Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Empirical Study of Trials Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov

Florence T. Bourgeois; Srinivas Murthy; Kenneth D. Mandl

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028820

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Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Empirical Study of Trials Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov

Florence T. Bourgeois ,

* E-mail: florence.bourgeois@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Srinivas Murthy,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Kenneth D. Mandl

Affiliations Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children's Hospital Informatics Program at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Empirical Study of Trials Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov

Florence T. Bourgeois,
Srinivas Murthy,
Kenneth D. Mandl

Published: January 9, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028820

About the Authors

Florence T. Bourgeois

* E-mail: florence.bourgeois@childrens.harvard.edu

Srinivas Murthy

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Kenneth D. Mandl

Affiliations Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children's Hospital Informatics Program at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FTB SM KDM. Performed the experiments: FTB SM. Analyzed the data: FTB SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FTB SM KDM. Wrote the paper: FTB SM KDM.

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