A meta-research study revealed several challenges in obtaining placebos for investigator-initiated drug trials.
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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.
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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.
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Design, Analysis and Reporting of Multi-Arm Trials and Strategies to Address Multiple Testing
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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
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Adequate reporting of the sample size calculation in surgical randomized controlled trials
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Effect of Combination l-Citrulline and Metformin Treatment on Motor Function in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Longitudinal evaluation of the reporting quality of clinical trial protocols - evidence for improvement?
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What proportion of ethically approved randomised clinical trials can be found in a trial registry?
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Speich B. et al, (2019), Trials, 20
A scoping review showed that several non-validated budget planning tools for randomised trials are available
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Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Following Midline Laparotomy-Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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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.
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Marginal structural models and other analyses allow multiple estimates of treatment effects in randomized clinical trials: Meta-epidemiological analysis.
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Current use and costs of electronic health records for clinical trial research: a descriptive study.
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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.
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Treatments for subacute cough in primary care: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised clinical trials.
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Dexmedetomidine in prevention and treatment of postoperative and intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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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.
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Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Reinforcement Reduces the Risk of Incisional Hernia, Two-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
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