TY - JOUR T1 - EValuating reporting and abstracts of clinical trials—reply AU - Scherer RW, Crawley B Y1 - 1999/01/06 N1 - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106 JO - JAMA SP - 34 EP - 35 VL - 281 IS - 1 N2 - In Reply: For our study and in using CONSORT descriptors1 as a "gold standard" for assessing reporting of randomized clinical trials, we developed and pretested our instrument using randomized controlled trials in ophthalmology reported in journals or published in years not included in our study. We have not tested the instrument using reports of clinical trials in other disciplines or for interrater reliability and welcome suggestions and comments from Drs Mago and Crits-Christoph as they test our instrument. Indeed, at their request, we have forwarded a copy of our data collection instrument and instructions to them. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106 ER -