The future of randomised controlled trials in urology.
Randomised controlled trials in urology are challenging yet essential for generating high-quality, practice-changing evidence. Future trials should focus on high-priority questions, be conducted by multidisciplinary investigative teams with patient and public stakeholder involvement, and be grounded in successful feasibility studies.
Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: p.dahm@urology.ufl.edu.
Philipp
P
Dahm
Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
James
J
N'Dow
Cancer Epidemiology Group, King's College London, London, UK.
Lars
L
Holmberg
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Freddie
F
Hamdy
D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D057212:Therapeutic Equipoise; D014572:Urology