On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Paul Caldwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> agreed. often used in 2 ways-like antibiotics "give me something to make me
> well now" or as placebo for docs who do not have access to CMHTs etc.
> interestingly, the data is not knew and i am surprised that unpublished data
> was allowed to remain so for so long. perhaps ben goldacre has a point: that
> publsihing trials should be compulsory and not discretionary on the
> trialist.
>
>
There is a simple solution to this that all the regulatory agencies
have declined to implement: only pre-registered trials should be
admissible when applying for a licence. All trials would therefore
have to be registered before starting (in case they produced good
results), so the licensing agencies could immediately see what
proportion of the total trials had produced positive results.
Cheers Geoff
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