Stakeholder views regarding ethical issues in the design and conduct of pragmatic trials: study protocol

Abstract Background Randomized controlled trial (RCT) trial designs exist on an explanatory-pragmatic spectrum, depending on the degree to which a study aims to address a question of efficacy or effectiveness. As conceptualized by Schwartz and Lellouch in 1967, an explanatory approach to trial desig...

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Main Authors: Stuart G. Nicholls, Kelly Carroll, Jamie Brehaut, Charles Weijer, Spencer Phillips Hey, Cory E. Goldstein, Merrick Zwarenstein, Ian D. Graham, Joanne E. McKenzie, Lauralyn McIntyre, Vipul Jairath, Marion K. Campbell, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Dean A. Fergusson, Monica Taljaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0332-z