Comparison of descriptions of allocation concealment in trial protocols and the published reports: cohort study

Julie Pildal; An‐Wen Chan; Asbjørn Hróbjartsson; Elisabeth Forfang; Douglas G. Altman; Peter C Gøtzsche

doi:10.1136/bmj.38414.422650.8f

Abstract

Most randomised clinical trials have unclear allocation concealment on the basis of the trial publication alone. Most of these trials also have unclear allocation concealment according to their protocol.

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Year: 2005
Type: review
Volume: 330
Issue: 7499
Pages: 1049-1049
Citations: 205
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                                    Julie Pildal, 
                                
                                    An‐Wen Chan, 
                                
                                    Asbjørn Hróbjartsson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Comparison of descriptions of allocation concealment in trial protocols and the published reports: cohort study. 
                            BMJ
                            , 330
                            (7499)
                            , 1049-1049.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38414.422650.8f
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38414.422650.8f