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CENTRAL: The Cochrane Collaboration’s central registry of controlled trials. Julian Higgins MRC Biostatistics Unit and Public Health Genetics Unit. The Cochrane Collaboration.
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CENTRAL: The Cochrane Collaboration’s central registry of controlled trials Julian Higgins MRC Biostatistics Unit and Public Health Genetics Unit
The Cochrane Collaboration • an international non-profit organisation that prepares, maintains, and disseminates systematic up-to-date reviews of health care interventions and diagnostic accuracy www.cochrane.org • inspired by Archie Cochrane:“It is surely a great criticism of our profession that we have not organised a critical summary by speciality or sub-speciality, up-dated periodically, of all relevant RCTs.” • publishes systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library www.thecochranelibrary.com
Key limitation of CENTRAL Report-based, not study-based
PsiTri • A study-based register from the five mental health related Cochrane Review Groups psitri.stakes.fi • Hopefully the future for The Cochrane Collaboration