Does information from ClinicalTrials.gov increase transparency and reduce bias? Results from a five-report case series
Abstract Background We investigated whether information in ClinicalTrials.gov would impact the conclusions of five ongoing systematic reviews. Method We considered five reviews that included 495 studies total. Each review team conducted a search of ClinicalTrials.gov up to the date of the review’s l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | Systematic Reviews |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0726-5 |