Funding characteristics of randomised clinical trials supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation: a retrospective cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: A third of the total SNSF grant sum spent on healthcare RCTs between 1986 and 2015 did not result in peer-reviewed scientific publications. New SNSF grant schemes might improve publication outcomes but their effectiveness needs to be evaluated.
PMID: 29376558 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - January 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Amstutz A, Schandelmaier S, Frei R, Surina J, Agarwal A, Alturki R, von Niederhäusern B, von Elm E, Briel M, On Behalf Of The MAking Randomized Trials Affordable Marta Group Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research