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This is the problem trial registries are supposed to solve. There is an ethical problem with accepting subjects into a clinical trial, and potentially putting
by phren0logy 5y ago
This is the problem trial registries are supposed to solve.
There is an ethical problem with accepting subjects into a clinical trial, and potentially putting them at risk, then suppressing the results.
- hannob 5y agoThe problem with trials registries is that they're only one piece of the solution, but many more things need to work for them to be effective. Many trials are registered, required by law to be published, but still not published, because there is no enforcement: https://fdaaa.trialstracker.net/ https://fdaaa.trialstracker.net/ https://eu.trialstracker.net/ https://eu.trialstracker.net/ Or trials alre registered, but then published with a different main result than the one that was registered as the main result (so-called outcome switching). This should be noted in peer review, but often it's not. And if you point it out to the journal later they should publish a correction, but they don't.
- kingkawn 5y agoBecause all of that has always been what science promised to justify its hold on funding and power while not delivering any of the accountability it claimed.