Thursday, March 21, 2013

An study from Netherlands showed 50 percent rate of reporting bias in Surgery Clinical Trials

 Incomplete or modified publication of results can have serious consequences, Hannink said. It can lead to the promotion of ineffective or harmful treatments or to expensive therapies seeming better than cheaper alternatives when in fact they are not, and that's "the worst possible situation for patients, health care professionals, and policy makers," he said.
 
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-surgery-clinical-trial-idUSBRE92D0Y620130314

http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/publishahead/Comparison_of_Registered_and_Published_Primary.98546.aspx

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