Registration practices for observational studies on ClinicalTrials.gov indicated low adherence

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-182

  Boccia, Stefania ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^b,c   Panic, Nikola ^a   Flacco, Maria Elena ^d,e   Rosso, Annalisa ^f   Pastorino, Roberta ^a   Manzoli, Lamberto ^d,g   La Vecchia, Carlo ^h   Villari, Paolo ^f   Boffetta, Paolo ⁱ   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^j,k  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e U Operativa Complessa di Reumatol   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g CeSI Biotech   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cancer protocol registration; ClinicalTrials.gov; Outcome reporting bias; Protocol registration; Registration of observational studies; Registration study records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; REGISTRATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLICATION BIAS; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957434650     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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