QBoost Question of the Month - November, 2020

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* You are reading a journal article that describes a multi-center clinical trial comparing a new treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding to a control. In order to assign patients to a group, researchers picked a marble from an urn, blue for treatment, white for control. Authors reported an 8% dropout rate in the treatment arm and a 9% drop out rate in the control arm. Participants who did not complete treatment were analyzed in the group to which they were originally assigned.

Which of the following would be a criticism of this study design?

A. Lack of randomization

B. Inadvertent co-intervention

C. Failure to perform an intention-to-treat analysis

D. Inadequate allocation concealment

E. Excessive loss to follow up