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Re: Major Medical Journals Will Require Registration of Trials



Thanks for the heads up. It is being discussed on PBS at this minute. Karl

This strikes a blow for scientific integrity, and IMHO is
long overdue. I wonder how long it will take the bad guys
to find ways of circumventing the restrictions.

I quote from:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/09/business/09registry.html

A group of leading medical journals yesterday released a plan to stop
publishing the results of clinical trials unless a test is registered
at its outset in a public database.

The plan, news of which had emerged earlier this week, represents a
major policy shift by influential gatekeepers in the medical
profession as they seek to increase the distribution and accuracy of
research data. Too often, experts contend, medical studies with
dramatic findings are highlighted as breakthroughs, while
inconclusive or negative tests of the same treatment are ignored or
undisclosed.
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"Honest reporting begins with revealing the existence of all clinical
studies, even those that reflect unfavorably on a research sponsor's
product," the editors of the 12 publications stated in a group
editorial that was released yesterday and will appear in the next
issues of the individual journals. "Unfortunately, selective
reporting does occur and it distorts the body of evidence available
for clinical decision-making."
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