Spectrum of Clinical Research in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Registered Studies in Clinicaltrials.gov and Clinicaltrialsregister.eu.

ABSTRACT: The management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has improved tremendously in recent years due to the introduction of new drug therapies but remains complex in terms of non-pharmaceutical issues. In order to determine the direction of scientific progress by characterizing the current spectrum of ongoing clinical research in JIA, we analyzed all ongoing studies in the field of JIA-registered in clinicaltrials.gov and clinicaltrialsregister.eu-concerning sponsoring, enrollment, duration, localization, and particularly objectives. The close of the database was 7 January 2021. After identifying double-registered studies, n = 72 went into further analysis. Of these, 61.1% were academia-sponsored and 37.5% were sponsored by the pharma industry. The majority of the studies was of the interve

SUBMITTER: Lehmann R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8698848 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature