The phrase "alongside trials" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is occurring in conjunction with or in parallel to trials or tests.
Example: "The researchers conducted a series of experiments alongside trials to gather comprehensive data."
Alternatives: "in conjunction with trials" or "together with trials".
Economic evaluations are a vital component for decision-making and may run alongside trials or be integrated into to evaluations of complex interventions or complex systems.
Economic studies alongside trials are complementary to other evaluations (e.g., modeling studies) as information for decision makers who consider evidence of economic value along with clinical efficacy when making resource allocation decisions.
I draw together key methodological considerations for the design, undertaking, and analysis of economic assessment alongside trials of public health interventions spanning environmental change and behaviour change relating to the body and mind.
IPT cost components were estimated from economic studies alongside trials.
Cost data alongside trials are invariably skewed.
Why then are qualitative approaches not used more extensively alongside trials?
The qualitative data conducted in the UK was juxtaposed alongside trial data which was not carried out in the UK.
The independent DMEC will be appointed to review the safety and ethics of the trial, alongside trial progress and the overall direction as overseen by the TSC.
Although the process evaluation alongside trial indicated several ways to improve the implementation of the intervention, a comprehensive assessment of the barriers and facilitators to the implementation was still lacking.
Alongside trial registration, these included: journals specialising in publishing negative findings; journals selecting submissions on the basis of scientific validity rather than perceived reader interest; publishing findings in databases rather than in journal articles; and educating authors, reviewers, and editors.
By contrast, seven studies conducted their evaluation alongside observational trials and four other evaluations generated their data alongside randomized controlled trials (RCT).
