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. 2013 Nov 20;6(1):81.
doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-6-81.

Harbin consensus conference and quality of infertility trials: reflections of a scientist on the Italian experience

Stefano Palomba  1
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Harbin consensus conference and quality of infertility trials: reflections of a scientist on the Italian experience

Stefano Palomba. J Ovarian Res. .

Abstract

During the days August 22-24, 2013 has been held in Harbin (China) an International Consensus Conference aimed to improve the quality and the reporting of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in infertility and subfertility field. I, as Italian scientist with experience in clinical infertility trials, was invited to have a speech on the Italian experience in RCTs, with particular regard for the surgical trials. Considerations on this subject were particularly interesting to highlight pitfalls and triumphs of research in Italy.

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Number of Italian RCTs per year.
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Overall CONSORT score for three time intervals.
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Age-weighted citation rate (AWCR) per year.
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