As a clinical trial methodologist, my research interests include clinical trial methodology, biases associated with publication of randomized controlled trials, registration of trials at inception, and representation of trial participants by age, sex, and race.

I have been involved in the design and conduct of multi- and single-centered randomized controlled trials in vision, women’s health, tinnitus, and complementary and alternative medicine. I am also actively involved in assessing, and working to improve, clinical trial methodology and reporting standards. First, as an active member of the CONSORT group, which is responsible for providing guidelines for the reporting of randomized controlled trials; second, as a member of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that seeks to provide the basis for evidence-based medicine by collecting and synthesizing the best available evidence in the health care field and as a Methodological Editor for the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Collaborative Review Group.

Cochrane Collaboration

randomized controlled trial

trial methodology

Scherer, RW, Langenberg P, von Elm E. Full publication of results initially presented in abstracts. 2005. The Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews 2005, Issue 2. Art. No.: MR000005. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000005.pub2

Savage HI, Gharaibeh A-M, Mathew MC, Scherer R. Medical interventions for traumatic hyphema (Protocol). In: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Chichester, UK : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Hopewell S, M Clarke, C Lefebvre, R Scherer. Handsearching versus electronic searching to identify reports of randomized trials (Cochrane Methodology Review). In The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2003. Oxford. Update Software.

Dickersin K, M Munro, P Langenberg, R Scherer, KD Frick, AM Weber, A Johns, JF Peipert, M. Clarke. Surgical Treatments Outcomes Project for Dysfunctional Uterine bleeding (STOP-DUB): Design and Methods. Controlled Clinical Trials. 2003; 24:591-609.

Feldon S, RW Scherer, F. Hooper, S. Kelman, R. Baker, R Granadier, G Kosmorsky, S Seiff, K Dickersin. Surgical quality assurance in the Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Decompression Trial. Controlled Clinical Trials. 2003; 24:294-305.

Scherer R, Zhu Q, Langenberg P, Feldon S, Kelman S, Dickersin K. Comparison of information obtained by operative note abstraction to that recorded on a standardized data collection form. Surgery.2003;133:324-30.