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. 2019 Aug 20:10:233-234.
doi: 10.1515/tnsci-2019-0037. eCollection 2019.

Clinical Trial Publication Trends Within Neurology

Phan Q Duy  1   2 , Anirudh Sreekrishnan  3 , Wyatt David  2 , Manish D Paranjpe  4 , Ishan Paranjpe  5 , Amar Sheth  2 , Batur Gültekin  2 , Kevin N Sheth  2
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Clinical Trial Publication Trends Within Neurology

Phan Q Duy et al. Transl Neurosci. .

Abstract

Timely dissemination of results from clinical studies is crucial for the advancement of knowledge and clinical decision making. A large body of research has shown that up to half of clinical trials do not publish their findings. In this study, we sought to determine whether clinical trial publication rates within neurology have increased over time. Focusing on neurology clinical trials completed between 2008 to 2014, we found that while the overall percentage of published trials has not changed (remaining at approximately 50%), time to publication has significantly decreased. Our findings suggest that clinical trials within neurology are being published in a more timely manner.

Keywords: clinical research; clinical trials; clinicaltrials.gov; neurology; neuroscience.

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Clinical trial publication trends within neurology. A) Trends in percentage of published neurology clinical trials from 2008 to 2014. Chi-square test for trend was used to determine the p value. B) Trends in time to publication (in months between publication date and primary completion date) of neurology clinical trials from 2008 to 2014. One-way ANOVA test was used to determine the p value. Mean ± SEM are shown for each year.
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