Feasibility of surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm: a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: To find evidence, either corroborating or refuting, for many persisting beliefs regarding the feasibility of carrying out surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm, with emphasis on the challenges related to recruitment, funding, anaesthesia or blinding. DESIGN: Systematic...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Wartolowska, Karolina, Collins, Gary S, Hopewell, Sally, Judge, Andrew, Dean, Benjamin J F, Rombach, Ines, Beard, David J, Carr, Andrew J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Surgery
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800115/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27008687
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010194
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