Skip to main content Advertisement Menu Search Search Publisher main menu Journals Submissions Publishing services About My Account Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Trials Trials main menu Home About Articles Featured article: Are clinical drug trials more marketing than science? Analysis of trial documentation has revealed that some industry-funded trials may be done more for marketing purposes than scientific endeavour. Confidential internal company documents have revealed drug trials designed, or heavily influenced by, the marketing departments of pharmaceutical companies. In this study, Barbour et al. examined reports of randomised controlled trials of drugs published published in 2011 in the top six general medical journals, based on Impact Factor, revealing that a fifth of drug trials had features that were suggestive of being designed for marketing purposes Read More Articles Recent Most accessed Recent articles Recent articles RSS 1. Study protocol Impact of the radiographic examination on diagnosis and treatment decision of caries lesions in primary teeth – the Caries Detection in Children (CARDEC-01) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Fausto Medeiros Mendes, Laura Regina Antunes Pontes, Thais Gimenez, Juan Sebastian Lara, Lucila Basto de Camargo, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Claudio Mendes Pannuti, Daniela Prócida Raggio, Mariana Minatel Braga and Tatiane Fernandes Novaes Published on: 9 February 2016 2. Study protocol Assessment of chiropractic treatment for active duty, U.S. military personnel with low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Christine M. Goertz, Cynthia R. Long, Robert D. Vining, Katherine A. Pohlman, Bridget Kane, Lance Corber, Joan Walter and Ian Coulter Published on: 9 February 2016 3. Study protocol Evaluation of short message service and peer navigation to improve engagement in HIV care in South Africa: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial Sheri A. Lippman, Starley B. Shade, Jeri Sumitani, Julia DeKadt, Jennifer M. Gilvydis, Mary Jane Ratlhagana, Jessica Grignon, John Tumbo, Hailey Gilmore, Emily Agnew, Parya Saberi, Scott Barnhart and Wayne T. Steward Published on: 6 February 2016 4. Study protocol National Safety Associates nutritional supplementation trial of fruit and vegetable extracts and vascular function (NNTV): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Marietta Sayegh, Melina Tsiountsioura, Polly Page, Dan Del Rio and Sumantra Ray Published on: 4 February 2016 5. Study protocol Community occupational therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID] programme): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Jennifer Wenborn, Sinéad Hynes, Esme Moniz-Cook, Gail Mountain, Fiona Poland, Michael King, Rumana Omar, Steven Morris, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, David Challis, Susan Michie, Ian Russell, Catherine Sackley, Maud Graff, Aidan O’Keeffe, Nadia Crellin… Published on: 3 February 2016 View all articles Most accessed articles Most accessed articles RSS 1. Review Through the looking glass: understanding non-inferiority Jennifer Schumi and Janet T Wittes Published on: 3 May 2011 2. Review Managing clinical trials Barbara Farrell, Sara Kenyon and Haleema Shakur Published on: 13 July 2010 3. Study protocol Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for chronic dizziness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Zhe Xue, Cun-Zhi Liu, Guang-Xia Shi, Yan Liu, Zhao-Xin Li, Zhen-Hua Zhang and LinPeng Wang Published on: 13 December 2013 4. Study protocol Effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Yi Shen Jian Gu granules on aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptoms: a study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial Nan Peng, Yi Zhang, Cong Ma, Ming-Wei Yu, Guo-Wang Yang, Qi Fu, Wei-Ru Xu and Xiao-Min Wang Published on: 15 May 2014 5. Review Reporting bias in medical research - a narrative review Natalie McGauran, Beate Wieseler, Julia Kreis, Yvonne-Beatrice Schüler, Heike Kölsch and Thomas Kaiser Published on: 13 April 2010 View all articles Aims and scope Trials is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of the performance and findings of randomized controlled trials in health. Trials encourages full and transparent reporting of all research. We publish articles on general trial methodology as well as protocols, commentaries and traditional results papers - regardless of outcome or significance of findings. Tweets About the Editors Doug Altman graduated in statistics from the University of Bath and has worked for the Medical Research Council as a statistical consultant in a wide variety of medical areas. In 1988 he became head of the newly formed Medical Statistics Laboratory (now Medical Statistics Group) at ICRF (now Cancer Research UK), and in 1995 also became founding director of the Centre for Statistics in Medicine in Oxford. In 1997, Professor Altman received the Bradford Hill Medal for his contributions to medical statistics and a DSc from the University of London, and in 1998 was made Professor of Statistics in Medicine by the University of Oxford. His varied research interests include the use and abuse of statistics in medical research, studies of prognosis, regression modelling, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, randomised trials, and studies of medical measurement. Jeremy Grimshaw is the Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Health Research Institute and the Director of the Center for Best Practice at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair in health knowledge transfer and uptake and was made a Professor of Medicine by the University of Ottawa. Prior to this, he held a Personal Chair in health services research at the University of Aberdeen and was the Program Director of the Effective Professional Program within health services research, one of the largest implementation research programs within the UK. Professor Grimshaw’s research interests are in knowledge translation,quality improvement,complex interventions. systematic reviews, cluster randomized trials, quasi experimental studies and behavioural theories (and their application to professional behaviour). Submit a manuscript Submission Guidelines Editorial Board Sign up to article alerts Follow Follow us on Twitter ISSN: 1745-6215 Advertisement Contact us Jobs Manage manuscripts Sign up for article alerts Manage article alerts Leave feedback Press center Read more on our blogs Policies Licensing Terms and conditions Privacy statement Accessibility Cookies Follow BioMed Central Twitter Facebook Google Plus YouTube LinkedIn Reddit Weibo © 2016 BioMed Central Ltd unless otherwise stated. Part of Springer Science+Business Media. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Terms and Conditions, Privacy statement and Cookies policy.