Are randomised controlled trials in the BMJ different?

Abstract
EDITOR—In the context of an evaluation of the CONSORT guidelines for the reporting of randomised controlled trials, we searched each issue published in 1998 of Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ, JAMA, Lancet , and the New England Journal of Medicine for reports of randomised controlled trials. 1 2 The hand search identified 290 articles. We excluded one quasi-randomised trial and nine reports whose focus was not on randomised comparisons. Our study sample …