"Underreporting research is scientific misconduct"

The AllTrials campaign is an initiative of Bad Science, BMJ, Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Cochrane Collaboration, James Lind Initiative, PLOS and Sense About Scienceand is being led in the US by Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.The AllTrials campaign was launched in January 2013 and calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported. The campaign has published a detailed plan on how all clinical trials can be registered and all results reported. You can download the PDF or read it onlineThe AllTrials campaigns relies on your donations. You can donate atwww.justgiving.com/alltrials or email [e-mail] to donate in other ways.David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library: “Realism is hugely important in medicine and one of the building blocks of trust between health professionals and the public. Realism depends on researchers, professionals and the public having access to the full picture from all relevant trials. The Cochrane Collaboration conducts systematic reviews to inform decision making, but the process is undermined if our researchers can only access a fraction of the information required.”Tracey Brown, Director, Sense About Science: “Everybody agrees that all clinical trials should be registered, and that we should at...

Source: PharmaGossip - March 4, 2014 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs