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. 2009 May 12;180(10):E47-57.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090523. Epub 2009 Apr 16.

A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers

Kevin E Thorpe  1 , Merrick Zwarenstein, Andrew D Oxman, Shaun Treweek, Curt D Furberg, Douglas G Altman, Sean Tunis, Eduardo Bergel, Ian Harvey, David J Magid, Kalipso Chalkidou
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A pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers

Kevin E Thorpe et al. CMAJ. .
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The blank “wheel” of the pragmatic–explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS) tool. “E” represents the “explanatory” end of the pragmatic–explanatory continuum.
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A: PRECIS summary of a randomized controlled trial of self-supervised and directly observed treatment of tuberculosis (DOT). B: PRECIS summary of the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. C: PRECIS summary of a randomized trial of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) therapy for the prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia (CLASP). D: PRECIS summary of a randomized trial of low-dose ASA for the prevention of pre-eclampsia in women at high risk. “E” represents the “explanatory” end of the pragmatic–explanatory continuum.
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