Title |
Clinical trial registries: more international, converging efforts are needed
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Published in |
Trials, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s13063-017-1836-4 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Claudia Pansieri, Chiara Pandolfini, Maurizio Bonati |
Abstract |
Clinical trial registries are being increasingly acknowledged worldwide. We searched for possibly trustworthy online registries that are not already included in the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform to evaluate whether other useful trial data sources exist and whether they could potentially be consulted, since the strategy search within this platform has recently been questioned. Fifty-nine registries were initially identified, and 11 of them fit the criteria applied and were analyzed for quality and usability. Four additional, potentially reliable registries were identified that researchers could exploit in order to obtain a more global view of the issue being investigated. |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
United States | 2 | 17% |
Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
Germany | 1 | 8% |
Italy | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 3 | 25% |
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Members of the public | 11 | 92% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
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Unknown | 21 | 100% |
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Student > Master | 5 | 24% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 10% |
Other | 1 | 5% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 5% |
Other | 2 | 10% |
Unknown | 8 | 38% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 19% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 10% |
Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 5% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
Other | 5 | 24% |
Unknown | 7 | 33% |