Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials: A repeated metaresearch analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>We previously found that 25% of 1,017 randomized clinical trials (RCTs) approved between 2000 and 2003 were discontinued prematurely, and 44% remained unpublished at a median of 12 years follow-up. We aimed to assess a decade later (1) whether rates of completion and p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003980 |