Evaluating adherence to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors' policy of mandatory, timely clinical trial registration.

CONCLUSIONS: The five selected journals adhere well to the policy of mandatory trial registration and also outperform the registry in adherence to timely registration. ICMJE's URM policy represents a unique international mandate that may be providing a powerful incentive for sponsors and investigators to document clinical trials and trial result publications and thus fulfill important obligations to trial participants and society.
PMID: 23396544 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - February 9, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Huser V, Cimino JJ Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research