Practical Guide to Design Choice of Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgery

JAMA Surg. 2022 Dec 1;157(12):1154-1155. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.4889.

Marcel G W Dijkgraaf^{1

2}, Jason Haukoos^{3

4

5}, Kamal M F Itani^{6

7

8}

¹ Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Methodology, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora.
⁵ Statistical Editor, JAMA Surgery.
⁶ Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This Guide to Statistics and Methods provides an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of several randomized clinical trial design options.