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Review
. 2009 Jul;136(1):295-303.
doi: 10.1378/chest.08-3022.

Reporting "basic results" in ClinicalTrials.gov

Tony Tse  1 , Rebecca J Williams  1 , Deborah A Zarin  2
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Review

Reporting "basic results" in ClinicalTrials.gov

Tony Tse et al. Chest. 2009 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Tse is Senior Analyst at ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine (NLM), and has no other financial conflicts to report. Dr. Williams is the Assistant Director of ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, and has no other financial conflicts to report. Dr. Zarin is the Director of ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, and has no other financial conflicts to report.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
General structure of a results data table.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Participant flow display in ClinicalTrials.gov (left) and corresponding CONSORT diagram (right).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Baseline characteristics display.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Outcome measure display.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Statistical analysis display.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Reported adverse events display.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Example of mismatch among outcome measure name, unit of measure, and data.
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