Journal article
Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis
Abstract
When is it legitimate to exclude randomised patients from the analysis of data in clinical trials? Basing their analysis on the desirability of minimising bias and random error, the authors consider the circumstances when it may be possible to exclude patients, even in an intention to treat trial
Authors
Fergusson D; Aaron SD; Guyatt G; Hébert P
Journal
The BMJ, Vol. 325, No. 7365, pp. 652–654
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
September 21, 2002
DOI
10.1136/bmj.325.7365.652
ISSN
0959-8138