The importance of preservation of the ethical principle of equipoise in the design of clinical trials: relative impact of the methodological quality domains on the treatment effect in randomized controlled trials.
Previous research has identified methodological problems in the design and conduct of randomized trials that could, if left unaddressed, lead to biased results. In this report we discuss one such problem, inadequate control intervention, and argue that it can be by far the most important design char...
Main Authors: | Djulbegovic, B, Cantor, A, Clarke, M |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2003
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