Research Collaboration and Outcome Measures of Interventional Clinical Trial Protocols for COVID-19 in China.

ABSTRACT: Background: Research collaboration of registered clinical trials for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear. This study aimed to analyze research collaboration and distribution of outcome measures in registered interventional clinical trials (ICTs) of COVID-19 conducted in China. Methods: The International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, China Clinical Trials Registry, and Clinicaltrials.gov were searched to obtain COVID-19-registered ICTs up to May 25, 2020. Excel 2016 was used to perform a descriptive statistical analysis of the extracted information. VOSviewer 1.6.14 software was used to generate network maps for provinces and institutions and create density maps for outcomes. Results: A total of 390 ICTs were included, and the number of daily regist

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492615 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature