Search Results - "Levy, R A"

Geographic trends in incidence of hip fractures: a comprehensive literature review by Cheng, S. Y., Levy, A. R, Lefaivre, K. A., Guy, P., Kuramoto, L., Sobolev, B.

“…Summary A comprehensive review of literature was conducted to investigate variation in hip fracture incident rates around the world. The original crude…”
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The impact on utilities of differences in body weight among Canadian patients with type 2 diabetes by Lane, S., Levy, A. R., Mukherjee, J., Sambrook, J., Tildesley, H.

“…Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate utility values for hypothetical health states that describe differences in weight and quality…”
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Safety profile of belimumab: pooled data from placebo-controlled phase 2 and 3 studies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Wallace, DJ, Navarra, S, Petri, MA, Gallacher, A, Thomas, M, Furie, R, Levy, RA, van Vollenhoven, RF, Cooper, S, Zhong, ZJ, Freimuth, W, Cervera, R

“…Safety data were pooled and analyzed from one phase 2 and two phase 3 double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeat-dose systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) trials…”
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Efficacy of belimumab on renal outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A systematic review by Sciascia, S, Radin, M, Yazdany, J, Levy, RA, Roccatello, D, Dall'Era, M, Cuadrado, Maria J

“…Abstract Both BLISS-52 and BLISS-76 international phase III trials in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) met their primary outcomes; however, they were not…”
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Pre-competitive confidence, coping, and subjective performance in sport by Levy, A. R., Nicholls, A. R., Polman, R. C. J.

“…The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between confidence and subjective performance in addition to exploring whether coping…”
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Economic impact of healthcare resource utilisation patterns among patients diagnosed with advanced melanoma in the United Kingdom, Italy, and France: Results from a retrospective, longitudinal survey (MELODY study) by Johnston, K, Levy, A.R, Lorigan, P, Maio, M, Lebbe, C, Middleton, M, Testori, A, Bédane, C, Konto, C, Dueymes, A, Sbarigia, U, van Baardewijk, M

“…Abstract Objective To describe patterns of healthcare resource utilisation and associated costs for patients with advanced melanoma in the United Kingdom (UK),…”
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Factors associated with first thrombosis in patients presenting with obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in the APS Alliance for Clinical Trials and International Networking Clinical Database and Repository: a retrospective study by Jesús, GR, Sciascia, S, Andrade, D, Barbhaiya, M, Tektonidou, M, Banzato, A, Pengo, V, Ji, L, Meroni, PL, Ugarte, A, Cohen, H, Branch, DW, Andreoli, L, Belmont, HM, Fortin, PR, Petri, M, Rodriguez, E, Cervera, R, Knight, JS, Atsumi, T, Willis, R, Nascimento, IS, Rosa, R, Erkan, D, Levy, RA

“…Objective To evaluate the subsequent rate of thrombosis among women with obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (Ob‐APS) in a multicentre database of…”
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Societal preference values for advanced melanoma health states in the United Kingdom and Australia by Beusterien, K M, Szabo, S M, Kotapati, S, Mukherjee, J, Hoos, A, Hersey, P, Middleton, M R, Levy, A R

“…Background: No studies measure preference-based utilities in advanced melanoma that capture both intended clinical response and unintended toxicities…”
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Functional Contrast-Enhanced CT for Evaluation of Acute Ischemic Stroke Does Not Increase the Risk of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy by LIMA, F. O, LEV, M. H, GONZALEZ, R. Gilberto, KOROSHETZ, W. J, SMITH, W. S, FURIE, K. L, LEVY, R. A, SILVA, G. S, EBRIL, M, DE CAMARGO, E. C, POMERANTZ, S, SINGHAL, A. B, GREER, D. M, AY, H

“…Concerns have recently grown regarding the safety of iodinated contrast agents used for CTA and CTP imaging. We tested whether the incidence of AN, defined by…”
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Patient–health care provider relationship: how can it impact on APS (Hughes’ syndrome) adherence to treatment? by Levy, RA, Signorelli, F

“…Adherence to treatment is fundamental for its success. It comprises compliance combined with persistency and should be constantly reassessed. This is true in…”
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Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in lupus pregnancy: double-blind and placebo-controlled study by Levy, R A, Vilela, V S, Cataldo, M J, Ramos, R C, Duarte, J LMB, Tura, B R, Albuquerque, E MN, Jesús, N R

“…We conducted a randomized, controlled study to assess the need for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) during lupus pregnancy and to assess safety. Twenty consecutive…”
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PO.5.102 Pharmacokinetic modelling of belimumab in patients with lupus nephritis: intravenous and subcutaneous loading dose regimen justification by Parodis, I, Liefaard, L, Green, Y, Gilbride, JA, Henning, C, Levy, RA, Dimelow, R

“…PurposeIntravenous (IV) belimumab (BEL) is approved for lupus nephritis (LN) based on the BLISS-LN study (GSK Study BEL114054, NCT01639339), which showed that…”
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Simplified Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis for Mismeasured and Unobserved Confounders by Gustafson, P., McCandless, L. C., Levy, A. R., Richardson, S.

“…Summary We examine situations where interest lies in the conditional association between outcome and exposure variables, given potential confounding variables…”
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PO.5.105 The effect of belimumab on extra-renal outcomes: results from the phase 3, randomised, placebo-controlled, 104-week bliss-ln study in patients with active lupus nephritis by Weinmann-Menke, J, Okada, M, Arriens, C, Jones-Leone, A, Levy, RA, Gilbride, JA, Furie, R, Yang, N

“…PurposeThe effect of belimumab (BEL) on renal outcomes has been previously demonstrated in the BLISS-LN study in patients with active lupus nephritis (LN).1…”
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PO.5.101 The effect of belimumab on renal outcomes in a pre-specified subgroup analysis of a phase 3 randomised trial in a european population with lupus nephritis by Andreoli, L, Amoura, Z, Morales, E, Jones-Leone, A, Levy, RA, Gilbride, JA, Carnarius, H, Korsten, P

“…PurposeTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) belimumab (BEL) in the European subgroup of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) from the…”
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A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists by Vasilakis, C, Sobolev, B G, Kuramoto, L, Levy, A R

“…The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods of scheduling outpatient clinic appointments in the setting where the availability of surgeons for…”
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The use of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in the differential diagnosis of pre-eclampsia, antiphospholipid syndrome nephropathy and lupus nephritis by de Jesus, GR, de Jesus, NR, Levy, RA, Klumb, EM

“…Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, perinatal deaths, preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction. Differential…”
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Electrostatic flexible film based smart window: Optical design, performance and residual charge investigation by Yi, Xiuqiang, Su, Ke, Schlam, E., Levy, R.A.

“…•We develop a new type of dynamic polymeric window shade (smart window).•We investigate dielectric layer thickness dependence of operating voltage.•We…”
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Changes in first hip fracture rates in British Columbia Canada, 1990–2004 by Lefaivre, K. A., Levy, A. R., Sobolev, B., Cheng, S. Y., Kuramoto, L., Guy, P.

“…Summary We determined age-standardized first hip fracture rates in British Columbia between 1990 and 2004. We found sex and fracture type rates in keeping with…”
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Synthesis and characterization of plasma assisted chemically vapor deposited tantalum by Suh, Y., Chen, W., Maeng, S., Gu, S., Levy, R.A., Thridandam, H.

“…This study focuses on the synthesis of tantalum (Ta) coatings on high strength steel by plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition using tantalum pentachloride…”
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