Rationale and design of repeated cross-sectional studies to evaluate the reporting quality of trial protocols: The Adherence to SPIrit REcommendations (ASPIRE) study and associated projects

<p><strong>Background:</strong><br /> Clearly structured and comprehensive protocols are an essential component to ensure safety of participants, data validity, successful conduct, and credibility of results of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Funding agencies, research eth...

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Main Authors: Gryaznov, D, Odutayo, A, von Niederhäusern, B, Speich, B, Kasenda, B, Ojeda-Ruiz, E, Blümle, A, Schandelmaier, S, Mertz, D, Tomonaga, Y, Amstutz, A, Pauli-Magnus, C, Gloy, V, Bischoff, K, Wollmann, K, Rehner, L, Lohner, S, Meerpohl, JJ, Nordmann, A, Klatte, K, Ghosh, N, Heravi, AT, Wong, J, Chow, N, Hong, PJ, Cord, KM, Sricharoenchai, S, Busse, JW, Agarwal, A, Saccilotto, R, Schwenkglenks, M, Moffa, G, Hemkens, LG, Hopewell, S, von Elm, E, Briel, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2020