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Prevalence, Characteristics, and Publication of Discontinued Randomized Trials

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العنوان: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Publication of Discontinued Randomized Trials
المؤلفون: Kasenda, Benjamin, Von Elm, Erik, You, John, Blümle, Anette, Tomonaga, Yuki, Saccilotto, Ramón, Amstutz, Alain, Bengough, Theresa, Meerpohl, Joerg J., Stegert, Mihaela, Tikkinen, Kari A. O., Neumann, Ignacio, Carrasco Labra, Alonso, Faulhaber, Markus, Mulla, Sohail M., Mertz, Dominik, Akl, Elie A., Bassler, Dirk, Busse, Jason W., Ferreira González, Ignacio, Lamontagne, Francois, Nordmann, Alain, Gloy, Viktoria, Raatz, Heike, Moja, Lorenzo, Rosenthal, Rachel, Ebrahim, Shanil, Schandelmaier, Stefan, Xin, Sun, Vandvik, Per O., Johnston, Bradley C., Walter, Martin A., Burnand, Bernard, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, Hemkens, Lars G., Bucher, Heiner C., Guyatt, Gordon H., Briel, Matthias
بيانات النشر: American Medical Association.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: Universidad de Chile: Repositorio académico
الوصف: Artículo de publicación ISI ; IMPORTANCE The discontinuation of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) raises ethical concerns and often wastes scarce research resources. The epidemiology of discontinued RCTs, however, remains unclear. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence, characteristics, and publication history of discontinued RCTs and to investigate factors associated with RCT discontinuation due to poor recruitment and with nonpublication. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective cohort of RCTs based on archived protocols approved by 6 research ethics committees in Switzerland, Germany, and Canada between 2000 and 2003.We recorded trial characteristics and planned recruitment from included protocols. Last follow-up of RCTs was April 27, 2013. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Completion status, reported reasons for discontinuation, and publication status of RCTs as determined by correspondence with the research ethics committees, literature searches, and investigator surveys. RESULTS After a median follow-up of 11.6 years (range, 8.8-12.6 years), 253 of 1017 included RCTs were discontinued (24.9% [95%CI, 22.3%-27.6%]). Only 96 of 253 discontinuations (37.9% [95%CI, 32.0%-44.3%]) were reported to ethics committees. The most frequent reason for discontinuation was poor recruitment (101/1017; 9.9%[95%CI, 8.2%-12.0%]). In multivariable analysis, industry sponsorship vs investigator sponsorship (8.4%vs 26.5%; odds ratio [OR], 0.25 [95%CI, 0.15-0.43]; P < .001) and a larger planned sample size in increments of 100 (-0.7%; OR, 0.96 [95%CI, 0.92-1.00]; P = .04) were associated with lower rates of discontinuation due to poor recruitment. Discontinued trials were more likely to remain unpublished than completed trials (55.1%vs 33.6%; OR, 3.19 [95%CI, 2.29-4.43]; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this sample of trials based on RCT protocols from 6 research ethics committees, discontinuation was common, with poor recruitment being the most frequently reported reason. Greater efforts are needed to ensure the reporting of trial ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: Jama. 2014;311(10):1045-1051.; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/123562Test
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.1361
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.1361Test
https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/123562Test
حقوق: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/clTest/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.EE63092F
قاعدة البيانات: BASE