ReviewAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015
Guidelines for the Reporting of Treatment Trials for Alcohol Use Disorders.
Review in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Emotion Regulation Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Results of a Stage II Randomized Clinical Efficacy Trial.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Trial
- Personality traits and alcohol consumption: Secondary analysis of the Self-Match Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of Combining Varenicline and Naltrexone for Smoking Cessation and Drinking Reduction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The American journal of psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Preventing Alcohol and Tobacco Exposed Pregnancies: CHOICES Plus in Primary Care.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Self-collected dried blood spots for phosphatidylethanol assessment in virtual trials: Feasibility and concordance with self-reported alcohol use among men at high HIV risk.Research square · 2026Article
- Community characteristics and substance-free activity and service access predict membership in alcohol use disorder risk profiles.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- A behavioral choice analysis of the role of life events during early nonabstinent natural recovery from alcohol use disorder.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Association of Cannabis Use Reduction With Improved Functional Outcomes: An Exploratory Aggregated Analysis From Seven Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment Trials to Extract Data-Driven Cannabis Reduction Metrics.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Novel medications for problematic alcohol use.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024Review
- The selection of statistical models for reporting count outcomes and intervention effects in brief alcohol intervention trials: A review and recommendations.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Review
- A Meta-Regression of Trial Features Predicting the Effects of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapies on Drinking Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Secondary Data Analysis.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Review
- Shifts in behavioral allocation patterns as a natural recovery mechanism: Postresolution expenditure patterns.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Consumption and Its Concordance with Transdermal Alcohol Detection and Timeline Follow-Back Self-report Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Patterns of transitions between relapse to and remission from heavy drinking over the first year after outpatient alcohol treatment and their relation to long-term outcomes.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Article
- Validating Self-Reported Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) Among Patients With HIV.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Preresolution Drinking Problem Severity Profiles Associated with Stable Moderation Outcomes of Natural Recovery Attempts.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Mobile alcohol biosensors and pharmacotherapy development research.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2019Review
- Using the CONSORT statement to evaluate the completeness of reporting of addiction randomised trials: a cross-sectional review.BMJ open · 2019Review
- Outcome Assessment in Trials of Pharmacological Treatments for Alcohol Use Disorders: Fair and Strict Testing.CNS drugs · 2019Review
- The role of craving in the treatment of alcohol use disorders: The importance of competing desires and pretreatment changes in drinking.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe primary goals in conducting clinical trials of treatments for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are to identify efficacious treatments and determine which treatments are most efficacious for which patients. Accurate reporting of study design features and results is imperative to enable readers of research reports to evaluate to what extent a study has achieved these goals. Guidance on quality of clinical trial reporting has evolved substantially over the past 2 decades, primarily through the publication and widespread adoption of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement. However, there is room to improve the adoption of those standards in reporting the design and findings of treatment trials for AUD.
methodsThis paper provides a narrative review of guidance on reporting quality in AUD treatment trials.
resultsDespite improvements in the reporting of results of treatment trials for AUD over the past 2 decades, many published reports provide insufficient information on design or methods.
conclusionsThe reporting of alcohol treatment trial design, analysis, and results requires improvement in 4 primary areas: (i) trial registration, (ii) procedures for recruitment and retention, (iii) procedures for randomization and intervention design considerations, and (iv) statistical methods used to assess treatment efficacy. Improvements in these areas and the adoption of reporting standards by authors, reviewers, and editors are critical to an accurate assessment of the reliability and validity of treatment effects. Continued developments in this area are needed to move AUD treatment research forward via systematic reviews and meta-analyses that maximize the utility of completed studies.
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