senior authorship. Alicia Furumaya and Belle V. van Rosmalen shared first authorship. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-019-02169-x
Introduction Publishing protocols of randomized controlled trials (RCT) facilitates a more detailed description of study rational, design, and related ethical and safety issues, which should promote transparency. Little is known about how the practice of publishing protocols developed over time. Therefore, this study describes the worldwide trends in volume and methodological...
