Doubts Cast On Credibility Of Some Published Clinical Trials
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 23:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Randomized controlled trials are considered the "gold standard" research method for assessing new medical treatments. But new research shows that the design of a remarkable 93 percent of 2235 so-called RCTs published in some Chinese medical journals during 1994 to 2005 was flawed, casting doubt on the reliability of research that is likely to influence medical decision-makers.
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