Fool’s gold? Why blinded trials are not always best

Rohan Anand; John Norrie; Judy M Bradley; Danny McAuley; Mike Clarke

doi:10.1136/bmj.l6228

Fool’s gold? Why blinded trials are not always best

Rohan Anand
, John Norrie
, Judy M Bradley
, Danny McAuley
, Mike Clarke

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Abstract

Blinding is intended to reduce bias but can make studies unnecessarily complex or lead to results that no longer address the clinical question

Original language	English
Journal	BMJ
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6228
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 21 Jan 2020

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