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The aim of this study was to assess the quality of reporting of trial methodology and adverse events in a sample of general surgical RCTs published in high-quality surgical journals using the criteria specified in the CONSORT statements.
Reporting of methodologic information on trial registries has not been a focus of early registration requirements, and consequently the quality of reporting of trial methods in registry records is poor overall.
Previously, risk stratified reporting of trial results was proposed as a method for presenting heterogeneity of treatment effects in trials.
When present, reporting of trial countries was typically identified from the Characteristics of Included Studies table, whereas in others it was summarised in the text of the review.
Trial and publication quality were assessed in terms of randomization and allocation concealment, blinding of patients and investigators, sample size estimation, handling and reporting of trial discontinuations, application of the intent-to-treat principle, and relevant data inconsistencies.
Lastly, the observed inaccuracy in reporting of trial information may have other reasons such as different authors of protocols and publications, long time lags between the writing of protocols and publications, or mere carelessness in drafting manuscripts.
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(5) Monitoring the quality of implications and reporting of trials was difficult because of the lack of clinical trial registration, and publication bias may exist.
Data will be collected to meet the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines for reporting of randomised trials [ 47].
But transparent reporting of trials looks as if it is on its way, regardless.
Nineteenth-century newspapers trafficked in amazingly detailed accounts of murders and careful reporting of trials that invited readers to parse the evidence themselves.
The third factor, a political one, may deal with that.Legislation is in the works in both houses of America's Congress to reform the reporting of trials.
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