Inadequate reporting of participants eligible for randomized controlled trials – A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 140; pp. 125 - 134
• Main Authors: Turjeman, Adi, Poran, Itamar, Daitch, Vered, Tau, Noam, Ayalon-Dangur, Irit, Nashashibi, Jeries, Yahav, Dafna, Paul, Mical, Leibovici, Leonard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bias; Clinical trials; CONSORT; Disease; Eligibility; Endocrine system; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Humans; Hypotheses; Internal Medicine; Intervention; Mathematical analysis; Meta-analysis; Patient Selection; Patients; Placebos; Randomized controlled trials; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - methods; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - standards; Recruitment; Recruitment rates; Reporting, External validity; Research Subjects - statistics & numerical data; Systematic review; Validity; Reporting, External validity; CONSORT; Eligibility; Recruitment rates; Randomized controlled trials; recruitment rates; eligibility; randomized controlled trials; reporting; external validity

•Over one third of RCTs failed to report the number of patients assessed for eligibility.•Adequate reporting of eligibility data was associated with better methodological features of trials.•Recruitment rates were significantly higher in trials sponsored by industry.•Trials should provide an accurat...