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. 2021 Apr 1;4(4):e215829.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5829.

Evaluation of Publication of Pediatric Drug Trials

Ananya Srivastava  1 , Florence T Bourgeois  2   3
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Evaluation of Publication of Pediatric Drug Trials

Ananya Srivastava et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the rate of publication of pediatric drug trials and examines the information lost when trials are not published.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bourgeois reported being a co-director of the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science. No other disclosures were reported.

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