Availability of results of clinical trials registered on EU Clinical Trials Register: cross sectional audit study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the availability of results for trials registered on the European Union Clinical Trials Register (EUCTR) compared with other dissemination routes to understand its value as a results repository.

Design

Cross sectional audit study.

Setting

EUCTR protocols and results sections, data extracted 1-3 December 2020.

Population

Random sample of 500 trials registered on EUCTR with a completion date of more than two years from the beginning of searches (ie, 1 December 2018).

Main outcome measures

Proportion of trials with results across the examined dissemination routes (EUCTR, ClinicalTrials.gov, ISRCTN registry, and journal publications), and for each dissemination route individually. Prespecified secondary outcomes were number and proporti

SUBMITTER: DeVito NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806997 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature