Drug treatment of functional dyspepsia: a systematic analysis of trial methodology with recommendations for design of future trials.

Abstract

Because of suboptimal design and/or unclear presentation of the data, none of the trials provided unequivocal evidence that there is efficacious therapy for the treatment of functional dyspepsia.

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MedicineData extractionMEDLINEPlaceboResearch designRandomized controlled trialClinical study designAlternative medicineClinical trialDrug trialMeta-analysisIntensive care medicineMedical physicsPhysical therapyInternal medicinePathology

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Dalhousie University CA

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Publication Info

Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 91
Issue: 4
Pages: 660-73
Citations: 206
Access: Closed

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                                    S J Veldhuyzen van Zanten, 
                                
                                    Catherine Cleary, 
                                
                                    Nicholas J. Talley
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Drug treatment of functional dyspepsia: a systematic analysis of trial methodology with recommendations for design of future trials.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 91
                            (4)
                            , 660-73.