Terminated trials in the clinicaltrials.gov results database: Evaluation of availability of primary outcome data and reasons for termination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Williams, Rebecca J ^a   Tse, Tony ^a   DiPiazza, Katelyn ^b   Zarin, Deborah A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVICE APPROVAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PUBLICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FACTUAL DATABASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EARLY TERMINATION OF CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84960360308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127242     Document Type: Article

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