ArticleCurrent controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine2000
Current Controlled Trials: an opportunity to help improve the quality of clinical research.
Article in Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- A qualitative study on clinical research in Finland: fragmented governance and volume in the 2000s.BMJ open · 2013Article
- Research ethics committees: agents of research policy?Health research policy and systems · 2005Article
- [CONSORT statement. Revised findings on quality improvement based on reports from randomized studies in parallel design].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2005Review
- The James Lind Initiative.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2003Article
- The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials.Clinical oral investigations · 2003Article
- Potential solutions to the problem of conducting systematic reviews of new health technologies.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2002Article
- The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel group randomized trials.BMC medical research methodology · 2001Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
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Abstract
Some problems with the quality of controlled clinical trials can be addressed by following these procedures: registering all trials at inception; using systematic reviews to inform the design of new studies; posting and obtaining feedback on preprints; reporting all well conducted trials, regardless of their results; reducing biased and inefficient assessment of reports submitted for publication; publishing sufficiently detailed reports; linking trial reports to relevant external information; providing readier access to reports; and reviewing and amending reports after initial publication. The launch of a new range of electronic journals by Current Controlled Trials offers an opportunity to contribute to progress in these ways.
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Registered trials
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