Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RDC01878
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Peer review plays a key role in determining what original research is both funded and published. Few reviewers enjoy the benefit of training in peer review and critical appraisal, and we found no previous randomised studies to examine the benefits of such. We propose by means of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effect of giving training to peer reviewers of journal articles, both face-to-face and through an electronic medium. Thus research will be important in improving the quality of peer review of journal articles. It should also be relevant to improving the peer review of applications for funding.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not applicable
Intervention
Added December 2008: Attendance at a training workshop or reception of a self taught training package
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2001
Overall trial end date
01/08/2002
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2001
Recruitment end date
01/08/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
British Medical Journal
London
WC1H 9JR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14996698
Publication citations
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Results
Schroter S, Black N, Evans S, Carpenter J, Godlee F, Smith R, Effects of training on quality of peer review: randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2004, 328, 7441, 673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38023.700775.AE.