Table 4.

Reporting of DMC and Interim Analysis Parameters in trials that mentioned DMCs or Interim Analysis-Section of paper (n = 105)

Parameter	Pediatric Journals (n = 37)	General Journals (n = 68)
Section of paper where DMC and/or interim analysis were reported†
Title/Abstract	4 (11)	6 (9)
Introduction	0	0
Methods	30 (81)	63 (93)
Results	13 (35)	8 (12)
Discussion	6 (16)	7 (10)
Acknowledgements	15 (41)	54 (79)
Online or other papers	0	7 (10)

N (%)

†Does not equal 100%, as some reports/articles contained data in more than one category