From: Outcomes, Interventions and Funding in Randomised Research Published in High-Impact Journals
Neurology journals | Oncology journals | Cardiology journals | Respiratory medicine journals | Infectious diseases journals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trials, n Interventions, n | 30 33 | 30 32 | 30 32 | 30 32 | 30 38 |
Any industry funding, n (%) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 19 (63) | 14 (47) | 11 (37) |
Intervention, n (%) | |||||
Drug | 22 (67) | 26 (78) | 13 (41) | 22 (69) | 30 (79) |
Device | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 4 (13) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) |
Procedure | 5 (15) | 2 (6) | 10 (31) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) |
Other | 5 (15) | 4 (13) | 5 (16) | 7 (22) | 8 (21) |
Primary outcome, n (%) | |||||
Surrogate | 24 (80) | 18 (60) | 10 (33) | 22 (73) | 18 (60) |
Mixed | 4 (13) | 5 (17) | 8 (27) | 0 (0) | 3 (10) |
Hard | 2 (7) | 7 (23) | 12 (40) | 8 (27) | 9 (30) |
Single | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 15 (50) | 20 (67) | 25 (83) |
Composite | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 8 (30) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) |
Co-primary | 9 (30) | 8 (27) | 7 (23) | 9 (30) | 3 (10) |