Contemporary Clinical Trials

Papers
(The H4-Index of Contemporary Clinical Trials is 22. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Study protocol: Behavioral economics and self-determination theory to change diabetes risk (BEST Change)116
Acceptability of an intravaginal ring for simultaneously preventing HIV infection and pregnancy: Qualitative findings of the Kisumu Combined Ring Study, 201972
A randomized, controlled multicenter feasibility pilot trial on imaging confirmed uncomplicated acute appendicitis: Appendectomy vs. symptomatic treatment in pediatric patients (the APPSYPP) trial stu70
Toe-in and toe-out gait retraining interventions to reduce proxy measures of medial knee joint load in people with medial knee osteoarthritis: Protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial57
Promotion of Successful Weight Management in Overweight and Obese Veterans (POWER-VET): Trial Design and Methods53
Editorial Board49
Defining demographic cohorts in clinical trial populations using large electronic health records databases47
A protocol for a cluster randomized trial of care delivery models to improve the quality of smoking cessation and shared decision making for lung cancer screening43
Rifampicin combination therapy versus targeted antimicrobial monotherapy in the oral antimicrobial treatment phase of staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (RiCOTTA-trial): protocol for a randomiz41
Corrigendum to “DiaBetter Together: Clinical trial protocol for a strengths-based Peer Mentor intervention for young adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult care” [Contemporary Clinical Tri35
Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated factors among healthy populations: The design of the PROGRESS (PRevalence of Oral hpv infection, a Global aSSessment) study34
Is exergaming a viable exercise option for obese black women?34
Individualized Coordination and Empowerment for Care Partners of Persons with Dementia (ICECaP): Feasibility and acceptability33
Ozanimod as a novel oral small molecule therapy for the treatment of Crohn's disease: The YELLOWSTONE clinical trial program33
Protocol for VetASSIST: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate virtual peer health coaching for veterans with multimorbidity31
Preference for behavior change strategies in randomized controlled trials: Evidence from weight management29
Designing a Bayesian adaptive clinical trial to evaluate novel mechanical ventilation strategies in acute respiratory failure using integrated nested Laplace approximations27
Design of the Advancing Care for Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity Network energy metabolism and sequential multiple assignment randomized trial nutrition pilot studies: An integrated approach to develop we26
Design and baseline characteristics of participants in the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS)25
A clinical trial protocol of a single-session self-guided acceptance-based online intervention targeting food cravings as predictors of disordered eating in pregnant people24
Growth and adiposity in newborns study (GAINS): The influence of prenatal DHA supplementation protocol24
Restricted mean survival time based on Wu-Kolassa estimator compared to Kaplan-Meier estimator22
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