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Specifying objectives and outcomes for clinical trials
Author(s) -
Gebski Val J,
Marschner Ian,
Keech Anthony C
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04522.x
Subject(s) - biostatistics , clinical trial , medicine , library science , principal (computer security) , research centre , family medicine , pathology , public health , computer science , operating system
EBM: Trials on Trial THOROUGH DEFINITIONS and descriptions of the objectives and outcomes in clinical trials lead to results that are more readily interpretable and more easily generalisable. Indeed, the failure to prospectively define both objectives and outcomes in sufficient detail, and to describe how these are to be measured, has been a major criticism of some randomised trials.1 Items 5 and 6 of the CONSORT statement checklist relate to objectives and outcomes in randomised trials.2