The relationship between study design, results, and reporting of randomized clinical trials of HIV infection

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 431-444

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a,c   Cappelleri, Joseph C ^a   Sacks, Henry S ^b   Lau, Joseph ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; HIV 1; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Randomized clinical trials; Research design

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; DIDANOSINE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMIVUDINE; METHISOPRINOL; PLACEBO; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031441790     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(97)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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