Upcoming Reports and Guides for Health Care Professionals

Our list of reports and guides is always being updated with new research and reviews comparing the benefits and harms of test or treatment choices for other health conditions. You can read the abstracts, key questions, or draft research reviews for the upcoming guides listed below by clicking on the title of the topic you are interested in. You can also check out the research available for comment to see which topics have key questions or draft reports available for comment.

• Chronic Lung Disease
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Anticholinergic Medications in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Outcomes of COPD Management
  • Effectiveness of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
• Cancer
  • Technical Brief: Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer
  • Technical Brief: Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Extracranial Solid Tumors
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Agents in the Prevention of Primary Breast Cancer in Women
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle Breast Biopsy and Surgical Excision Biopsy for Diagnosing Breast Lesions
  • Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tools for Gene-Based Tests Used in Breast Cancer
  • Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer
• Diabetes
  • A Case Control Study to Assess Association of Variations in OCT Genes With Effectiveness of Metformin in Diabetic Patients
  • Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Type 2 Diabetes Therapeutics: Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs
  • Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of New Therapies for Glucose Control in Diabetes Mellitus
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Oral Hypoglycemics for Reducing Diabetic Nephropathy
• Heart Disease
  • Medical Management of Congestive Heart Failure and the Effectiveness of Isosorbide Dinitrate and Hydralazine
  • Technical Brief: Percutaneous Heart Valves
• High Blood Pressure
  • Addressing Knowledge Gaps in the Treatment of Hypertension Using ACE/ARB Therapies
  • Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Comparative Effectiveness of ACE Inhibitors and ARBs
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Therapies With or Without ACEs or ARBs for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
• High Cholesterol
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Combinations of Lipid-Modifying Agents
• Stroke
  • Medicine for Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Mental Health
  • Addressing Knowledge Gaps in the Treatment of Depression
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Refractory Depression
  • Comparative Effects of Classes of Antidepressants on the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in the Aged
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression
• Arthritis
  • Optimizing Safety of Analgesic Use Among Patients With Arthritis
  • Computerized Definitions Showed High Positive Predictive Values for Identifying Reasons for Hospitalizations in a Medicaid Population With Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Changing Patterns of Medication Use in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Medicaid Population
• Osteoporosis
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture 
     
• Rotator Cuff
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Non-operative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears

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