The PACE Trial: An Expression Of Concern

Douglas T Fraser, Tuesday 28th June 2011:

The PACE Trial: An Expression Of Concern
Douglas T Fraser
Tuesday 28th June 2011
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On February 18th 2011 the Lancet published an article “PACE: a randomised trial” by P D White, A L Johnson, J Bavinton, T Chalder, and M Sharpe et al. [1].

Essentially an unblinded trial, it appears to be falsely registered as a RCT [1a], an example of “strawman design” [2], and published in breach of the Lancet's own requirements [3]. Read more>>