TY - JOUR TI - RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials AU - Jonathan A C Sterne AU - Jelena Savović AU - Matthew J. Page AU - Roy G. Elbers AU - Natalie Blencowe AU - Isabelle Boutron AU - Christopher J Cates AU - Hung‐Yuan Cheng AU - Mark Corbett AU - Sandra Eldridge AU - Jonathan Emberson AU - Miguel A. Hernán AU - Sally Hopewell AU - Asbjørn Hróbjartsson AU - Daniela R. Junqueira AU - Peter Jüni AU - Jamie J Kirkham AU - Toby J Lasserson AU - Tianjing Li AU - Alexandra McAleenan AU - Barnaby C Reeves AU - Sasha Shepperd AU - Ian Shrier AU - Lesley Stewart AU - Kate Tilling AU - Ian R. White AU - Penny Whiting AU - Julian P. T. Higgins PY - 2019 JO - BMJ DO - 10.1136/bmj.l4898 UR - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4898 AB - Assessment of risk of bias is regarded as an essential component of a systematic review on the effects of an intervention. The most commonly used tool for randomised trials is the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. We updated the tool to respond to developments in understanding how bias arises in randomised trials, and to address user feedback on and limitations of the original tool. ER -