Adaptive clinical trials in surgery: A scoping review of methodological and reporting quality

• Phillip Staibano ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: phillip.staibano@medportal.ca

  Affiliations Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methodology, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9095-9543

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• Emily Oulousian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McGill University School of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Tyler McKechnie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methodology, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-4096

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• Alex Thabane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Samuel Luo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael K. Gupta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Han Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Jesse D. Pasternak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Endocrine Surgery Section Head, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael Au,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Sameer Parpia,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-5622

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• J. E. M. (Ted) Young,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Mohit Bhandari

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methodology, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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