Randomized consent designs in randomized controlled trials: Systematic literature search

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-332

  Schellings, Ron ^a   Kessels, Alfons G ^b   ter Riet, Gerben ^c,d   Knottnerus, J André ^e   Sturmans, Ferd ^f  

^a Public Health Supervisory Service of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Pre randomization; Randomized consent design; Review research ethics; Systematic literature search; Zelen design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; EXPERIMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONSENT FORMS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33745451815     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2005.11.009     Document Type: Review

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