Reporting Interim Results Can Show the Feasibility of Practicing Outcome-Based Neurovascular Care Within Randomized Trials: An Opinion

摘要

BACKGROUND: Randomized trials of commonly performed surgical interventions are notoriously difficult to conduct. The trial methodology may nevertheless be the best way to offer outcome-based neurovascular care in the presence of uncertainty. One obstacle to promoting such trials is the conventional prohibition of publication and dissemination of interim results as the trial progresses.