Randomized Controlled Trials in Functional Neurosurgery-Association of Device Approval Status and Trial Quality.

Tej D AzadAustin Y FengSwapnil MehtaAlex B BakEli JohnsonVaishali MittalRogelio EsparzaAnand VeeravaguCasey H HalpernGerald A Grant

Published in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2019)

The quality of RCTs in functional neurosurgery has improved over time but reporting of specific metrics such as power calculations and allocation concealment requires further improvement. Device approval status but not funding source was associated with trial quality.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
study protocol
clinical trial
phase iii
quality improvement
phase ii
density functional theory
open label
drug administration