The selection of suitable outcomes and sample size calculation are critical factors in the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The goal of this study was to identify the range of outcomes ...

Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial (RCTs) are the ‘gold standard’ test for evaluating whether a new intervention is better than an existing one and are routinely used in both real-world healthcare ...

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to three economists on Monday for their pioneering research into the use of experimental approaches to fight global poverty. The trio, based in ...

Objective Anxiety affects up to one-third of adults with asthma and is linked to poorer disease outcomes and reduced quality ...

A cluster randomised trial (CRT) is a randomised controlled trial in which pre-existing groups, called clusters, of individuals are randomly allocated to treatment arms. For example, clusters may be ...

Design thinking fosters an engagement with citizens, who are the ultimate clients. After Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Memorial Prize for his work on impact assessment of public interventions, ...

Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies does not improve live birth rates in couples undergoing intracytoplasmic ...

This course aims to provide an introduction to the challenges of recruiting people to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and strategies to address these. The course draws on evidence generated by the ...

Background Azithromycin mass drug administration (MDA) to ages 1–59 months can reduce childhood mortality; however, more ...