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List of works by Benjamin Speich

A longitudinal assessment of trial protocols approved by research ethics committees: The Adherance to SPIrit REcommendations in the UK (ASPIRE-UK) study

scientific article published in 2022

A scoping review shows that several nonvalidated budget planning tools for randomized trials are available

scientific article published on 15 September 2019

Activity of oxantel pamoate monotherapy and combination chemotherapy against Trichuris muris and hookworms: revival of an old drug

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Adequate reporting of the sample size calculation in surgical randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Albendazole and mebendazole administered alone or in combination with ivermectin against Trichuris trichiura: a randomized controlled trial

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Blinding in Surgical Randomized Clinical Trials in 2015.

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Clinical evaluation for morbidity associated with soil-transmitted helminth infection in school-age children on Pemba Island, Tanzania

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Comparative cost assessment of the Kato-Katz and FLOTAC techniques for soil-transmitted helminth diagnosis in epidemiological surveys

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Comparison of randomized controlled trials discontinued or revised for poor recruitment and completed trials with the same research question: a matched qualitative study

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Comparison of the Flotac-400 dual technique and the formalin-ether concentration technique for diagnosis of human intestinal protozoon infection

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Comparison of the Kato-Katz method and ether-concentration technique for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the framework of a randomised controlled trial.

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Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study

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Dexmedetomidine in prevention and treatment of postoperative and intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Diagnostic accuracy of Kato-Katz and FLOTAC for assessing anthelmintic drug efficacy

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Effect of sanitation and water treatment on intestinal protozoa infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Effect of sanitation on soil-transmitted helminth infection: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole, albendazole-oxantel pamoate and mebendazole

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Efficacy and safety of albendazole plus ivermectin, albendazole plus mebendazole, albendazole plus oxantel pamoate, and mebendazole alone against Trichuris trichiura and concomitant soil-transmitted helminth infections: a four-arm, randomised contro

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Efficacy and safety of co-administered ivermectin plus albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminths: A systematic review meta-analysis and individual patient data analysis

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

Efficacy and safety of nitazoxanide, albendazole, and nitazoxanide-albendazole against Trichuris trichiura infection: a randomized controlled trial

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Efficacy and safety of oxantel pamoate in school-aged children infected with Trichuris trichiura on Pemba Island, Tanzania: a parallel, randomised, controlled, dose-ranging study

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Evaluation of portable microscopic devices for the diagnosis of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminth infection

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How long can stool samples be fixed for an accurate diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection using Mini-FLOTAC?

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Impact of a short version of the CONSORT checklist for peer reviewers to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials published in biomedical journals: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Lymph node yield after rectal resection in patients treated with neoadjuvant radiation for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Marginal structural models and other analyses allow multiple estimates of treatment effects in randomized clinical trials: Meta-epidemiological analysis

scientific article published in March 2019

Mobile Phone Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections: A Proof-of-Concept Study

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One mean to rule them all? The arithmetic mean based egg reduction rate can be misleading when estimating anthelminthic drug efficacy in clinical trials

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Oxantel Pamoate–Albendazole for Trichuris trichiura Infection

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Oxantel pamoate-albendazole for Trichuris trichiura infection

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Prevalence of intestinal protozoa infection among school-aged children on Pemba Island, Tanzania, and effect of single-dose albendazole, nitazoxanide and albendazole-nitazoxanide

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Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Following Midline Laparotomy-Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Reinforcement Reduces the Risk of Incisional Hernia, Two-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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Quality control in the diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides using the Kato-Katz technique: experience from three randomised controlled trials

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Quantitative evaluation of a handheld light microscope for field diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infection

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Reporting Quality of Journal Abstracts for Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials Before and After the Implementation of the CONSORT Extension for Abstracts

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Repurposing drugs for the treatment and control of helminth infections

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Resource use, costs, and approval times for planning and preparing a randomized clinical trial before and after the implementation of the new Swiss human research legislation

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Retrospective assessment of resource use and costs in two investigator-initiated randomised trials exemplified a comprehensive cost item list

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

Side Benefits of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis on Strongyloides stercoralis Prevalence on Pemba Island, Tanzania

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Single pivotal trials with few corroborating characteristics were used for FDA approval of cancer therapies

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Single-dose versus 3-day cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in transurethral resection or greenlight laser vaporisation of the prostate: study protocol for a multicentre randomised placebo controlled non-inferiority trial (CITrUS trial)

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

Systematic review on costs and resource use of randomised clinical trials shows a lack of transparent and comprehensive data

scientific article published on 26 December 2017

The Comparative Effectiveness of Innovative Treatments for Cancer (CEIT-Cancer) project: Rationale and design of the database and the collection of evidence available at approval of novel drugs

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Treatments for subacute cough in primary care: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised clinical trials

scientific article published in October 2018