RCT / CCT - PubMed
https://searchfilters.cadth.ca/link/108
- Platform
- PubMed
- Last Update Date
- April 14, 2022
- Platform
- PubMed
- Databases
- PubMed
- Last Update Date
- April 14, 2022
- Usage Notes
- Recommended RCT filter (includes CCTs and phase III trials). This filter is a broad translation of the CADTH RCT / CCT - MEDLINE filter. Since it uses the Boolean operator AND instead of adjacency in several places, it will retrieve a much larger set of results compared to the Ovid MEDLINE RCT / CCT filter.
- Validation Status
- Translated from validated filter
- Validation Source
- Broadly translated from the CADTH RCT / CCT - MEDLINE filter which was internally validated using the gold standard database set from: Glanville J, Kotas E, Featherstone R, Dooley G. Which are the most sensitive search filters to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE? J Med Libr Assoc. 2020 Oct 1;108(4):556-563. See also: Cooper C, Kaunelis D, Varley Campbell J, Carter P. Letter in response to Thompson and Scott Authors' letter reestablished search filters may miss studies when identifying randomized controlled trials. Language for trial phase necessary when searching for RCT. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Jan;117:154-156.
- Search Strategy
- "Randomized Controlled Trial"[pt] OR "Controlled Clinical Trial"[pt] OR "Pragmatic Clinical Trial"[pt] OR "Equivalence Trial"[pt] OR "Clinical Trial, Phase III"[pt] OR "Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic"[mh] OR "Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic"[mh] OR "Random Allocation"[mh] OR "Double-Blind Method"[mh] OR "Single-Blind Method"[mh] OR Placebos[Mesh:NoExp] OR "Control Groups"[mh] OR (random*[tiab] OR sham[tiab] OR placebo*[tiab]) OR ((singl*[tiab] OR doubl*[tiab]) AND (blind*[tiab] OR dumm*[tiab] OR mask*[tiab])) OR ((tripl*[tiab] OR trebl*[tiab]) AND (blind*[tiab] OR dumm*[tiab] OR mask*[tiab])) OR (control*[tiab] AND (study[tiab] OR studies[tiab] OR trial*[tiab] OR group*[tiab])) OR (Nonrandom*[tiab] OR "non random*"[tiab] OR "non-random*"[tiab] OR "quasi-random*"[tiab] OR quasirandom*[tiab]) OR allocated[tiab] OR (("open label"[tiab] OR "open-label"[tiab]) AND (study[tiab] OR studies[tiab] OR trial*[tiab])) OR ((equivalence[tiab] OR superiority[tiab] OR "non-inferiority"[tiab] OR noninferiority[tiab]) AND (study[tiab] OR studies[tiab] OR trial*[tiab])) OR ("pragmatic study"[tiab] OR "pragmatic studies"[tiab]) OR ((pragmatic[tiab] OR practical[tiab]) AND trial*[tiab]) OR ((quasiexperimental[tiab] OR "quasi-experimental"[tiab]) AND (study[tiab] OR studies[tiab] OR trial*[tiab])) OR (phase[ti] AND (III[ti] OR 3[ti]) AND (study[ti] OR studies[ti] OR trial*[ti])) OR (phase[ot] AND (III[ot] OR 3[ot]) AND (study[ot] OR studies[ot] OR trial*[ot]))
- Citation
- RCT / CCT - PubMed. In: CADTH Search Filters Database. Ottawa: CADTH; 2024: https://searchfilters.cadth.ca/link/108. Accessed 2024-04-19.