CLINICAL NEWS
Show Me the Data!
Researchers are taking too long to report the results of their clinical trials, according to a BMJ study of
4,347 clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Two years after their completion date (between October 2007 and September 2010):
35.9%
29%
13%
Only 35.9% (1,560)
of clinical trials
had their results
disseminated
Only 29% (1,245)
were published in
scientific journals
Only 13% (547)
reported results on
ClinicalTrials.gov
Kicking and Screening
While cancer screening may be linked to fewer
deaths from tumors, finding cancer doesn’t
necessarily save lives – especially when all-cause
mortality is F