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Linking phase II and phase III trials. We considered a phase II trial as continued if we found at least one phase III trial registered in the database (regardless of whether associated results are reported or not) fulfilling all three criteria (intervention, condition, and timing). See SI Appendix for a more detailed description of the linking procedure.
