New standards for comparative effectiveness research
Optimizing patient care when resources are limited is an ongoing global challenge. Meeting this challenge requires an unbiased tool for assessing the relative… Read more »
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- Evidence-based health and social care reach "new heights" in Colorado - 28th October 2010
- Even low alcohol levels slow reactions in seniors - 28th September 2010
- EQUATOR: reporting your randomized trial - 17th September 2010
Reporting bias widespread in medical literature
The selective reporting of trial results is a concern for those basing clinical or policy decisions on the results of published studies. In a review published… Read more »
SPIRIT: New guidance for protocol authors
Taking an evidence-based approach comparable to that used in the development of the recently-updated CONSORT statement, an overlapping group of expert trialists… Read more »
Ten free review articles published in Critical Care
The latest issue of Critical Care features 10 free review articles co-published as part of a joint effort with the Springer Yearbook of Intensive Care and… Read more »
The CONSORT 2010 statement – a “service history” for clinical trials
The CONSORT 2010 statement was co-published today by eight journals, including the BioMed Central titles Trials and BMC Medicine. Like the original statement… Read more »
Ethical approval – too strict on methodological research?
This week in Trials McKenzie and colleagues present their experience of obtaining ethical approval for a methodological study that planned to compare ethics… Read more »
Research needed to prevent enrollment error
In a systematic review published this week in Trials, Simpson and colleagues investigate techniques and interventions to reduce inappropriate enrollment of… Read more »
First articles published in Molecular Autism
The launch of Molecular Autism today provides autism researchers with a new forum for basic, translational and clinical study into the molecular basis of autism… Read more »
Journal of Medical Case Reports – 1000 cases in three years
The Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) last week published its 1000th case report. This coincides with the anniversary of the journal’s launch three… Read more »
Optimal design for questionnaires in clinical trials: science or art?
Questionnaires are a valuable tool for gathering outcome data from patients enrolled in clinical trials. In a review published this week in Trials Dr Phil… Read more »