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Compulsory registration of clinical trials: Publicly funded national register of trials would be best in the United Kingdom
BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043-b (Published 28 October 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:1043
- Lesley Stewart, head, meta-analysis group (Lesley.Stewart@ctu.mrc.ac.uk),
- Claire Vale, clinical trials manager, UK National Register of Cancer,
- Janet Darbyshire, director
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London NW1 2DA
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London NW1 2DA
EDITOR—We support the statement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors on trial registration discussed by Abbasi,1 2 but we reiterate that currently no register satisfies all requirements.
The UK National Register of Cancer Clinical Trials meets the criteria in that it is freely available, managed by a not for profit organisation, and stores all required data items. It is, however, restricted to UK randomised …
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