The difference between concealment and blinding in clinical trials and why both are important. A reply to Garg and Mickenautsch, BMC Medical Research Methodology (2022) 22:17

• Patrick Lyden,
• Joseph Broderick,
• James Grotta,
• Thomas Kwiatkowski,
• Steven Levine,
• Michael Frankel,
• E. Clarke Haley,
• Barbara Tilley

Affiliations

Patrick Lyden

Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute of the Keck School of Medicine at USC

Joseph Broderick

University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute

James Grotta

Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center

Thomas Kwiatkowski

Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Steven Levine

State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University

Michael Frankel

Emory University School of Medicine, Marcus Stroke & Neuroscience Center at Grady Memorial Hospital

E. Clarke Haley

University of Virginia

Barbara Tilley

Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health at Houston