Clinical trial data and articles linked for the first time
It’s here. After years of hard work and with a huge cast of characters involved, I am delighted to announce that you will now be able to instantly link to all published articles related to an...
View ArticleStreamlining research with your choice of outcome measurement instrument
Standardization in outcome reporting is vital. Clinical trials are used to investigate whether an intervention is effective and safe by evaluating the effects of the intervention on the (primary)...
View ArticleDiscrepancies in pediatric research reporting – from clinical trial registry...
Pediatricians need to provide the best treatment available for children and their families but are possibly less skilled than trialists or clinical researchers in appraising scientific literature,...
View ArticleA call for cluster randomized cross-over trial reporting guidelines
To be able to determine whether a healthcare intervention is effective, we need randomized trials that are appropriately designed and conducted. But, appropriate design and conduct of a trial in and of...
View ArticleProspective registration among trials published in specialty society...
In order to improve the integrity and transparency of medical research, there has been a growing movement toward prospective clinical trial registration. Universal registration of clinical trials can...
View ArticleHow can we improve young people’s mental health in a changing world?
An internet search of “young people’s mental health statistics” generates the following results: 75% of mental illnesses develop before a person turns 24 10% of school children have a diagnosable...
View ArticleKnow your status: World AIDS Day 2018
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus transmitted through blood, semen, and breast milk which destroys infected white blood cells and weakens a person’s immune system. Left untreated, a HIV...
View ArticleSpotlight on Alzheimer’s Research: Brain Awareness Week 2019
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, a syndrome characterized by brain function loss that can affect memory, thinking and communication. The disease generally affects those...
View ArticleImprovements to the ISRCTN registry in its 20th anniversary year
Where are we now? As of July 2020, over 19,600 studies have been registered on ISRCTN from organizations in 128 locations. For studies that completed more than a year ago, approximately 58% have...
View ArticleMaking clinical trials public for 20 years
COVID-19 prompted impressive numbers of people in the UK to volunteer for clinical trials. They expect to see results, but open access to the results of clinical research still has a long way to go....
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