Reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) inform the care of future patients and are
especially important to clinicians and systematic reviewers. Readers should satisfy …

The randomized controlled clini-cal trial is among the most important developments in
medicine. Randomized trials are powerful because they apply the fundamental paradigm of …

METHODS: The ClinicalTrials. gov database was searched for trials focused on most
common gastrointestinal diseases up to August 2018. Adherence to reporting of results to …

Systematic reviews systematically evaluate and summarize current knowledge and have
many advantages over narrative reviews. Meta-analyses provide a more reliable and …

To determine the current quality of reporting of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in the field
of gastroenterology and hepatology, we evaluated the methodological reporting of RCTs in …

Importance Clinicians, patients, and policy makers rely on published results from clinical
trials to help make evidence-informed decisions. To critically evaluate and use trial results …

Overwhelming evidence now indicates that the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled
trials (RCTs) is less than optimal. Recent methodologic analyses indicate that inadequate …

By now many journal readers will be aware of the recent development of comprehensive
guidelines for the report-ing of clinical trials. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of …

Speich and colleagues1 report the results of 2 randomized studies that aimed to assess a
method to increase the reporting quality of randomized trial protocols and reports …

“Nobody sets out to write a bad paper,” said Curtis L. Meinert, PhD, professor of
epidemiology and biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in …