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To illustrate the approach, we rebalanced the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator trial, in which the contribution of baseline imbalances continues to be debated.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>Methods\u2014<\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            We selected baseline stroke severity (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale), age, and glucose as matching criteria. The closest matched placebo and treated subjects were identified based on nearness to each other in 3-dimensional Euclidean space. Matching was performed within the quintiles of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale that have been previously used to assess balance. Subjects who could not be matched were eliminated. Outcomes were assessed using the original specified National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke trial measures.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>Results\u2014<\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            We successfully matched the 2 arms resulting in nearly identical baseline characteristics and distribution among quintiles. Despite fewer subjects after outlier elimination, the primary outcome measures remained significantly improved. After rebalancing, the magnitude of benefit was reduced by 13% to 23%. Benefit was apparent mostly in the large vessel occlusion subtype.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>Conclusion\u2014<\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            This study demonstrated the feasibility of rebalancing individual subjects within a randomized trial. After rebalancing and outlier elimination, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator continued to demonstrate improved outcome. That the apparent treatment effect was reduced suggests that imbalances contributed to the magnitude of the original National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke outcomes. This method could in theory be applied to any data set to find matched subjects for outcome or other analyses.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/strokeaha.109.574103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,2,19]],"date-time":"2010-02-19T03:24:13Z","timestamp":1266549853000},"page":"765-770","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["A Matching Algorithm to Address Imbalances in Study Populations"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Pitchaiah","family":"Mandava","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Michael E. 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