Measuring the success of blinding in placebo-controlled trials: should we be so quick to dismiss it?

Fool’s gold? Why blinded trials are not always best

(2020) Rohan Anand et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Impact of blinding on estimated treatment effects in randomised clinical trials: meta-epidemiological study

(2020) Helene Moustgaard et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Testing for blinding in sham-controlled studies for procedural interventions: the third-party video method

(2019) Jennifer Gill et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Does different information disclosure on placebo control affect blinding and trial outcomes? A case study of participant information leaflets of randomized placebo-controlled trials of acupuncture

(2018) Soyeon Cheon et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Influence of blinding on treatment effect size estimate in randomized controlled trials of oral health interventions

(2018) Humam Saltaji et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Does aerobic training alleviate fatigue and improve societal participation in patients with multiple sclerosis? A randomized controlled trial

(2017) Martin Heine et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Does aerobic training alleviate fatigue and improve societal participation in patients with multiple sclerosis? A randomized controlled trial

(2017) Martin Heine et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

The matching quality of experimental and control interventions in blinded pharmacological randomised clinical trials: a methodological systematic review

(2016) Segun Bello et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Empirical evaluation of which trial characteristics are associated with treatment effect estimates

(2016) Agnes Dechartres et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Empirical Evidence of Study Design Biases in Randomized Trials: Systematic Review of Meta-Epidemiological Studies

(2016) Matthew J. Page et al.   PLoS One

Observer bias in randomized clinical trials with time-to-event outcomes: systematic review of trials with both blinded and non-blinded outcome assessors

(2014) Asbjørn Hróbjartsson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Bias due to lack of patient blinding in clinical trials. A systematic review of trials randomizing patients to blind and nonblind sub-studies

(2014) Asbjørn Hróbjartsson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

In search of justification for the unpredictability paradox

(2014) Jeremy Howick et al.   Trials

Observer bias in randomized clinical trials with measurement scale outcomes: a systematic review of trials with both blinded and nonblinded assessors

(2013) A. Hrobjartsson et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

CONSORT 2010 changes and testing blindness in RCTs

(2010) Kenneth F Schulz et al.   LANCET

Towards a proposal for assessment of blinding success in clinical trials: up-to-date review

(2009) Jafar Kolahi et al.   COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY