Further reading
The following journal articles and books are useful if you want to learn more about the design or critical appraisal of randomised controlled trials:
Randomised controlled trials
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Blinding in randomised trials: hiding who got what. Lancet 2002 Feb 23;359(9307):696-700.
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Allocation concealment in randomised trials: defending against deciphering. Lancet 2002 Feb 16;359(9306):614-8
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Generation of allocation sequences in randomised trials: chance, not choice. Lancet 2002 Feb 9;359(9305):515-9
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Multiplicity in randomised trials II: subgroup and interim analyses. Lancet 2005 May 7;365(9471):1657-61
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Multiplicity in randomised trials I: endpoints and treatments. Lancet 2005 Apr 30;365(9470):1591-5.
Sample size in RCTs
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Unequal group sizes in randomised trials: guarding against guessing. Lancet 2002 Mar 16;359(9310):966-70
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Sample size slippages in randomised trials: exclusions and the lost and wayward. Lancet 2002 Mar 2;359(9308):781-5
Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Sample size calculations in randomised trials: mandatory and mystical. Lancet 2005 Apr 9;365(9467):1348-53
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