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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2024.109112 | DOI Listing |
J Comp Eff Res
September 2025
British Heart Foundation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
The first paper of this two-part series critically examined the role of composite endpoints in health technology assessments (HTAs) and outlined strategies for determining whether to employ the composite estimate of treatment effect or disaggregate into the component endpoints of the composite and apply separate treatment effects within a modeling framework. In this second paper, we expand the discussion beyond a pivotal trial and consider the way in which additional evidence from the same indication for different drugs in the same class, or the same drug for different indications, could be employed within HTAs. We offer a continuation of the case study of dapagliflozin for the treatment of heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction, where the evidence base was expanded to consider empagliflozin for the same indication, as well as both dapagliflozin and empagliflozin for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Comp Eff Res
September 2025
British Heart Foundation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Composite endpoints amalgamate multiple clinical outcomes into a single measure, offering efficiency gains in clinical trials through increased event rates and reduced sample sizes, thus accelerating clinical development and regulatory approval. However, employing composite endpoints introduces complexities into health technology assessments (HTAs), particularly in economic modeling, due to the varying clinical significance and cost implications of the components. In this paper, we explore best modeling practice for HTAs that are based on clinical trials that employ composite endpoints.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Austria, for the pesticide active substance pinoxaden are reported. The context of the peer review was that requested by the European Commission following the submission and evaluation of confirmatory information in the areas of environmental fate, mammalian toxicology and residues. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of pinoxaden as a herbicide in winter and spring cereals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVet World
July 2025
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, 30662 Indralaya, Indonesia.
Background And Aim: Zoonotic malaria remains a significant public health concern in Southeast Asia. The potential role of cattle as reservoirs for spp. in Indonesia has not been fully elucidated, despite increasing recognition of animal reservoirs in malaria transmission dynamics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnesthesiology
October 2025
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: Anesthetic exposure in young children raises concerns about neurodevelopmental safety, with preclinical evidence suggesting potential neurotoxicity of volatile anesthetics. This study aimed to assess whether the combination of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil, by reducing sevoflurane exposure, has any differential effect on neurodevelopmental outcomes in young children compared with sevoflurane alone.
Methods: This study was a prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial including children younger than 2 yr undergoing nonstaged, nonrepetitive surgeries.