Systematic review on costs and resource use of randomised clinical trials shows a lack of transparent and comprehensive data

Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) are costly. We aimed to provide a systematic overview of the available evidence on resource use and costs for RCTs to support budget planning.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - December 26, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Benjamin Speich, Belinda von Niederh äusern, Nadine Schur, Lars G. Hemkens, Thomas Fürst, Neera Bhatnagar, Reem Alturki, Arnav Agarwal, Benjamin Kasenda, Christiane Pauli-Magnus, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Matthias Briel, MAking Randomized Trials Affordabl Source Type: research