About the Authors

Jamie J. Kirkham

Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Katherine Davis

Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Douglas G. Altman

Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jane M. Blazeby

Affiliation MRC ConDuCT II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, School of Social & Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Mike Clarke

Affiliation Northern Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Sean Tunis

Affiliation Center for Medical Technology Policy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paula R. Williamson

prw@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: DGA, JMB, MC, ST, and PRW are members of the COMET Management Group. KD and JJK declare no competing interests.