Fundamentals of randomized clinical trials in wound care: Reporting standards

Reporting of clinical trials in Gut: the CONSORT statement. Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials.

Methodological Reporting of Randomized Clinical Trials

BACKGROUND: Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the highest level of evidence, they are also subject to bias, due to a lack of adequately reported randomization, and therefore the reporting should be as explicit as possible for readers to determine the significance of the contents. We evaluated the methodological quality of RCTs in respiratory research in high ranking cl...

Standards to improve the reporting of clinical trials in acupuncture.

Standards of reporting Ayurvedic clinical trials — Is there a need?

Reported lack of efficacy of Ayurvedic treatments in clinical trials is often not due to inefficacy of the treatment itself, but arises from inadequacies of trial design. This paper argues that trials of Ayurvedic interventions should exclusively use its multi-component, individualized and inherently holistic approach, and that general guidelines for rigorously reporting such clinical trials sh...

Important considerations in calculating and reporting of sample size in randomized controlled trials

Background: The calculation of the sample size is one of the most important steps in designing a randomized controlled trial. The purpose of this study is drawing the attention of researchers to the importance of calculating and reporting the sample size in randomized controlled trials.    Methods: We reviewed related literature and guidelines and discussed some important issues in s...