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Table 5 Sponsorship, interventions and primary outcome characteristics in trials published in medical specialty journals

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)