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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Letter

Letter on: “An analysis of deficiencies in the data of interventional drug trials registered with Clinical Trials Registry – India”

Authors: Mohua Maulik, Jyotsna Gupta, Atul Juneja, Tulsi Adhikari, Saurabh Sharma, Yashmin Panchal, Neha Yadav, Mendu Vishnu Vardhana Rao

Published in: Trials | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

An article published in this journal analyses the deficiencies in the data of interventional drug trials registered with Clinical Trials Registry - India. We wish to rebut some of the inferences and highlight the pitfalls of a purely automated analysis of registry data as posited by the authors.
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Pillamarapu M, Mohan A, Saberwal G. An analysis of deficiencies in the data of Interventional drug trials registered with Clinical Trials Registry - India. BMC. 2019;20:535.
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Tharyan P. Prospective registration of clinical trials in India: strategies, achievements and challenges. J Evid Based Med. 2009;2:19–28.CrossRef
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Chaturvedi N, Mehrotra B, Kumari S, Gupta S, Subramanya HS, Saberwal G. Some data quality issues at ClinicalTrials.gov. Trials. 2019;20:378.CrossRef
Metadata
Title
Letter on: “An analysis of deficiencies in the data of interventional drug trials registered with Clinical Trials Registry – India”
Authors
Mohua Maulik
Jyotsna Gupta
Atul Juneja
Tulsi Adhikari
Saurabh Sharma
Yashmin Panchal
Neha Yadav
Mendu Vishnu Vardhana Rao
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-4010-3

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