Open AccessReporting of pre-enrolment screening with randomized clinical trials: A small item that could impact a big difference
Author(s) -
Tiffany Harris-Brown,
David L. Paterson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/2229-3485.159937
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , inclusion and exclusion criteria , population , family medicine , pediatrics , alternative medicine , pathology , environmental health
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), when conducted using ethical and transparent methods, become the ultimate standard for producing evidence-based knowledge in the field of medical research. We sought to determine the proportion of RCTs in which the number of screened patients is reported, and also to ascertain what predicted efficient screening (i.e., a high number of screened participants being enrolled).