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Underreporting Research Is Scientific Misconduct

lain Chalmers, FRCOG

JAMA. 1990;263(10):1405-1408.


Abstract

Substantial numbers of clinical trials are never reported in print, and among those that are, many are not reported in sufficient detail to enable judgments to be made about the validity of their results. Failure to publish an adequate account of a well-designed clinical trial is a form of scientific misconduct that can lead those caring for patients to make inappropriate treatment decisions. Investigators, research ethics committees, funding bodies, and scientific editors all have responsibilities to reduce underreporting of clinical trials. An extended use of prospective registration of trials at inception, as well as benefiting clinical research in other ways, could help people to play their respective roles in reducing underreporting of clinical trials.

(JAMA. 1990;263:1405-1408)



Author Affiliations

From the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England.


Footnotes

Presented at The First International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication, Chicago, Ill, May 10-12, 1989.

Reprint requests to National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, England (Dr Chalmers).



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