Randomized controlled trials in cancer: improving the quality of their reports will also facilitate better conductD Moher
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario
Ann Oncol 9:483-7. 1998
..This work has also focused increased attention on how clinical trials are planned and executed. Some common problems are reviewed and suggestions for improving their conduct are also discussed...
- Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?
D Moher
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
Lancet 352:609-13. 1998
..We investigated whether different methods of quality assessment provide different estimates of intervention efficacy evaluated in randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...
- Methodology and reports of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a comparison of Cochrane reviews with articles published in paper-based journals
A R Jadad
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 280:278-80. 1998
..Ideally, reviews should include strategies to minimize bias and to maximize precision and be reported so explicitly that any interested reader would be able to replicate them...
- What contributions do languages other than English make on the results of meta-analyses?
D Moher
Thomas C Chalmers Center for Systematic Reviews, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 53:964-72. 2000
..We encourage others to replicate this study using different sampling frames, clinical topics and interventions...
- Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement. Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses
D Moher
University of Ottawa, Thomas C Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, Ontario, Canada
Lancet 354:1896-900. 1999
..The Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses (QUOROM) conference was convened to address standards for improving the quality of reporting of meta-analyses of clinical randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...
The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel group randomized trialsD Moher
University of Ottawa, Thomas C, Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 1:2. 2001
..In sum, the CONSORT statement is intended to improve the reporting of an RCT, enabling readers to understand a trial's conduct and to assess the validity of its results...
- The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomised trials
D Moher
University of Ottawa, Thomas C Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lancet 357:1191-4. 2001
..In sum, the CONSORT statement is intended to improve the reporting of an RCT, enabling readers to understand a trial's conduct and to assess the validity of its results...
- The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials
D Moher
University of Ottawa, Thomas C. Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 285:1987-91. 2001
..In sum, the CONSORT statement is intended to improve the reporting of an RCT, enabling readers to understand a trial's conduct and to assess the validity of its results...
- Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement. QUOROM Group
D Moher
University of Ottawa, Thomas C Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, Ontario, Canada
Br J Surg 87:1448-54. 2000
..The Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses (QUOROM) conference was convened to address standards for improving the quality of reporting of meta-analyses of clinical randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...
- The inclusion of reports of randomised trials published in languages other than English in systematic reviews
D Moher
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Health Technol Assess 7:1-90. 2003
..Language restrictions do not appear to bias the estimates of a conventional intervention's effectiveness. However, there is substantial bias in the results of a CAM systematic review if LOE reports are excluded from it...
- Pharmacological management of intermittent claudication: a meta-analysis of randomised trials
D Moher
Thomas C Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews, CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Drugs 59:1057-70. 2000
..There is a need for uniformity in research design and reporting of trials. A future trial comparing medical therapy with physical therapy is indicated...
- Nebulized budesonide and oral dexamethasone for treatment of croup: a randomized controlled trial
T P Klassen
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
JAMA 279:1629-32. 1998
..The effectiveness of glucocorticoids for patients with croup is well established but it remains uncertain which glucocorticoid regimen is most effective...
