Prospective registration of health care research would help

Internationally, there has been increasing acknowledgment that controlled trials should be registered at their inception to facilitate participation in them; to prevent unknowing duplication; and to make it easier to identify irregularities in their design, analysis, reporting, and publication or no...

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Published in:BMJ 1995-07, Vol.311 (6999), p.262-262
Main Authors: Chalmers, Iain, Gray, Muir, Sheldon, Trevor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical medicine
Medical research
R&D
Registration
Research & development
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Summary:Internationally, there has been increasing acknowledgment that controlled trials should be registered at their inception to facilitate participation in them; to prevent unknowing duplication; and to make it easier to identify irregularities in their design, analysis, reporting, and publication or non-publication. 2 Had prospective registration of trials been accepted as a component of good clinical practice at least one of Malcolm Pearce's two known misdemeanours might have been prevented.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.311.6999.262b