Reflections on meta-analyses involving trials stopped early for benefit: is there a problem and if so, what is it?

We review controversies associated with randomized controlled trials (RCTs) stopped early for apparent benefit (truncated RCTs or tRCTs) and present our groups' perspective. Long-established theory, simulations and recent empirical evidence demonstrate that tRCTs will on average overestimate tr...

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Main Authors: Bassler, D, Montori, V, Briel, M, Glasziou, P, Walter, S, Ramsay, T, Guyatt, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013