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Table 1 Search strategy for test-treatment RCTs

From: Research waste in diagnostic trials: a methods review evaluating the reporting of test-treatment interventions

Search strategy

Hits

#1

Sensitiva or diagnose or diagnosis or diagnostica in Clinical Trials

70,052

#2

Randoma in Clinical Trials

335,175

#3

“Study design” next “rct” in Clinical Trials

150,275

#4

(#2 OR #3)

449,453

#5

(#1 AND #4)

50,419

#6

(#5), from 2004 to 2007

12,892

  1. CENTRAL Issue 2 2009 (Wiley InterScience, searched 29 May 2009)–general diagnosis textwords across all fields limited to publication years 2004 to 2007
  2. aDenotes truncation of search term
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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