Barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials: Follow-up of trials approved by the Danish Medicines Agency
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Barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials : Follow-up of trials approved by the Danish Medicines Agency. / Berendt, Louise; Petersen, Lene Grejs; Bach, Karin Friis; Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen; Dalhoff, Kim.
I: PloS one, Bind 12, Nr. 5, e0172581, 2017.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials
T2 - Follow-up of trials approved by the Danish Medicines Agency
AU - Berendt, Louise
AU - Petersen, Lene Grejs
AU - Bach, Karin Friis
AU - Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen
AU - Dalhoff, Kim
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To characterize and quantify barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials.STUDY DESIGN: We identified academic drug trials approved during a 3-year period (2004-2007) by the Danish Medicines Agency. We conducted a survey among the trial sponsors to describe the rates of initiation, completion, and publication, and the reasons for the failure to reach each of these milestones. Information on size and methodological characteristics of the trials was extracted from the EudraCT database, a prospective register of all approved clinical drug trials submitted to European medicines agencies since 2004.RESULTS: A total of 181 academic drug trials were eligible for inclusion, 139 of which participated in our survey (response rate: 77%). Follow-up time ranged from 5.1 to 7.9 years. Most trials were randomized controlled trials (73%, 95% CI 65-81%). Initiation and completion rates were 92% (95% CI: 88-97%) and 93% (95% CI: 89-97%) respectively. The publication rate of completed trials was 73% (95% CI: 62-79%). RCTs were published faster than non-RCTs (quartile time to publication 2.9 vs. 3.1 years, p = 0.0412).CONCLUSIONS: Many academic drug trials are left unpublished. Main barriers towards publication were related to the process from completion to publication. Hence, there is much to gain by facilitating the process from analysis to publication. Research institutions and funders should actively influence this process, e.g. by requiring the publication of trial results within a given time after completion.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To characterize and quantify barriers towards the publication of academic drug trials.STUDY DESIGN: We identified academic drug trials approved during a 3-year period (2004-2007) by the Danish Medicines Agency. We conducted a survey among the trial sponsors to describe the rates of initiation, completion, and publication, and the reasons for the failure to reach each of these milestones. Information on size and methodological characteristics of the trials was extracted from the EudraCT database, a prospective register of all approved clinical drug trials submitted to European medicines agencies since 2004.RESULTS: A total of 181 academic drug trials were eligible for inclusion, 139 of which participated in our survey (response rate: 77%). Follow-up time ranged from 5.1 to 7.9 years. Most trials were randomized controlled trials (73%, 95% CI 65-81%). Initiation and completion rates were 92% (95% CI: 88-97%) and 93% (95% CI: 89-97%) respectively. The publication rate of completed trials was 73% (95% CI: 62-79%). RCTs were published faster than non-RCTs (quartile time to publication 2.9 vs. 3.1 years, p = 0.0412).CONCLUSIONS: Many academic drug trials are left unpublished. Main barriers towards publication were related to the process from completion to publication. Hence, there is much to gain by facilitating the process from analysis to publication. Research institutions and funders should actively influence this process, e.g. by requiring the publication of trial results within a given time after completion.
KW - Databases, Factual
KW - Denmark
KW - Drug Evaluation
KW - Government Agencies
KW - Humans
KW - Publications
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0172581
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0172581
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28486523
VL - 12
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 5
M1 - e0172581
ER -
ID: 186504140