Dr David Tuller: The Contentless 'Editor Note' About the Lightning Process Trial

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http://www.virology.ws/2018/07/16/t...itors-note-about-the-lightning-process-trial/

Trial By Error: The Contentless “Editor’s Note” About the Lightning Process Trial
16 JULY 2018
By David Tuller, DrPH

Last week, I noticed that Nick Brown, the editor-in-chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood, had appended an “editor’s note” to the Lightning Process study on June 19th. The note is stunningly inadequate.

Here it is:

This study was published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood after peer review in September 2017. The trial tested the effectiveness of a neurolinguistic programming intervention (used widely but never formally tested) in children and young people with chronic fatigue recruited between 2010 and 2013. Though the number of participants was small, analysis suggested a benefit in terms of physical function (measured by the standard SF 36 scale) at both 6 and 12 months after intervention.

Since publication, the study has been criticised for failing to meet ICMJE and BMJ policy on trial registration and for not fully adhering to CONSORT guidance on trial reporting. The journal has been criticised for not detecting these issues during editorial and peer review.