Soares 2004.
Methods | To determine whether poor reporting of methods in randomised controlled trials reflects on poor methods from the content of reports compared with the design features described in the protocols for all randomised controlled trials from conducted by the Radiation therapy oncology group (RTOG) since its establishment in 1968. | |
Data | 59 terminated RCTs 56/59 published RCTs (with 58 publications) |
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Comparisons | Comparison of protocol to published report | |
Outcomes | Primary outcomes; allocation concealment; ITT; sample size; alpha and beta | |
Notes | Protocol definition: original protocols including revisions Published reports: all papers |
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Risk of bias | ||
Item | Authors' judgement | Description |
Follow up? | Yes | 56 published RCTs followed up |
Selective reporting? | Yes | All outcomes stated in the methods section were reported. |