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The BMJ this week published a re-analysis of infamous paroxetine trial – Study 329. The re-analysis found differing results, and came to different conclusions versus the original manuscript article. The … Continue Reading More negative headlines for Pharma highlighting the importance of transparency
Registration is now open for the 2016 European Meeting of ISMPP (International Society of Medical Publication Professionals). The meeting title is: Publication Planning in Practice: Overcoming Challenges in the Age … Continue Reading Registration is now open for the 2016 European Meeting of ISMPP (International Society of Medical Publication Professionals)
In 2005, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) introduced mandatory trial registration guidelines and member journals require prospective registration of trials prior to patient enrolment as a condition … Continue Reading Evidence that industry may be better than academia at prospective trial registration, though improvements are required
The AllTrials initiative has had great success in raising awareness in Europe about the benefits of publishing the results of all clinical trials. Now AllTrials have launched an expansion of … Continue Reading AllTrials Campaign Launches in US
In an unprecedented move, a group of 85 asset managers and pension funds is teaming with a U.K. non-profit campaign (AllTrials campaign) to pressure pharmaceutical companies to disclose clinical trial data (i.e. get … Continue Reading Pharma company investors call for clinical trials transparency
In a recent article in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Ben Goldacre discusses the importance and need for improving the availability/publication of clinical trial data – particularly from the perspective … Continue Reading Fixing flaws in science must be professionalised
Authors of all clinical trials published by the BMJ must now agree to make individual patient data from the study available to other researchers upon reasonable request. Among major medical journals, … Continue Reading Should medical journals make researchers share data from clinical trials?
An Editorial has been published this week in The BMJ to mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark decision by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to make … Continue Reading Trial registration: the single most valuable tool we have to ensure unbiased reporting of research studies
An editorial this week in Scientific Data discusses the systems that are emerging for authors to be able to deposit clinical datasets – such as the Yale Open Data Access (YODA, … Continue Reading Scientific Data: ‘Where should authors deposit clinical datasets, and how should peer review of these be done?
A study published in June in Current Medical Research and Opinion assessed the timely disclosure of results of company-sponsored clinical trials related to all new medicines approved by the European … Continue Reading Clinical trial transparency update: an assessment of the disclosure of results of company-sponsored trials
The following video on clinical trial data sharing was presented at the DIA 2015 51st Annual Meeting.
The 4th World Conference on Research Integrity recently took place in Rio de Janeiro (from 31 May-3 June). The main theme for the conference was “How to improve the research … Continue Reading Presentations now available from the 4th World Conference on Research Integrity
Some of the educational presentations are now available to download from the recent “An Update: Publications in Practice” meeting. These presentations cover subjects such as the impact of the Sunshine … Continue Reading Presentations available from the meeting: “An Update: Publications in Practice”
A study published in PLOS ONE last week attempted to characterise the reasons why trials (listed on http://www.clinicaltrials.gov) were terminated, and also examined the availability of results from these trials. … Continue Reading Terminated trials in the ClinicalTrials.gov results database: reasons for termination and availability of results
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP). To mark this occasion, ISMPP have developed a presentation that provides an … Continue Reading The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP): a decade of achievements
There are obvious benefits associated with open data policies for the scientific community. As a consequence, research organisations are increasingly adopting open data policies as a requisite for publication. However, … Continue Reading What is the impact of open data policies on participation in clinical trials?