Should a Trial with Lost Allocation Key be Incorporated in Meta-analysis?
Bart G. Pijls, Boudewijn L. Borger-van der Burg, Larry E. Frisch, Anne J. Vochteloo & Rob G. H. H. Nelissen · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015
Aims: On occasion randomized controlled studies may remain unpublished because the allocation key identifying which group received active treatment and which received placebo (or alternative treatment) has been lost. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and under what...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17815