Trustworthiness of randomized trials in endocrinology-A systematic survey.
José Gerardo González-GonzálezEdgar Gerardo Dorsey-TreviñoNeri Alvarez-VillalobosFrancisco Jesús Barrera-FloresAlejandro Díaz González-ColmeneroCarolina Quintanilla-SánchezVictor M MontoriRene Rodriguez-GutierrezPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Trustworthy evidence should ultimately shape care to improve the likelihood of desirable patient outcomes. Six out-of 10 RCTs published in top endocrine journals are at moderate/high-risk of bias. Improving this should be a priority in endocrine research.