Dissemination of Registered COVID-19 Clinical Trials (DIRECCT): a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The results of clinical trials should be completely and rapidly reported during public health emergencies such as COVID-19. This study aimed to examine when, and where, the results of COVID-19 clinical trials were disseminated throughout the first 18 months of the pandemic.

Methods

Clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment or prevention were identified from the WHO ICTRP database. All interventional trials with a registered completion date ≤ 30 June 2021 were included. Trial results, published as preprints, journal articles, or registry results, were located using automated and manual techniques across PubMed, Google Scholar, Google, EuropePMC, CORD-19, the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register, and clinical trial registries. Our main analysis reports the rate of dissemin

SUBMITTER: Salholz-Hillel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10687901 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature