title: The PRECIS-2 tool: designing trials that are fit for purpose.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, kirsty.loudon@abdn.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Kirsty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loudon
authors.affiliation: Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen.
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Treweek
authors.affiliation: North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON M2K 1E1, Canada.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Division of Population Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD2 4BF, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donnan
authors.affiliation: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Thorpe
authors.affiliation: Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
authors.forename: Merrick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwarenstein
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design