Organisations and investigators with responsibility for conducting clinical trials must conform to the regulations of the appropriate national health authorities and other regulatory bodies.
It is vital that studies are registered appropriately because:
Duplication of effort can sometimes be useful, as studies with slight variations can often be assessed together within systematic reviews. However, conducting repeated studies on the same intervention wastes valuable resource and is unethical.
Making researchers aware of similar ongoing research ensures they can design their trial in such a way that is sufficiently different, whilst ensuring that the same outcomes can be compared.
The below links are to relevant clinical trials registries, where you can search for both ongoing and completed studies.
telephone: (0)115 846 8621 fax: (0)115 846 8618
Email: IFDCTN@nottingham.ac.uk
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