Publication of clinical trials on medicinal products: follow-up on trials authorized in Hungary.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical research should provide reliable evidence to clinicians, health policy makers, and researchers. The reliability of evidence will be assured once study planning, conducting, and reporting of results are transparent. The present research investigates publication rates, time until publication, and characteristics of clinical trials on medicinal products associated with timely publication of results, measures of scientific impact, authorship, and open access publication.

Methods

Clinical trials authorized in Hungary in 2012 were followed until publication and/or June 2020. Corresponding scientific publications were searched via clinical trial registries, PubMed (MEDLINE), and Google.

Results

Overall, 330 clinical trials were authorized in 2012 of which

SUBMITTER: Sandor-Bajusz KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022244 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature