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Restoring invisible and abandoned trials (RIAT)

19/06/2013

Recently published in the BMJ, this paper calls for all funding institutions and investigators who have conducted abandoned trials to publish or republish their studies within the next year. A minimum set of criteria are outlined regarding responsible publication and republication of abandoned trials and a RIAT audit tool (called RIATOR) based on the CONSORT checklist for reporting randomised trials has been developed to assist in this.

Reference

Doshi P, Dickersin K, Healy D, Vedula SS, Jefferson T. Restoring invisible and abandoned trials: a call for people to publish the findings. BMJ. 2013 Jun 13;346:f2865. Link to full-text

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