title: The Society for Clinical Trials supports United States legislation mandating trials registration. Position paper.
abstract: The official position of the Society for Clinical Trials is to support legislation in the United States and internationally that mandates registration of all controlled clinicals trials at or before enrollment of the first participant. The major trial sponsor would be responsible for ensuring contribution of trial information. The mechanism for registering trials would be through research ethics review boards, and registration would be required for ethics approval and before trial initiation. Standardized data and a unique identification number would be available for each registered trial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. kay_dickersin@brown.edu
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickersin
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Dennis O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Barbara S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hawkinse
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lachin
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pocock
mesh_terms: D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States