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  1. A patient-centric paradigm and tool for clinical research: the DOOR is open
  2. Efficacy and Safety of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Hydrochloride Combined with Sodium Ferrous Citrate in Pediatric Patients with Leigh Syndrome and Central Nervous System Disorders: An Initial Exploratory Trial with a Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Period, ...
  3. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research Best Papers Award 2025
  4. Inside the Mind of the DMC: A Review of Principles and Issues with Case Studies
  5. Data Monitoring Committee Reports: Telling the Data’s Story
  6. Longitudinal Benefit:risk Analysis through the Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) with Application to ACTT-1 Trial
  7. Exploration of a Potential DOOR Endpoint for Hospital-acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-associated Bacterial Pneumonia Using Six Registrational Trials for Antibacterial Drugs
  8. Priorities and Progress in Gram-negative Bacterial Infection Research by the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group
  9. Priorities and Progress in Gram-positive Bacterial Infection Research by the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group: A Narrative Review
  10. The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be…Out With the Old…In With the Better: Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group Innovations
  11. Under the Hood: The Scientific Leadership, Clinical Operations, Statistical and Data Management, and Laboratory Centers of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group
  12. Moving Beyond Mortality: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Endpoint for Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia
  13. Exploration of a Potential Desirability of Outcome Ranking Endpoint for Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections Using 9 Registrational Trials for Antibacterial Drugs
  14. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research Best Papers Award 2023
  15. Editor’s Note: Special Section on Estimands, Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event Outcomes
  16. Efficacy and safety of azithromycin versus placebo to treat lower respiratory tract infections associated with low procalcitonin: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, non-inferiority trial
  17. Generalized fiducial inference for the restricted mean survival time
  18. Editor’s Note: Special Section on a Collection of Articles on Opportunities and Challenges in Utilizing Real-World Data for Clinical Trials and Medical Product Development
  19. Safety and microbiological activity of phage therapy in persons with cystic fibrosis colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: study protocol for a phase 1b/2, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  20. Weighing evidence: robustness vs quantity
  21. Improving Traditional Registrational Trial End Points: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking End Point for Complicated Urinary Tract Infection Clinical Trials
  22. Editor’s Note
  23. Bridging Therapy With Heparin Before Starting Rivaroxaban in Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation
  24. Dalbavancin as an option for treatment of S. aureus bacteremia (DOTS): study protocol for a phase 2b, multicenter, randomized, open-label clinical trial
  25. A Desirability of Outcome Ranking Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Seven Versus Fourteen Days of Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection
  26. Early initiation of rivaroxaban after reperfusion therapy for stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
  27. Statistics in Medicine
  28. Editor’s Note
  29. Statistical Issues and Challenges in Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Treatments, Vaccines, Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  30. Editor’s Note
  31. ASPECTS-Region-Dependent Functional Outcomes after Endovascular Therapy in Patients with Cardioembolic Stroke
  32. Special Issue for Selected Articles From the ISBS2019: Statistical Innovation and Contribution in the Era of Precision Healthcare
  33. Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research Best Papers Award
  34. Sex Differences in Management and Outcomes of Cardioembolic Stroke: Post HOC Analyses of the RELAXED Study
  35. On selecting the critical boundary functions in group-sequential trials with two time-to-event outcomes
  36. Editorial: Roles of Hypothesis Testing, p-Values and Decision Making in Biopharmaceutical Research
  37. Influence of Induction Therapy Using Basiliximab With Delayed Tacrolimus Administration in Heart Transplant Recipients ― Comparison With Standard Tacrolimus-Based Triple Immunosuppression ―
  38. Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials for COMparing Personalized Antibiotic StrategieS (SMART COMPASS): Design Considerations
  39. Intravenous alteplase for stroke with unknown time of onset guided by advanced imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data
  40. Statistical Challenges in the Conduct and Management of Ongoing Clinical Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  41. A Novel Extracorporeal Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist System for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure ― Initial Clinical Experience ―
  42. The Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design
  43. The adaptive designs CONSORT extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design
  44. “BAX602” in Preventing Surgical Adhesion after Extracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for Refractory Congestive Heart Failure: Study Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
  45. Thrombolysis With Alteplase at 0.6 mg/kg for Stroke With Unknown Time of Onset
  46. Does a computed tomography-based navigation system reduce the risk of dislocation after total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head? A propensity score analysis
  47. Analysis of ordered composite endpoints
  48. Landiolol, an ultra-short acting beta-1 blocker, for preventing postoperative lung cancer recurrence: study protocol for a phase III, multicenter randomized trial with two parallel groups of patients
  49. Interim Monitoring for Futility in Clinical Trials With Two Co-Primary Endpoints Using Prediction
  50. Antenatal Therapy for Fetal Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
  51. Association of CYP2C19 Polymorphisms With Clopidogrel Reactivity and Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Ischemic Stroke
  52. Development and Validation of an Ischemic and Bleeding Risk Evaluation Tool in East Asian Patients Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  53. Evaluating the safety and technical effectiveness of a newly developed intravascular ’flow isolator' stent for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: study protocol for a first-in-human single-arm multiple-site clinical trial in Japan
  54. Group-sequential logrank methods for trial designs using bivariate non-competing event-time outcomes
  55. Effects of Teneligliptin on the Progressive Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Open-Label, Marker-Stratified Randomized, Parallel-Group Comparison, Standard Treatment-Controlled Multicenter Trial (TOPLEV...
  56. Recombinant thrombomodulin for acute exacerbation in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
  57. Rivaroxaban administration after acute ischemic stroke: The RELAXED study
  58. Incidence and risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma change over time in patients with hepatitis C virus infection who achieved sustained virologic response
  59. The Survival Benefit of a Novel Trauma Workflow that Includes Immediate Whole-body Computed Tomography, Surgery, and Interventional Radiology, All in One Trauma Resuscitation Room
  60. Thrombolysis with Alteplase at 0·6 mg/kg for Acute FLAIR-Negative Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset: THAWS Randomized Controlled Trial
  61. External Validation of the Two Newly Proposed Criteria for Assessing Coagulopathy in Sepsis
  62. Development process of a consensus-driven CONSORT extension for randomised trials using an adaptive design
  63. Sequential, Multiple-Assignment, Randomized Trials for COMparing Personalized Antibiotic StrategieS (SMART-COMPASS)
  64. Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Previous Myocardial Infarction and Mild Diabetes Mellitus Following Treatment With Pioglitazone
  65. Effect of the Hybrid Emergency Room System on Functional Outcome in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
  66. Japanese Antibacterial Drug Management for Cardiac Sarcoidosis (J-ACNES): A multicenter, open-label, randomized, controlled study
  67. Rationale and Design of the Multicenter Trial on Japan Working Group on the Effects of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Selection (Azilsartan vs. Candesartan) on Diastolic Function in the Patients Suffering from Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fract...
  68. In Reply to “ Streptococcus mutans with Collagen-Binding Protein: From Oral Cavity to Brain”
  69. Assessment of Safety and Effectiveness of the Extracorporeal Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Device (BR16010) Use as a Bridge-to-Decision Therapy for Severe Heart Failure or Refractory Cardiogenic Shock: Study Protocol for Single-Arm Non-randomized,...
  70. A Potential New Risk Factor for Stroke: Streptococcus Mutans With Collagen-Binding Protein
  71. Sustained Effectiveness of Cilostazol After Endovascular Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions: Midterm Follow-up From the Sufficient Treatment of Peripheral Intervention by Cilostazol (STOP-IC) Study
  72. An Exploratory Study of Dapagliflozin for the Attenuation of Albuminuria in Patients with Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DAPPER)
  73. Vascular response to biolimus A-9 eluting stent in patients with shorter and prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy: optical coherence tomography sub-study of the NIPPON trial
  74. Effect of eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid on coronary high-intensity plaques detected with non-contrast T1-weighted imaging (the AQUAMARINE EPA/DHA study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  75. Screening itself for disseminated intravascular coagulation may reduce mortality in sepsis: A nationwide multicenter registry in Japan
  76. Antenatal Antiarrhythmic Treatment for Fetal Tachyarrhythmias: A Prospective Multicentre Trial
  77. Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction and Mild Diabetes Mellitus Following Treatment with Pioglitazone -Reports from the Japan Working Group for the Assessment Whether Pioglitazone Protects Dm Patients Against Re-Infar...
  78. Rationale and Design of Low-dose Administration of Carperitide for Acute Heart Failure (LASCAR-AHF)
  79. Design, data monitoring, and analysis of clinical trials with co-primary endpoints: A review
  80. Metabolic tumor volume of primary tumor predicts survival better than T classification in the larynx preservation approach
  81. Antenatal antiarrhythmic treatment for fetal tachyarrhythmias: a study protocol for a prospective multicentre trial
  82. Does Treatment of Impaired Glucose Tolerance Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction?
  83. Sample size determination for a specific region in multiregional clinical trials with multiple co-primary endpoints
  84. Impact of Gram stain results on initial treatment selection in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of two treatment algorithms
  85. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for 6 Versus 18 Months After Biodegradable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation
  86. Plasma aldosterone level within the normal range is less associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk in primary aldosteronism
  87. A multicenter randomized controlled trial of surgery alone or surgery with atrial natriuretic peptide in lung cancer surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  88. Does the pathophysiology of heart failure prime the incidence of cancer?
  89. A multicenter study of the need of additional freezing for cryoballoon ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation: The AD-Balloon study
  90. Low partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts left ventricular assist device implantation in patients with advanced chronic heart failure
  91. Classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias using anti–myxovirus resistance-protein 1 autoantibody
  92. Sizing clinical trials when comparing bivariate time-to-event outcomes
  93. Interview with Professor Geert Molenberghs
  94. Risk stratification based on nutritional screening on admission: Three-year clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with acute heart failure syndrome
  95. Long-Term Impact of Postoperative Complications on Cancer Recurrence Following Lung Cancer Surgery
  96. Interim evaluation of efficacy or futility in group-sequential trials with multiple co-primary endpoints
  97. Benefit profile of anticoagulant therapy in sepsis: a nationwide multicentre registry in Japan
  98. Effectiveness of sarpogrelate after endovascular treatment for femoropopliteal artery disease: ESPALIER study
  99. Design and Rationale of the RELAXED (Recurrent Embolism Lessened by rivaroxaban, an Anti-Xa agent, of Early Dosing for acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack with atrial fibrillation) Study
  100. Subclinical elevation of high-sensitive troponin T levels at the convalescent stage is associated with increased 5-year mortality after ST-elevation myocardial infarction
  101. Group-sequential three-arm noninferiority clinical trial designs
  102. Low total cholesterol and high total bilirubin are associated with prognosis in patients with prolonged sepsis
  103. Group-Sequential Clinical Trials with Multiple Co-Objectives
  104. Clinical Impact of Ventricular Tachycardia and/or Fibrillation During the Acute Phase of Acute Myocardial Infarction on In-Hospital and 5-Year Mortality Rates in the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Era
  105. Regression analysis
  106. Nur77 gene expression levels were involved in different ACTH-secretion autonomy between Cushing’s disease and subclinical Cushing’s disease
  107. The significance of G-CSF expression and myeloid-derived suppressor cells in the chemoresistance of uterine cervical cancer
  108. Influence of the Lactotripeptides Isoleucine–Proline–Proline and Valine–Proline–Proline on Systolic Blood Pressure in Japanese Subjects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
  109. 3-Year Outcomes of the OLIVE Registry, a Prospective Multicenter Study of Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia
  110. The impact of an inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase genotype on bilirubin increase in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with simeprevir, pegylated interferon plus ribavirin
  111. Clinical and Histologic Analysis of the Efficacy of Topical Rapamycin Therapy Against Hypomelanotic Macules in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
  112. Reducing unnecessary measurements in clinical trials with multiple primary endpoints
  113. Design and Evaluation of New Unified Criteria for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Based on the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Criteria
  114. Sample Size Considerations in Clinical Trials When Comparing Two Interventions Using Multiple Co-Primary Binary Relative Risk Contrasts
  115. Prognostic significance of systemic neutrophil and leukocyte alterations in surgically treated endometrial cancer patients: A monoinstitutional study
  116. Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine in 3161 Patients
  117. Recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in severe sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  118. Postprocedural Skin Perfusion Pressure Correlates With Clinical Outcomes 1 Year After Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia
  119. B‐Type Natriuretic Peptide‐Guided Risk Assessment for Postoperative Complications in Lung Cancer Surgery
  120. Group-Sequential Strategies in Clinical Trials with Multiple Co-Primary Outcomes
  121. Sample Size Determination in Clinical Trials with Multiple Endpoints
  122. Two-sample tests for comparing means
  123. Benefit profile of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a multicenter propensity score analysis
  124. Clinical significance of fluctuations in thyroid hormones after surgery for Cushing’s syndrome
  125. Group-Sequential Designs When Considering Two Binary Outcomes as Co-Primary Endpoints
  126. Analysis of survival data
  127. Fundamentals of statistical analysis in biomedical research:Avoiding statical pitfalls
  128. Multiple comparisons: comparing more than two treatments
  129. Two-sample tests for comparing proportions
  130. Different serial changes in the neointimal condition of sirolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents: an optical coherence tomographic study
  131. Impact of alpha-fetoprotein on hepatocellular carcinoma development during entecavir treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
  132. Outcomes of ESD for patients with early gastric cancer and comorbid liver cirrhosis: a propensity score analysis
  133. Design Challenges for Heart Failure Prevention Clinical Trials: Adaptive Design Approach
  134. Portable system for monitoring of regional cerebral oxygen saturation during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a pilot study
  135. Combinations of olmesartan and a calcium channel blocker or a diuretic in elderly hypertensive patients
  136. Impact of cardiopulmonary complications of lung cancer surgery on long-term outcomes
  137. Reduced risk of recurrent myocardial infarction in homozygous carriers of the chromosome 9p21 rs1333049 C risk allele in the contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention era: a prospective observational study
  138. THrombolysis for Acute Wake-up and Unclear-Onset Strokes with Alteplase at 0·6 mg/kg (THAWS) Trial
  139. Difference in Left Ventricular Mass Index Between Hypertensive Patients With and Without Renal Artery Stenosis by Propensity Score Analysis
  140. Volumetric PET/CT parameters predict local response of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to chemoradiotherapy
  141. Comparison of 5-Year Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Versus Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker
  142. Coronary triglyceride deposition in contemporary advanced diabetics
  143. Post-treatment Levels of α-Fetoprotein Predict Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Interferon Therapy
  144. Uterine Cervical Cancer Displaying Tumor-Related Leukocytosis: A Distinct Clinical Entity With Radioresistant Feature
  145. Association of lifestyle-related factors with circadian onset patterns of acute myocardial infarction: a prospective observational study in Japan
  146. Importance of optimal local uterine blood flow for implantation
  147. Combination Treatment With Trabectedin and Irinotecan or Topotecan Has Synergistic Effects Against Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma Cells
  148. Possible modification of Alzheimer’s disease by statins in midlife: interactions with genetic and non-genetic risk factors
  149. Rapid and Sustained Long-Term Decrease of Fecal Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Critically Ill Patients With Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  150. Perioperative Landiolol Administration reduces Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
  151. Clinical impact of acute hyperglycemia on development of diabetes mellitus in non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction
  152. Sample size determination in group‐sequential clinical trials with two co‐primary endpoints
  153. 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 1 Specific Inhibitor Increased Dermal Collagen Content and Promotes Fibroblast Proliferation
  154. Altered balance of the aminogram in patients with sepsis – The relation to mortality
  155. Characterization of Patients With Angioscopically-Detected In-Stent Mural Thrombi
  156. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Polymorphisms and 5-Year Mortality in Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction
  157. Rapid decline in bone turnover markers but not bone mineral density in acromegalic patients after transsphenoidal surgery
  158. Correction: Trends in the Prevalence of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Manifestations: An Epidemiological Study of 166 Japanese Patients
  159. Outcome prediction model for severe traumatic brain injury
  160. Synovial joint fluid cytokine levels in hip disease
  161. Living alone and risk of cardiovascular events following discharge after acute myocardial infarction in Japan
  162. Impact on survival of whole-body computed tomography before emergency bleeding control in patients with severe blunt trauma
  163. Response to the Letter by Devaux et al
  164. Authors’ reply
  165. Circulating p53-Responsive MicroRNAs Are Predictive Indicators of Heart Failure After Acute Myocardial Infarction
  166. Maximal Chemiluminescent Intensity in Response to Lipopolysaccharide Assessed by Endotoxin Activity Assay on Admission Day Predicts Mortality in Patients With Sepsis*
  167. Trends in the Prevalence of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Manifestations: An Epidemiological Study of 166 Japanese Patients
  168. Cilostazol Reduces Angiographic Restenosis After Endovascular Therapy for Femoropopliteal Lesions in the Sufficient Treatment of Peripheral Intervention by Cilostazol Study
  169. Partition testing in confirmatory adaptive designs with structured objectives
  170. Sleep quality in patients with alopecia areata: questionnaire-based study
  171. L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-DOPS) co-administered with entacapone improves freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease
  172. Impact of Beta Blockade Therapy on Long-Term Mortality After ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Era
  173. Recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a multicenter propensity score analysis
  174. Endovascular Treatment for Infrainguinal Vessels in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia: OLIVE Registry, a Prospective, Multicenter Study in Japan With 12-Month Follow-up
  175. A logrank test-based method for sizing clinical trials with two co-primary time-to-event endpoints
  176. Aqueous Concentrations of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Eyes with High Myopia with and without Choroidal Neovascularization
  177. Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials with Multiple Primary Endpoints
  178. Incidence, Predictors, and Subsequent Mortality Risk of Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in Patients Following Discharge for Acute Myocardial Infarction
  179. DNA Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Age-Dependent Increase in the Lipid Peroxidation-Derived DNA Adduct, Heptanone-Etheno-2′-Deoxycytidine
  180. Clinical Features of Young Patients with Olfactory Disorders
  181. Reduction of Thoracic Aorta Motion Artifact With High-Pitch 128-Slice Dual-Source Computed Tomographic Angiography
  182. Parkinsonian Rigidity Shows Variable Properties Depending on the Elbow Joint Angle
  183. Utility of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels at the time of recurrent cervical cancer diagnosis in determining the optimal treatment choice
  184. Fast Wavelength Switching of Fully Heater-tuned CSG-DR Lasers
  185. Elevated Serum Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein in the Convalescent Stage Predicts Long-Term Outcome in Patients Surviving Acute Myocardial Infarction
  186. Low Levels of Serum n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Are Associated With Worse Heart Failure-Free Survival in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
  187. Elevated White Blood Cell Count at the Time of Recurrence Diagnosis Is an Indicator of Short Survival in Patients With Recurrent Cervical Cancer
  188. Sample size determination for clinical trials with co‐primary outcomes: exponential event times
  189. A subset of circulating microRNAs are predictive for cardiac death after discharge for acute myocardial infarction
  190. Is the transverse acetabular ligament a reliable cup orientation guide?
  191. INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ELEVATION IS A DELAYED-ONSET COMPLICATION AFTER SUCCESSFUL VITRECTOMY FOR STAGES 4 AND 5 RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY
  192. Adiponectin negatively correlates with alcoholic and non‐alcoholic liver dysfunction: Health check‐up study of Japanese men
  193. Sample size determination in clinical trials with multiple co-primary endpoints including mixed continuous and binary variables
  194. Prognostic impact of fecal pH in critically ill patients
  195. Estimation of mouse fetal weight by ultrasonography: application from clinic to laboratory
  196. How Regular Visits and Preventive Programs Affect Onset of Adult Caries
  197. Prediction of Progression-Free Survival and Response to Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin in Patients With Recurrent or Advanced Cervical Cancer
  198. Recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin improves mortality and respiratory dysfunction in patients with severe sepsis
  199. A convenient formula for sample size calculations in clinical trials with multiple co‐primary continuous endpoints
  200. Clinical Outcomes and Changes in Aqueous Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels After Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Iris Neovascularization and Neovascular Glaucoma: A Retrospective Two-Dose Comparative Study
  201. Oral treatment with nicorandil at discharge is associated with reduced mortality after acute myocardial infarction
  202. Assessment of risk factors related to healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection at patient admission to an intensive care unit in Japan
  203. Association of low serum adiponectin levels with erosive esophagitis in men: an analysis of 2405 subjects undergoing physical check-ups
  204. P3‐403: Cognitive training on elderly japanese in osaka: Major outcome (ADAS) from prospective, randomized, open, blind‐endpoint trial
  205. Pretreatment leukocytosis is an indicator of poor prognosis in patients with cervical cancer
  206. Prognostic indicators and outcome prediction model for patients with return of spontaneous circulation from cardiopulmonary arrest: The Utstein Osaka Project
  207. Risk assessment of dental caries by using Classification and Regression Trees
  208. Pre-emptive contact precautions for intubated patients reduced healthcare-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in an intensive care unit
  209. Hybridization of magnetic excitations between quasi-one-dimensional spin chains and spin dimers in Cu 3 Mo 2 O 9 observed using inelastic neutron scattering
  210. Treatment effects of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in patients with severe sepsis: a historical control study
  211. Sample Size Determination in Superiority Clinical Trials with Multiple Co-Primary Correlated Endpoints
  212. Lower Serum Level of Adiponectin Is Associated with Increased Risk of Endoscopic Erosive Gastritis
  213. Clinical Trials, History of
  214. A simple modification of the Box and Cox transformation to scale stability and invariance
  215. A Note on Analysis of Ratio of Two Correlated Normal Variables
  216. Multicenter Survey with a Systematic Overview of Acute-Onset Endophthalmitis after Transconjunctival Microincision Vitrectomy Surgery
  217. Altered Gut Flora Are Associated with Septic Complications and Death in Critically Ill Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  218. Macular Pigment Optical Density in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
  219. Sample size determination in clinical trials with multiple co‐primary binary endpoints
  220. Immunogene therapy using immunomodulating HVJ-E vector augments anti-tumor effects in murine malignant glioma
  221. Practical issues and lessons learned from multi‐regional clinical trials via case examples: a Japanese perspective
  222. O3‐04‐07: Cognitive training on elderly Japanese in Osaka: Major outcome (ADAS) from prospective, randomized, open, blind‐endpoint trial
  223. Ocular Risk Factors for Choroidal Neovascularization in Pathologic Myopia
  224. Practical application of cure mixture model for long-term censored survivor data from a withdrawal clinical trial of patients with major depressive disorder
  225. Reduced carotid atherosclerosis in asthmatic patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids
  226. Box and Cox power-transformation to additivity and homoscedasticity in regression
  227. <i>KIBRA</i> Genetic Polymorphism Influences Episodic Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease, but Does Not Show Association with Disease in a Japanese Cohort
  228. Intravitreal Bevacizumab vs Sub-Tenon Triamcinolone Acetonide for Choroidal Neovascularization Attributable to Pathologic Myopia
  229. Immunotherapy of ovarian cancer with cell wall skeleton of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette‐Guérin: Effect of lymphadenectomy
  230. Influence of voluntary control of masticatory side and rhythm on cerebral hemodynamics
  231. Opening velocity, a novel parameter, for finger tapping test in patients with Parkinson's disease
  232. A quantitative characterization of postural sway during human quiet standing using a thin pressure distribution measurement system
  233. Prognostic Indicators and Outcome Prediction Model for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
  234. Human atrial natriuretic peptide and nicorandil as adjuncts to reperfusion treatment for acute myocardial infarction (J-WIND): two randomised trials
  235. Task-induced activation and hemispheric dominance in cerebral circulation during gum chewing
  236. HLA-DR-negative AML (M1 and M2): FLT3 mutations (ITD and D835) and cell-surface antigen expression
  237. Box and Cox power-transformation to confined and censored nonnormal responses in regression
  238. A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF THE SHIFTED POWER TRANSFORMATION
  239. The Role of Randomization in Clinical Trials
  240. Properties of estimators of baseline hazard functions in a semiparametric cure model
  241. A placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal study of sertraline for major depressive disorder in Japan
  242. A Digital Input Controller for Audio Class-D Amplifiers with 100W 0.004% THD+N and 113dB DR
  243. Vitamin K2 ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats
  244. Rapid disease progression correlates with instability of mutant SOD1 in familial ALS
  245. A placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal study of sertraline for panic disorder in Japan
  246. POWER-TRANSFORMATION MODEL TO ADDITIVITY IN REGRESSION
  247. ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES OF ESTIMATES OF THE POWER-TRANSFORMATION MODEL TO BIVARIATE GROUPED DATA
  248. ESTIMATION FROM PSEUDO PARTIAL LIKELIHOOD IN A SEMIPARAMETRIC CURE MODEL
  249. Benefit of valproic acid in suppressing disease progression of ALS model mice
  250. 2. Clinical and Medical Evaluation Process
  251. SIMULTANEOUS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR THE DOUBLE POWER-NORMAL TRANSFORMATION MODEL
  252. PRACTICAL ISSUES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE USE OF FOREIGN CLINICAL DATA IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT
  253. STATISTICAL INFERENCES OF GROUPED DATA COMBINED WITH UNGROUPED DATA FROM THE POWER-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
  254. On Inferences of Parameters in the Bivariate Power-Normal Distribution
  255. Statistical Approaches to Detecting Dose-Response Relationships
  256. INFERENCES BASED ON THE GROUPED OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BIVARIATE POWER-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
  257. Fitting power normal distribution to grouped observations
  258. Autostereoscopic 3‐D television experiments
  259. Launch, Tracking and Control