Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomised controlled trials: why bother?

Kenneth F Schulz

doi:10.1136/ebm.5.2.36

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Assessing allocation concealment and blinding in randomised controlled trials: why bother?

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Apr 2001	0	3	5
May 2001	0	9	5
Jun 2001	0	28	10
Jul 2001	0	27	19
Aug 2001	0	7	4
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Oct 2001	0	8	0
Nov 2001	0	13	0
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Mar 2002	0	9	4
Apr 2002	0	16	4
May 2002	0	4	0
Jun 2002	0	6	0
Jul 2002	0	6	0
Aug 2002	0	6	0
Sep 2002	0	6	2
Oct 2002	0	9	4
Nov 2002	0	7	0
Dec 2002	0	5	0
Jan 2003	0	3	0
Feb 2003	0	9	5
Mar 2003	0	6	1
Apr 2003	0	8	4
May 2003	0	1	0
Jun 2003	0	5	4
Jul 2003	0	109	2
Aug 2003	0	15	3
Sep 2003	0	10	0
Oct 2003	0	136	0
Nov 2003	0	37	6
Dec 2003	0	13	4
Jan 2004	0	19	6
Feb 2004	0	8	1
Mar 2004	0	15	5
Apr 2004	0	10	1
May 2004	0	21	7
Jun 2004	0	38	7
Jul 2004	0	23	4
Aug 2004	0	47	5
Sep 2004	0	49	12
Oct 2004	16	51	11
Nov 2004	12	51	12
Dec 2004	9	50	15
Jan 2005	7	55	16
Feb 2005	9	36	12
Mar 2005	10	34	7
Apr 2005	6	55	14
May 2005	5	38	8
Jun 2005	6	35	10
Jul 2005	2	26	9
Aug 2005	4	34	15
Sep 2005	2	46	14
Oct 2005	2	68	13
Nov 2005	3	72	22
Dec 2005	5	70	23
Jan 2006	6	85	17
Feb 2006	1	61	11
Mar 2006	17	71	26
Apr 2006	4	68	22
May 2006	4	64	13
Jun 2006	0	47	10
Jul 2006	3	66	14
Aug 2006	3	51	16
Sep 2006	0	90	27
Oct 2006	0	105	30
Nov 2006	0	124	32
Dec 2006	1	82	14
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Apr 2007	34	47	21
May 2007	30	43	23
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Aug 2007	29	34	10
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Oct 2007	43	55	16
Nov 2007	40	54	21
Dec 2007	25	55	12
Jan 2008	44	63	21
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Apr 2008	39	58	18
May 2008	23	46	13
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Aug 2008	42	29	9
Sep 2008	51	36	20
Oct 2008	56	23	11
Nov 2008	86	40	16
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Jan 2009	53	32	7
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Apr 2009	81	50	18
May 2009	71	56	26
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Sep 2009	61	41	17
Oct 2009	71	42	17
Nov 2009	95	56	38
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Apr 2011	127	59	16
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Aug 2011	136	37	15
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Oct 2011	144	59	16
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Feb 2012	22	223	24
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Apr 2012	16	223	37
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Jun 2012	17	177	32
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Aug 2012	26	313	44
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Oct 2012	27	304	25
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Sep 2015	3	102	8
Oct 2015	3	162	10
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Dec 2015	6	135	11
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Feb 2016	8	175	17
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Jul 2016	6	123	14
Aug 2016	3	121	16
Sep 2016	2	117	14
Oct 2016	3	176	16
Nov 2016	1	161	15
Dec 2016	7	134	21
Jan 2017	19	267	33
Feb 2017	3	188	23
Mar 2017	0	102	26
Apr 2017	1	114	16
May 2017	0	140	10
Jun 2017	17	85	11
Jul 2017	52	51	7
Aug 2017	67	63	19
Sep 2017	95	95	23
Oct 2017	106	102	22
Nov 2017	186	184	31
Dec 2017	172	160	37
Jan 2018	155	155	4
Feb 2018	125	118	19
Mar 2018	74	76	17
Apr 2018	150	142	17
May 2018	135	133	11
Jun 2018	99	99	6
Jul 2018	70	68	5
Aug 2018	91	89	5
Sep 2018	58	58	14
Oct 2018	116	116	26
Nov 2018	166	166	23
Dec 2018	154	154	26
Jan 2019	153	152	14
Feb 2019	135	135	15
Mar 2019	141	141	24
Apr 2019	100	100	18
May 2019	105	103	13
Jun 2019	46	46	7
Jul 2019	71	70	15
Aug 2019	64	64	19
Sep 2019	57	57	16
Oct 2019	78	76	25
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Feb 2021	97	97	27
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Jun 2021	36	37	8
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Aug 2021	78	77	24
Sep 2021	140	141	20
Oct 2021	267	271	80
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May 2022	260	279	44
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Jul 2022	113	116	14
Aug 2022	102	102	9
Sep 2022	140	146	36
Oct 2022	226	240	39
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Jan 2023	115	121	13
Feb 2023	174	179	22
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Apr 2023	109	118	11
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Jun 2023	141	143	8
Jul 2023	239	241	20
Aug 2023	273	281	26
Sep 2023	145	153	17
Oct 2023	214	219	32
Nov 2023	265	269	30
Dec 2023	648	81	14
Jan 2024	222	5	3
Feb 2024	260	10	5
Mar 2024	357	21	2
Apr 2024	376	11	9
May 2024	226	16	7
Jun 2024	147	9	2
Jul 2024	318	8	0
Aug 2024	136	10	1
Total	17561	28230	4846

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