Ann Intern Med. 2014 Apr 1;160(7):477-83. doi: 10.7326/M13-0480.
ClinicalTrials.gov requires reporting of result summaries for many drug and device trials.
To evaluate the consistency of reporting of trials that are registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov results database and published in the literature.
ClinicalTrials.gov results database and matched publications identified through ClinicalTrials.gov and a manual search of 2 electronic databases.
10% random sample of phase 3 or 4 trials with results in the ClinicalTrials.gov results database, completed before 1 January 2009, with 2 or more groups.
One reviewer extracted data about trial design and results from the results database and matching publications. A subsample was independently verified.
Of 110 trials with results, most were industry-sponsored, parallel-design drug studies. The most common inconsistency was the number of secondary outcome measures reported (80%). Sixteen trials (15%) reported the primary outcome description inconsistently, and 22 (20%) reported the primary outcome value inconsistently. Thirty-eight trials inconsistently reported the number of individuals with a serious adverse event (SAE); of these, 33 (87%) reported more SAEs in ClinicalTrials.gov. Among the 84 trials that reported SAEs in ClinicalTrials.gov, 11 publications did not mention SAEs, 5 reported them as zero or not occurring, and 21 reported a different number of SAEs. Among 29 trials that reported deaths in ClinicalTrials.gov, 28% differed from the matched publication.
Small sample that included earliest results posted to the database.
Reporting discrepancies between the ClinicalTrials.gov results database and matching publications are common. Which source contains the more accurate account of results is unclear, although ClinicalTrials.gov may provide a more comprehensive description of adverse events than the publication.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
ClinicalTrials.gov 要求报告许多药物和设备试验的结果摘要。
评估在 ClinicalTrials.gov 结果数据库中注册并在文献中发表的试验报告的一致性。
ClinicalTrials.gov 结果数据库和通过 ClinicalTrials.gov 以及手动搜索 2 个电子数据库确定的匹配出版物。
ClinicalTrials.gov 结果数据库中具有结果的 10%随机抽取的 3 期或 4 期试验,于 2009 年 1 月 1 日前完成,有 2 个或更多组。
一位审查员从结果数据库和匹配出版物中提取有关试验设计和结果的数据。抽取了一个子样本进行独立验证。
在 110 项具有结果的试验中,大多数为工业资助的、平行设计的药物研究。最常见的不一致是报告的次要结局指标数量(80%)。16 项试验(15%)报告的主要结局描述不一致,22 项试验(20%)报告的主要结局值不一致。38 项试验不一致地报告了有严重不良事件(SAE)的个体数量;其中,33 项试验(87%)在 ClinicalTrials.gov 中报告了更多的 SAE。在 84 项在 ClinicalTrials.gov 中报告了 SAE 的试验中,有 11 项出版物未提及 SAE,5 项报告为零或未发生,21 项报告了不同数量的 SAE。在 29 项在 ClinicalTrials.gov 中报告死亡的试验中,有 28%与匹配的出版物不同。
小样本,包括最早发布到数据库的结果。
ClinicalTrials.gov 结果数据库与匹配出版物之间的报告差异很常见。哪个来源包含更准确的结果尚不清楚,尽管 ClinicalTrials.gov 可能比出版物更全面地描述不良事件。
医疗保健研究和质量局。