Guidelines for designing and reporting clinical trials in vitiligo.

Abstract

Much opportunity exists for improving the design and reporting of vitiligo clinical trials.

The proposed guidelines will help overcome methodologic challenges faced when conducting RCTs to answer treatment questions.

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• DOI - Archives of dermatology (DOI)
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Subjects

• Bias (Epidemiology)
• Endpoint Determination
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Guidelines as Topic
• Humans
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Research Design
• Selection Bias
• Treatment Outcome
• Vitiligo

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Authors

• Urbà González
• Maxine Whitton
• Viktoria Eleftheriadou
• Mariona Pinart
• Jonathan Batchelor
• Jo Leonardi-Bee

Publication date

2011-12-20

Journal

Journal topics

• Dermatology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Archives of dermatology

Department of Dermatology, Research Unit for Evidence-Based Dermatology, Hospital Plató, Barcelona, Spain. 24998ugc [at] comb.cat

Release reference

Arch Dermatol. 2011 Dec;147(12):1428-36

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