When academic research organizations and clinical research organizations disagree: Processes to minimize discrepancies prior to unblinding of randomized trials
Am Heart J. 2017 Jul:189:1-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.03.018.
Epub 2017 Mar 31.
1 PERFUSE Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: mgibson@bidmc.harvard.edu.
2 Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
3 Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.
4 PERFUSE Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Departments of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
5 Duke University and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
6 Division of Cardiology, R.A.H Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
7 Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.