About the Authors

Belinda von Niederhäusern

belinda.vonniederhausern@usb.ch

Affiliation Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Stefan Schandelmaier

Affiliations Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Marie Mi Bonde

Affiliation Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Nicole Brunner

Affiliation Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Lars G. Hemkens

Affiliation Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Marielle Rutquist

Affiliation Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Neera Bhatnagar

Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Gordon H. Guyatt

Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christiane Pauli-Magnus

‡ CPM and MB are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Clinical Trial Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Matthias Briel

‡ CPM and MB are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BvN CPM MB GHG. Data curation: N. Bhatnagar. Formal analysis: BvN CPM MB. Investigation: BvN CPM MB SS LGH MMB N. Brunner MR. Methodology: BvN CPM MB GHG. Writing – original draft: BvN CPM MB. Writing – review & editing: BvN CPM MB SS LGH MMB MR GHG.