Completeness of reporting of patient-relevant clinical trial outcomes: comparison of unpublished clinical study reports with publicly available data.

BACKGROUND: Access to unpublished clinical study reports (CSRs) is currently being discussed as a means to allow unbiased evaluation of clinical research. The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) routinely requests CSRs from manufacturers for its drug assessments. Our objectiv...

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Main Authors: Beate Wieseler, Natalia Wolfram, Natalie McGauran, Michaela F Kerekes, Volker Vervölgyi, Petra Kohlepp, Marloes Kamphuis, Ulrich Grouven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3793003?pdf=render