Adherence to the OARSI recommendations for designing, conducting, and reporting of clinical trials in knee osteoarthritis: a targeted literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) updated their guideline for clinical trials on knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in 2015, which contains recommendations for the conduct, design, and reporting of clinical trials. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of clinical trials published between 2010 and 2020 investigating intra-articular interventions in patients with KOA using the OARSI recommendations.

Methods

A targeted literature review was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials in patients with KOA receiving intra-articular interventions, published between 2010 and 2020. Included studies were assessed using the OARSI recommendations. For a comparison between the time periods before and after the introduction of the new OARSI

SUBMITTER: Hummer CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8864780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature