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Do abbreviations take an apostrophe when pluralized?

No. Several RCTs, three PhDs, two IEPs. Adding an apostrophe here is common and incorrect. The exception is where the result would be genuinely unreadable, which almost never arises with the abbreviations academic writing uses.

This comes up on Apostrophe Rules Explained, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.

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