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Table 6 Oversight committee split by intervention type

From: A cohort examination to establish reporting of the remit and function of Trial Steering Committees in randomised controlled trials

Intervention type

Committee(s) reported

TSC and DMC

TSC and no DMC

DMC and no TSC

No TSC and no DMC

 

N

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

Pharmaceutical

132

60

45.5%

8

6.1%

37

28.0%

27

20.5%

Cellular and gene therapy

3

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

2

66.7%

1

33.3%

Medical device

26

16

61.5%

1

3.8%

3

11.5%

6

23.1%

Surgery

14

6

42.9%

3

21.4%

3

21.4%

2

14.3%

Radiotherapy

13

4

30.8%

3

23.1%

1

7.7%

5

38.5%

Psychological and behavioural

29

9

31.0%

5

17.2%

2

6.9%

13

44.8%

Physical

14

7

50.0%

4

28.6%

1

7.1%

2

14.3%

Complimentary

6

2

33.3%

1

16.7%

0

0.0%

3

50.0%

Resources and infrastructure

22

4

18.2%

9

40.9%

1

4.5%

8

36.4%

Other

19

7

36.8%

6

31.6%

0

0.0%

6

31.6%

  1. DMC Data Management Committee, TSC Trial Steering Committee