How pragmatic or explanatory is the randomized, controlled trial? The application and enhancement of the PRECIS tool to the evaluation of a smoking cessation trial

P Selby, G Brosky, PI Oh, V Raymond… - BMC medical research …, 2012 - Springer
Background Numerous explanatory randomized trials support the efficacy of chronic disease
interventions, including smoking cessation treatments. However, there is often inadequate …

A pragmatic–explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers

KE Thorpe, M Zwarenstein, AD Oxman… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To propose a tool to assist trialists in making design decisions that are
consistent with their trial's stated purpose. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Randomized …

Comments, Suggestions and Criticisms of the PRECIS-2 Design Tool: A Citation Analysis

A Willis, F Shiely, S Treweek, M Taljaard… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The Pragmatic Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS) tool,
initially published in 2009 and revised in 2015, was created to assist trialists to align their …

The PRECIS-2 tool has good interrater reliability and modest discriminant validity

K Loudon, M Zwarenstein, FM Sullivan… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives PRagmatic Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS)-2 is a
tool that could improve design insight for trialists. Our aim was to validate the PRECIS-2 tool …

CHARTing a path to pragmatic tobacco treatment research

E Cruvinel, KP Richter, C Stoney, S Duffy… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction It is important to consider the degree to which studies are explanatory versus
pragmatic to understand the implications of their findings for patients, healthcare …

Making clinical trials more relevant: improving and validating the PRECIS tool for matching trial design decisions to trial purpose

K Loudon, M Zwarenstein, F Sullivan, P Donnan… - Trials, 2013 - Springer
Background If you want to know which of two or more healthcare interventions is most
effective, the randomised controlled trial is the design of choice. Randomisation, however …

Framing the conversation: use of PRECIS-2 ratings to advance understanding of pragmatic trial design domains

PD Lipman, K Loudon, L Dluzak, R Moloney… - Trials, 2017 - Springer
Background There continues to be debate about what constitutes a pragmatic trial and how
it is distinguished from more traditional explanatory trials. The NIH Pragmatic Trials …

Pragmatic trial design elements showed a different impact on trial interpretation and feasibility than explanatory elements

JB Nieuwenhuis, E Irving, KO Rengerink… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To illustrate how pragmatic trial design elements or inserting explanatory trial
elements in pragmatic trials affect validity, generalizability, precision, and operational …

Pragmatic vs. explanatory: an adaptation of the PRECIS tool helps to judge the applicability of systematic reviews for daily practice

T Koppenaal, J Linmans, JA Knottnerus… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The Pragmatic–Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS) tool was
designed to classify randomized clinical trials (RCT) as being more pragmatic or …

The role of pragmatism in explaining heterogeneity in meta-analyses of randomised trials: a protocol for a cross-sectional methodological review

T Aves, KS Allan, D Lawson, R Nieuwlaat, J Beyene… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction There has been increasing interest in pragmatic trials methodology. As a result,
tools such as the Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary-2 (PRECIS-2) are …