In his featured editorial in the July 2015 issue of The Journal of Rheumatology, Prof. Kevin Thorpe, Head of Biostatistics at the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), highlights issues related to study analyses and characterization that he frequently observes during his review of clinical trial protocols and manuscripts. Kevin uses the editorial to provide expert guidance to the readership for clinical trial analysis and reporting. You can read Kevin’s full editorial at http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/7/1075.