> "The purpose of ClinicalTrials.gov was to have a way for the non-scientific community to access the trials and their results, in a way that people can underst

> "The purpose of ClinicalTrials.gov was to have a way for the non-scientific community to access the trials and their results, in a way that people can understand." This is a real problem. So many trials don't post their results nor provide updates to the trial status. They just register the trial as that is what is required by the FDA. You still have the challenges of drug trial scandals, funding concerns, etc. The whole point is that trials are registered, report findings from the trials, and are immutable. Many of these trials however are mutable with post-hoc findings. Someone at the end of the day has to enforce the rules and articles like this seem to show there is not much enforcement going on and even less trials are published because of it. https://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i637 https://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i637