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Feasibility of surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm: a systematic review

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  • Karolina Wartolowska Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gary S Collins Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sally Hopewell Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew Judge Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Benjamin J F Dean Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ines Rombach Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David J Beard Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Royal College of Surgeons of England Clinical Trials Unit, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew J Carr Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, UK Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Royal College of Surgeons of England Clinical Trials Unit, Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Karolina Wartolowska; karolina.wartolowska{at}ndorms.ox.ac.uk
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Wartolowska K, Collins GS, Hopewell S, et al
Feasibility of surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm: a systematic review
BMJ Open 2016;6:e010194. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010194

Publication history

  • Received October 6, 2015
  • Revised January 19, 2016
  • Accepted February 15, 2016
  • First published March 15, 2016.
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March 15, 2016
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