title: The ACRONYM (Alternatives for Circumvention of Restrictions on Naming BY Trialists of Their Manuscripts) Report.
abstract: It is hoped that this commentary may draw attention to the issues raised by the enthusiastic naming of large clinical trials. Although the article is tongue in cheek, the underlying concern is that the names of studies may not, in fact, correspond to the actual results they yield.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. njnusbau@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Nusbaum
mesh_terms: D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D009626:Terminology as Topic