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Table 7 TSC name split by journal

From: A cohort examination to establish reporting of the remit and function of Trial Steering Committees in randomised controlled trials

Name of TSC

Journal (N reporting TSC)

Total (N = 144)

BMJ (N = 6)

NEJM (N = 34)

Lancet (N = 20)

HTA (N = 84)

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

n

n/N%

Trial Steering Committee

6

100.0

1

2.9

6

30.0

48

57.1

61

41.7

Steering Committee

0

0.0

18

52.9

12

60.0

12

14.3

42

29.2

Steering Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

14

16.7

14

9.7

Executive Committee

0

0.0

9

26.5

1

5.0

0

0.0

10

6.9

Trial Steering Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

4.9

4

2.8

Advisory Committee

0

0.0

2

5.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

1.4

Project Steering Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

2.4

2

1.4

Study Steering Committee

0

0.0

1

2.9

0

0.0

1

1.2

2

1.4

Clinical Research Organisation

0

0.0

1

2.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

External Protocol Advisory Committee

0

0.0

1

2.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Monitoring and Steering Committee

0

0.0

1

2.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Neurology Steering Committee

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

5.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

Scientific Advisory Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.2

1

0.7

Steering and Advisory Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.2

1

0.7

Trial Advisory Group

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.2

1

0.7

  1. Note: Tabled sorted by total column. BMJ British Medical Journal, HTA Health Technology Assessment Monograph series, NEJM New England Journal of Medicine