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Table 1 Application characteristics

From: The use of systematic reviews in the planning, design and conduct of randomised trials: a retrospective cohort of NIHR HTA funded trials

 

Number of trials

 

(n=48), n (%)

Type of trial

Parallel

42 (87.5)

 

Cluster

5 (10.4)

 

Factorial

1 (2.1)

Nature

Superiority

37 (77.1)

 

Non-inferiority

7 (14.6)

 

Equivalence

4 (8.3)

Number of Primary Outcomes

1

35 (72.9)

2

9 (18.8)

 

3

3 (6.3)

4

1 (2.1)

Number of trial arms

2

37 (77.1)

 

3

9 (18.8)

 

4

2 (4.2)

Median Sample size (range)

583 (172 to 20,000)

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