Thomas Wakley, the original editor of @thelancet.com was indeed no friend of Dr John Snow. In happier news, the journal published a 'corrected' obituary in 2013: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... We're glad you had a refreshing visit to the John Snow pub @pwgtennant.bsky.social‬ 😊

Typo in student paper: Single-bling randomized control trial

Causal inference coming to an unblinded trial near you! Hoping to read it more carefully soon and understand how it relates to previous efforts in measuring and handling unblinding (e.g. blinding indices) and to choice of control (e.g. active placebo) #Blinding #Masking #Unblinding #Unmasking

Errare humanum est ... (To err is human ...) While preparing my PhD thesis, I discovered some (minor) errors in which trials and meta-analyses were included for analysis in our meta-epidemiological study. 1/5

Webinar - read more and sign up: www.cochrane.org/events/how-t... On 17 February 2026, Andreas Lundh and Asbjørn Hrobjartsson will host a Cochrane Learning Live webinar about the TACIT tool.

... IN MICE 🐭 jamesheathers.medium.com/in-mice-expl... Vigtigt med retvisende overskrifter og passende forbehold for ekstrapolering til mennesker. #JustSaysInMice #InMice #IMus

Happening TODAY at 3pm GMT 👇

Have increased capacity for this December INSPECT-SR online training workshop following a successful 1st event today. Book here: www.trybooking.com/uk/FKHV

Recent trial with potential data problems @bmj.com. Great with IPD available for checking. Helpful/feasible with early standard checks in submission? E.g. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) or INSPECT-IPD (in development, www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., @jdwilko.bsky.social)

What: Webinar on trial sequential analysis (TSA) in meta-analyses When: 28 Oct 2025 13:00 to 13:45 (CEST) Where: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/61110310530 Christian Gunge Riberholt, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, will talk about TSA and the potential errors of using it. #MetaAnalysis

Does anyone have any good examples of PPI for stats methodology? I’ve seen a few but they are all related to a clear applied research question, rather than actual methods

Does unblinding due to side effects lead to bias in placebo-controlled trials? And are active placebos a possible solution? (Spoiler alert: we are not sure.) #ActivePlacebo #ActivePlacebos #Blinding #Unblinding #Placebo #Bias 1/10

I forlængelse af sagen om SDU's pressemeddelelser - hermed lidt uformelle og inkomplette strøtanker til, når man skriver eller fortolker pressemeddelelser og anden videnskabelig kommunikation: 1/5

Last chance to participate - this will close on Sunday pm UK time. These results will be used to formulate guidance on demonstrating promise of an intervention when applying for funding for an RCT, pilot, or feasibility trial.

Hvad er #placebo? Hvor stor er placeboeffekten? Hvad gør man hvis blindede forsøgsdeltagere alligevel kan gætte deres behandling? Asbjørn Hróbjartsson og jeg er inviteret med i studiet hos Andreas Hoff for - måske - at komme nærmere på svarene på disse spørgsmål. open.spotify.com/episode/3aeI...

Another round of workshops at SDU Odense to help you get started on your systematic review, scoping review, qualitative review, and other types of evidence synthesis: - 21 Aug 10am-12pm - 25 Sept 10am-12pm - 30 Oct 10am-12pm - 27 Nov 10am-12pm Read more and sign up: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

The latest Bias Methods Group newsletter is live! Dive into fresh insights and essential updates on tackling bias in research, as well as a call for abstracts for the 2025 annual meeting! Read it on the BMG website: methods.cochrane.org/bias/about-u...

Assessing the feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks via an application to Cochrane Reviews: Stage 2 of the INSPECT-SR project - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Funders expect evidence of 'promise' (the intervention is likely to work) when considering whether to fund an RCT, pilot, or feasibility study. But there is no shared understanding of how we should do this. We have been funded by @nihr.bsky.social to develop guidance to help.

Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...