Does information from ClinicalTrials.gov increase transparency and reduce bias? Results from a five-report case series

Abstract Background We investigated whether information in ClinicalTrials.gov would impact the conclusions of five ongoing systematic reviews. Method We considered five reviews that included 495 studies total. Each review team conducted a search of ClinicalTrials.gov up to the date of the review’s l...

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Main Authors: Gaelen P. Adam, Stacey Springs, Thomas Trikalinos, John W. Williams, Jennifer L. Eaton, Megan Von Isenburg, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Lisa M. Wilson, Karen A. Robinson, Meera Viswanathan, Jennifer Cook Middleton, Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Elise Berliner, Robert M. Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0726-5