Randomisation in double-blind multicentre trials with many treatments

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Morrissey, Malcolm ^a   McEntegart, Damian ^a   Lang, Martin ^a  

^a Perceptive Informatics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'On demand' allocation; Forced randomisation; IVR; Latin square; Zelen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEB BROWSER;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 77953356541     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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