Reporting of analyses from randomized controlled trials with multiple arms: A systematic review

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Baron, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Perrodeau, Elodie ^a,b,c   Boutron, Isabelle ^a,b,c,d   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple arms; Randomized controlled trials; Reporting of analyses; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE ARM RANDOMIZED TRIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84875302738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-84     Document Type: Article

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