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■■❚❙❘Chapter 33Trial ProfileDuolao Wang, Belinda Lees, and Ameet BakhaiThe use of a trial profile or flow chart is now considered tobe essential for the reporting of randomized controlled trials.It allows the reader to determine the number of participantsrandomly allocated, receiving the intended treatment,completing the study protocol, and analyzed for the primaryoutcome. In this chapter, we describe the content of a trialprofile, illustrate its use in the reporting of randomizedcontrolled trials with different designs, and look at the currentpractice of major medical journals on the use of trial profiles.377

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