Maintaining the blind in sham controlled interventional trials: lessons from the EPISOD study
Objective and study aims This study was designed to demonstrate the techniques used and the effectiveness of blinding in the EPISOD study (Evaluating Predictors and Interventions in Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction). This was a large sham-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of endoscopic sphincter...
Main Authors: | Peter Cotton, Qi Pauls, April Wood, Valerie Durkalski-Mauldin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2019-10-01
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Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0900-3789 |
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