Contemporary Clinical Trials

Papers
(The H4-Index of Contemporary Clinical Trials is 21. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Publication rates in small German trials remained low five years after trial completion93
Optimizing retention strategies for opioid use disorder pharmacotherapy: The retention phase of the CTN-0100 trial (RDD)63
Effects of fermented and fiber-rich foods on maternal & offspring microbiome study (FeFiFo-MOMS) — Study design and methods58
Effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training alone or combined with either a novel biofeedback device or conventional biofeedback for improving stress urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled pi51
“Tiny Cargo, Big Deal! Abróchame Bien, Cuídame Bien”, an emergency department-based intervention to promote child passenger safety: Protocol for an adaptive randomized trial among caregivers of 6-mont49
Capnography-Assisted Learned, Monitored (CALM) breathing therapy for dysfunctional breathing in COPD: A bridge to pulmonary rehabilitation43
Should studies with no events in both arms be excluded in evidence synthesis?41
REFINE (REduced Frequency ImmuNE checkpoint inhibition in cancers): A multi-arm phase II basket trial testing reduced intensity immunotherapy across different cancers40
A pilot study of a school lunchroom intervention in a predominantly Latinx sample39
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‘eatNplay’ – a rurally-tailored, family-based, telehealth intervention for childhood obesity: Protocol for a mixed-methods randomized newsletter controlled pilot study30
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Design and feasibility of a double-blind, randomized trial of peri-operative methylnaltrexone for postoperative ileus prevention after adult spinal arthrodesis29
The use of telecommunication and virtualization among ongoing and discontinued COVID-19 clinical trials: A cross-sectional analysis28
COMbined Exercise Trial (COMET) to improve cognition in older adults: Rationale and methods27
The Perioperative Pain Self-Management (PePS) randomized controlled trial protocol: Preventing chronic post-surgical pain and prolonged opioid use27
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Integrating non-concurrent controls in the analyses of late-entry experimental arms in multi-arm trials with a shared control group in the presence of parameter drift24
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Design of the National Adaptive Trial for PTSD-related Insomnia (NAP Study), VA Cooperative Study Program (CSP) #201621
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