Letter
Information on blinding in registered records of clinical trials
1 Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK
2 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
3 NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Trials 2012, 13:210 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-210
Published: 15 November 2012Abstract
Information on blinding is part of the data that should be provided upon registration of a trial at a clinical trials registry. Reporting of blinding is often absent or of low quality in published articles of clinical trials. This study researched the presence and quality of information on blinding in registered records of clinical trials and highlights the important role of data-recording formats at clinical trial registries in ensuring high-quality registration.
