One way to classify RCTs is by [[study design]]. From most to least common in the healthcare literature, the major categories of RCT study designs are:<ref name="Hopewell-2010">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Hopewell S, Dutton S, Yu LM, Chan AW, Altman DG | title = The quality of reports of randomised trials in 2000 and 2006: comparative study of articles indexed in PubMed | journal = BMJ | volume = 340 | pages = c723 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.c723 | pmid = 20332510 | pmc = 2844941 }}</ref> | One way to classify RCTs is by [[study design]]. From most to least common in the healthcare literature, the major categories of RCT study designs are:<ref name="Hopewell-2010">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Hopewell S, Dutton S, Yu LM, Chan AW, Altman DG | title = The quality of reports of randomised trials in 2000 and 2006: comparative study of articles indexed in PubMed | journal = BMJ | volume = 340 | pages = c723 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.c723 | pmid = 20332510 | pmc = 2844941 }}</ref> |