All Trials update: Medical research still being wasted in Nordic countries

[Luís Filipe Gomes]

Investigação desperdiçada...

AllTrials  is a project advocating that clinical research adopt the principles of open research. The project summarizes itself as "All trials registered, all results reported". Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, is a founder of the campaign and its most public spokesperson. AllTrials is an international initiative of Bad Science, BMJ, Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Cochrane Collaboration, James Lind Initiative, PLOS and Sense about Science.

Um abraço

LF

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From: Helen Wilson <he...@senseasdata.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:15 AM
To: Dr Luís Gomes <gomes....@netcabo.pt>
Subject: All Trials update: Medical research still being wasted in Nordic countries

 

Dear friend,

Our AllTrials Campaign has led to great progress in clinical trial registration and reporting around the world over the last decade. But we don’t think anything short of 100% is good enough.

Today we have published a report in partnership with TranspariMED, Cochrane Denmark, Cochrane Norway, Cochrane Sweden, Dam Foundation and Melanomföreningen, on clinical trials conducted in Nordic countries. New analysis shows that the results of at least 475 medical studies involving 83,903 patients there have never been made public.

This suppression of medical research betrays trial participants and patients: it wastes precious funds and facilities, and it skews the baseline against which new drugs can be evaluated.

Over one in 5 of all clinical trials run by universities in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden between 2016 and 2019 – many funded with public money – have not been made public. Our report highlights a lack of institutional oversight by universities and hospitals, which fail to monitor whether their researchers make the results of medical studies public.

We want to keep you updated on our progress in getting all trials reported globally, including opportunities for you to help to push for change. In future, we will do this via Sense about Science newsletters, but you can set your mailing preferences if you only want to hear about specific campaigns, such as AllTrials. Thank you for your support in changing the evidence landscape.

Best wishes,

Helen

Helen Wilson Policy and Campaigns Officer

www.senseaboutscience.org

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