果显示：手术前所有患者均有严重焦虑心理,经采用心理宣教、心理护理后,患者焦虑程度大大降低（Ｐ＜０．００１）,处于接受手术的最佳心理状态,保证手术顺利进行,并减少了术前、中、后并发症的发生。而未行心理宣教及心理护理的患者的焦虑程度几乎没有变化（Ｐ＞０．０５）,有的甚至提高。通过对照观察、心理宣教及心理护理的有效实施,对消除患者的焦虑、恐惧心理有较满意的效果,并能达到仅靠操作技术难以获得的效果,起到良好的助手作用。