Selective Reporting of Outcomes in Tinnitus Trials: Comparison of Trial Registries With Corresponding Publications.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: We aimed to study the prevalence of selective reporting of primary and secondary outcomes in tinnitus trials and to examine if selective reporting of outcome measures is influenced by the nature and direction of its results. Background: Selective reporting of outcome measures has been reported in several biomedical fields and can influence the clinical usefulness and implementation of outcomes of clinical trials. It is reported as one of the obstacles in finding an effective intervention for tinnitus. Methods: ClinicalTrials.gov (CT.gov) was used to identify all registered interventional tinnitus trials up to December 2015. A standardized search was used to find corresponding publications up to March 2018. The prespecified outcomes in CT.gov were compared w

SUBMITTER: van Beurden I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8222810 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature