| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCommentaries Readers as research detectives Peter C Gøtzsche PMCID: PMC2632628 The clinically-integrated randomized trial: proposed novel method for conducting large trials at low cost Andrew J Vickers and Peter T Scardino PMCID: PMC2656491 Editorial Towards agreement on best practice for publishing raw clinical trial data Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and Douglas G Altman PMCID: PMC2662833 Methodology No short-cut in assessing trial quality: a case study Karim F Hirji PMCID: PMC2636799 How do multi-stage, multi-arm trials compare to the traditional two-arm parallel group design – a reanalysis of 4 trials FM-S Barthel, MKB Parmar, and P Royston PMCID: PMC2680399 Research Metformin treatment in diabetes and heart failure: when academic equipoise meets clinical reality Dean T Eurich, Ross T Tsuyuki, Sumit R Majumdar, Finlay A McAlister, Richard Lewanczuk, Marcelo C Shibata, and Jeffrey A Johnson PMCID: PMC2644685 Paying clinicians to join clinical trials: a review of guidelines and interview study of trialists James Raftery, Christine Kerr, Sheila Hawker, and John Powell PMCID: PMC2657143 Review The challenges faced in the design, conduct and analysis of surgical randomised controlled trials Jonathan A Cook PMCID: PMC2654883 Study Protocol Acupuncture, or non-directive counselling versus usual care for the treatment of depression: a pilot study Sylvia Schroer and Hugh MacPherson PMCID: PMC2636800 The impact of iron supplementation efficiency in female blood donors with a decreased ferritin level and no anaemia. Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial: a study protocol Baptiste Pedrazzini, Sophie Waldvogel, Jacques Cornuz, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize, Jean-Daniel Tissot, Alain Pecoud, and Bernard Favrat PMCID: PMC2637271 Prevention of non-communicable disease in a population in nutrition transition: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study phase II Fereidoun Azizi, Arash Ghanbarian, Amir Abbas Momenan, Farzad Hadaegh, Parvin Mirmiran, Mehdi Hedayati, Yadollah Mehrabi, Saleh Zahedi-Asl, and the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study Group PMCID: PMC2656492 A randomised controlled trial of the Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) for childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a protocol Fay Karpouzis, Henry Pollard, and Rod Bonello PMCID: PMC2646715 A randomized prospective trial of the postoperative quality of life between laparoscopic uterine artery ligation and laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: clinical trial design Hee Seung Kim, Jae Weon Kim, Mi-Kyung Kim, Hyun Hoon Chung, Taek Sang Lee, Yong-Tark Jeon, Yong Beom Kim, Hye Won Jeon, Young Ho Yun, Noh Hyun Park, Yong Sang Song, and Soon-Beom Kang PMCID: PMC2645389 Study protocol: Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) – a randomized, controlled trial Corrine I Voils, William S Yancy, Jr, Stacey Kovac, Cynthia J Coffman, Morris Weinberger, Eugene Z Oddone, Amy Jeffreys, Santanu Datta, and Hayden B Bosworth PMCID: PMC2652451 Exercise therapy, manual therapy, or both, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a factorial randomised controlled trial protocol J Haxby Abbott, M Clare Robertson, Joanne E McKenzie, G David Baxter, Jean-Claude Theis, A John Campbell, and the MOA Trial team PMCID: PMC2644684 Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges Rowena J Dolor, William S Yancy, Jr, William F Owen, David B Matchar, Gregory P Samsa, Kathryn I Pollak, Pao-Hwa Lin, Jamy D Ard, Maxwell Prempeh, Heather L McGuire, Bryan C Batch, William Fan, and Laura P Svetkey PMCID: PMC2654882 New therapeutic approach to Tourette Syndrome in children based on a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind phase IV study of the effectiveness and safety of magnesium and vitamin B6 Rafael Garcia-Lopez, Emilio Perea-Milla, Cesar Ruiz Garcia, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Julio Romero-Gonzalez, Jose L Moreno, Vicente Faus, Guadalupe del Castillo Aguas, and Juan C Ramos Diaz PMCID: PMC2660319 The second Symptom Management Research Trial in Oncology (SMaRT Oncology-2): a randomised trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adding a complex intervention for major depressive disorder to usual care for cancer patients Jane Walker, Jim Cassidy, Michael Sharpe, and the SMaRT Oncology-2 Trialists* PMCID: PMC2669069 Anaesthesiological strategies in elective craniotomy: randomized, equivalence, open trial – The NeuroMorfeo trial Giuseppe Citerio, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Roberto Latini, Serge Masson, Simona Barlera, Stefano Guzzetti, and Antonio Pesenti PMCID: PMC2673222 Rationale, design and methodology of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of escitalopram in prevention of Depression in Acute Coronary Syndrome (DECARD) Baiba Hedegaard Hansen, Jamal Abed Hanash, Alice Rasmussen, Jørgen Fischer Hansen, and Morten Birket-Smith PMCID: PMC2674039 The design and protocol of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis: A multicenter randomized controlled trial Yan Zhang, Linpeng Wang, Huilin Liu, Nan Li, Jingdao Li, and Jinghong Yi PMCID: PMC2680846 Protocol for the Proactive Or Reactive Telephone Smoking CeSsation Support (PORTSSS) trial Tim Coleman, Andy McEwen, Linda Bauld, Janet Ferguson, Paula Lorgelly, and Sarah Lewis PMCID: PMC2679731 Correction A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the safety, clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and satisfaction with point of care testing in a general practice setting – rationale, design and baseline characteristics Caroline Laurence, Angela Gialamas, Lisa Yelland, Tanya Bubner, Philip Ryan, Kristyn Willson, Briony Glastonbury, Janice Gill, Mark Shephard, Justin Beilby, and for members of the PoCT Trial Management Committee PMCID: PMC2651873 Corrects: Caroline Laurence, et al. A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the safety, clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and satisfaction with point of care testing in a general practice setting – rationale, design and baseline characteristics. Trials. 2008; 9: 50. |
