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Bennett, L., Z. Zhao, B. Barber, X. Zhou, M. Peeters, J. Zhang, F. Xu, J. Wiezorek, and J.Y. Douillard. (2011). "Health-related quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with panitumumab in first- or second-line treatment." British Journal of Cancer, 105(10):1495-1502.

BACKGROUND: Panitumumab in combination with chemotherapy was evaluated in two pivotal clinical trials in first-and second-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), respectively. This... Full Abstract »

Mohamed, A.F., A.B. Hauber, and M.P. Neary. (2011). "Patient benefit-risk preferences for targeted agents in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma." Pharmacoeconomics, 29(11):977-988.

Background: Angiogenesis inhibitor agents have been shown to be effective in increasing progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, these treatments have... Full Abstract »

Taylor, T.N., R.A. Farkouh, J.B. Graham, A. Colligs, M. Lindemann, R. Lynen, and S.D. Candrilli. (2011). "Potential reduction in neural tube defects associated with use of metafolin-fortified oral contraceptives in the United States." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 205(5):460.e1-460.e8.

Objective - To estimate the potential reduction of neural tube defects (NTDs) through the use of Metafolin-fortified oral contraceptives (OCs) in the United States. Study Design - A population-based... Full Abstract »

Zhang, J., and W.L. Adamowicz. (2011). "Unraveling the choice format effect: A context-dependent random utility model." Land Economics, 87(4):730-743.

A few recent studies report that preferences elicited from a two-alternative choice format are different from those elicited from a three-alternative choice format, when both choice set designs... Full Abstract »

Huang, H., E. Andrews, J. Jones, M.L. Skovron, and H. Tilson. (2011). "Pitfalls in meta-analyses on adverse events reported from clinical trials." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 20(10):1014-1020.

In recent years, comparative effectiveness research has been more aggressively pursued as a means to improve health care, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses to inform health policy... Full Abstract »

Talbird, S., G. Knerer, W. Hausdorff, T. Taylor, and C.R. Frostad. (2011). "Reply to Strutton et al.: Response to “Outcomes and costs associated with PHiD-CV, a new protein D conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, in four countries”." Vaccine, 29(44):7591-7592.

We thank Strutton et al. for highlighting important issues for decision makers in their recent Letter to the Editor [1] and welcome the opportunity to clarify the methods we used to develop our... Full Abstract »

Wolowacz, S.E., M. Samuel, V.K. Brennan, J. Jasso-Mosqueda, and I.C. Van Gelder. (2011). "The cost of illness of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review of the recent literature." Europace, 13(10):1375-1385.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, its prevalence increasing markedly with age. Atrial fibrillation is strongly associated with increased risk of morbidity, including... Full Abstract »

Swartz, R.J., C. Schwartz, E. Basch, L. Cai, D.L. Fairclough, L. McLeod, T.R. Mendoza, and B. Rapkin. (2011). "The king's foot of patient-reported outcomes: current practices and new developments for the measurement of change." Quality of Life Research, 20(8):1159-1167.

Assessing change remains a challenge in patient-reported outcomes. In June 2009, a group of psychometricians, biostatisticians, and behavioral researchers from other disciplines convened as a... Full Abstract »

Hauber, A.B., J.M. Gonzalez, B. Schenkel, J.H. Lofland, and S. Martin. (2011). "The value to patients of reducing lesion severity in plaque psoriasis." J Dermatolog Treat , 22(5):266-275.

Abstract Plaque psoriasis is associated with significant psychosocial, quality-of-life, and economic burden. The objective of this study was to quantify the value to patients of reducing the... Full Abstract »

Lin, Y., J. Hatem, J. Wang, A. Quinn, D.G. Hicks, and P. Tang. (2011). "Tissue microarray-based immunohistochemical study can significantly underestimate the expression of HER2 and progesterone receptor in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast." Biotechnic & Histochemistry, 86(5):345-350.

The accuracy of immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis on tissue microarray (TMA)-based studies largely depends on the uniformity of the staining pattern for a given antibody and minimal intratumor... Full Abstract »

Wise, L.A., E.M. Mikkelsen, K.J. Rothman, A.H. Riis, H.T. Sorensen, K.F. Huybrechts, and E.E. Hatch. (2011). "A Prospective Cohort Study of Menstrual Characteristics and Time to Pregnancy." American Journal of Epidemiology, 174(6):701-709.

The authors examined the association between menstrual characteristics and time to pregnancy among 2,653 Danish women enrolled in a prospective cohort study (2007-2009). Menstrual characteristics... Full Abstract »

Kattan, M.W., S.R. Earnshaw, C.L. McDade, L.K. Black, and G.L. Andriole. (2011). "Cost effectiveness of chemoprevention for prostate cancer with dutasteride in a high-risk population based on results from the REDUCE clinical trial." Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 9(5):305-315.

Background: The REDUCE trial examined whether chemoprevention with the dual 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, dutasteride, reduced risk of prostate cancer (PCa) detection on biopsy. Objective: We... Full Abstract »

McKenna, S.P., D.M. Meads, L.C. Doward, J. Twiss, R. Pokrzywinski, D. Revicki, C.J. Hunter, and G.A. Glendenning. (2011). "Development and validation of the living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease questionnaire." Quality of Life Research, 20(7):1043-1052.

Purpose Available patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) focus primarily on impairment (symptoms) and activities (functioning). The purpose of the... Full Abstract »

Stull, D.E., P. van Hanswijck de Jonge, K. Houghton, C. Kocun, and D.W. Sandor. (2011). "Development of a frequent heartburn index." Quality of Life Research, 20(7):1023-1034.

Purpose The aim of this study is to develop and validate a brief instrument for the measurement of overall psychosocial impact of frequent heartburn (heartburn experienced 2+ times weekly) in the... Full Abstract »

Tennis, P., J.M. Gelfand, and K.J. Rothman. (2011). "Evaluation of cancer risk related to atopic dermatitis and use of topical calcineurin inhibitors." British Journal of Dermatology, 165(3):465-473.

Background: Cases of lymphoma or cutaneous cancer have been observed following use of topical calcineurin inhibitors (TCIs), but it is unclear whether TCI use increases cancer risk. Objective: We... Full Abstract »

Hirsch, I.B., Y. Xu, K.L. Davis, and B. Calingaert. (2011). "Patient factors associated with glucagonlike peptide 1 receptor agonist use with and without insulin." Endocrine Practice, 17(5):707-716.

Objective: A conceptual advantage exists for use of exenatide with insulin for glycemic control and mitigation of hypoglycemia and weight gain associated with insulin. We evaluated real-world use of... Full Abstract »

Hauber, A.B., A.F. Mohamed, C. Beam, J. Medjedovic, and J. Mauskopf. (2011). "Patient preferences and assessment of likely adherence to hepatitis C virus treatment." Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 18(9):619-627.

Summary. To estimate patient preferences for attributes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment and patients' assessment of the likely effect of treatment attributes on treatment adherence, HCV... Full Abstract »

Sherrill, B., K. Akhras, J. Kaye, R. Sandin, J. Cappelleri, A. Heyes, and C. Chen. (2011). "Review of Meta-analyses Evaluating Surrogate Endpoints for Overall Survival (OS) in Oncology." European Journal of Cancer, 47(Suppl. 1):S261-S261.

Stang, A., and K.J. Rothman. (2011). "That confounded P-value revisited." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64(9):1047-1048.

Hooper [1] defends using P-values to answer the question, “do we think there is an effect at all.” But what advantage is there in viewing measurable phenomena as a dichotomy? The P-value’s role in... Full Abstract »

Kilpatrick, R.D., M.D. Danese, V. Belozeroff, K. Smirnakis, W.G. Goodman, and K.J. Rothman. (2011). "The association of vitamin D use with hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia in hemodialysis patients: A case–crossover study." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 20(9):914-921.

Purpose: Elevated levels of phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) have been shown in observational studies to be associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes including mortality. Vitamin... Full Abstract »

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