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. 2013 Oct 14;14:333. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-333

Table 2.

Items of primary concern and secondary concern for analyses

Primary concern Secondary concern
1. Malignancy/other
1. Objective
2. Genomic information
2. Developmental phase
3. Confirmatory/exploratory
3. Randomization unit
4. Explanatory/pragmatic
4. Stratification
5. Basic design
5. Dynamic allocation
6. Randomization
6. Institution consideration in allocation
7. Blinding
7. Concealment
8. Control
8. Blocking in allocation
9. Number of arms
9. Purpose of intervention
10. Type of intervention
10. Lower age limit
11. Target sample size
11. Sex
12. Trial period
12. Primary sponsor
13. Publication of results
13. Funding source
14. Disclosure of trial before/after trial start
 
15. Disease classification by specialty