Publications

World Health Organization

• International Standards for Clinical Trial Registries. World Health Organization. November 2012
• Viergever RF, Rademaker CMA, Ghersi D (2011) Pharmacokinetic research in children: an analysis of registered records of clinical trials. BMJ Open 1:e000221. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000221
• Viergever RF, Ghersi D (2011) The Quality of Registration of Clinical Trials. PLoS ONE 6(2): e14701. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014701
• Ghersi D, Pang T. From Mexico to Mali: four years in the history of clinical trial registration. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine.
• Clinical trials registry advances in Latin America and the Caribbean. Newsletter VHL 086 21/January/2009
• Clinical trials in India: ethical concerns. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Volume 86, Number 8, August 2008, 577-656
• Ghersi D, Pang T. En route to international clinical trial transparency. The Lancet. 2008; 372:1531-1532.

• Clinical trials in India: ethical concerns. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2008; 86(8).

• Ghersi D, Clarke M, Berlin J, Gulmezoglu M, Kush R, Lumbiganon P, Moher D, Rockhold F, Sim I & Wager E. Reporting the findings of clinical trials: a discussion paper. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2008; 86(6).

• Ida Sim, An-Wen Chan, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Tim Evans and Tikki Pang: Clinical trial registration: transparency is the watchword. The Lancet 2006; 367:1631-1633

• Gülmezoglu M, Pang T, Horton R, Dickersin K. WHO Facilitates International Collaboration in Setting Standards for Clinical Trial Registration. The Lancet, 2005. 365:1829-1831

• Evans T, Gülmezoglu M, Pang T. Registering Clinical Trials: An Essential Role for WHO. The Lancet, 2004. 363:1413-1414

• WHO clinical trials initiative to protect the public. Bulletin of the WHO - Volume 84, Number 1, January 2006.

• WHO - 58th Meeting of The World Health Assembly

• WHO - The Mexico Statement on Health Research

External Sources

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• Transparenz in klinischer Forschung – ein Muss [Transparency in Clinical Research - a Must]
  Dr. Gerd Antes. Berliner Ärzte 10/2010.
• Publishing information about ongoing clinical trials for patients
  Fiona Godlee, Iain Chalmers. BMJ 2010;340:c725.
• New Law May Be Having Some Effect on Publication Bias
  Rabiya S. Tuma. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2010 102(5):290-292; doi:10.1093/jnci/djq051.
• Comparison of Registered and Published Primary Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials
  Sylvain Mathieu, MD; Isabelle Boutron, MD, PhD; David Moher, PhD; Douglas G. Altman, DSc; Philippe Ravaud, MD, PhD. JAMA. 2009;302(9):977-984.
• Trial Publication after Registration in ClinicalTrials.Gov: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
  Ross JS, Mulvey GK, Hines EM, Nissen SE, Krumholz HM, 2009. PLoS Med 6(9): e1000144. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000144
• Clinical trial registration gains momentum in India
  Indian J Med Res 130, July 2009, pp 85-86
• Randomized trials published in some Chinese journals: how many are randomized?
  Taixiang Wu, Youping Li, Zhaoxiang Bian, Guanjian Liu and David Moher. Trials 2009, 10:46doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-46
• Making information about clinical trials publicly available
  Rosalind L Smyth. BMJ 2009;338:b2473
• Registration of trials in children: update of current international initiatives
  Chiara Pandolfini, Maurizio Bonati, Helen M Sammons. Arch Dis Child 2009;94:717-719 doi:10.1136/adc.2008.148155
• 7th Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: Good News for the Transparency of Clinical Trials
  Karmela Krleža-Jerić, Trudo Lemmens. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.105
• Assessment of registration quality of trials sponsored by China
  Xuemei Liu, Youping Li, Xinting Yu, Juan Feng, Xunshu Zhong, Xiaoyan Yang, Jing Li. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 8-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01007.x
• Prospective Registration of Clinical Trials in India: Strategies, Achievements & Challenges
  Prathap Tharyan. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 19-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01015.x
• Establishing the Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry
  Udaya K Ranawaka, Colvin Goonaratna. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 29-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01003.x
• Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials: path and challenges from conception to a World Health Organization primary register
  Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran, Afshin Ostovar, Davood Khalili, Muhammad Vasei. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 32-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01002.x
• The German Clinical Trials Register: challenges and chances of implementing a bilingual registry
  Hanna Hasselblatt, Gabriele Dreier, Gerd Antes, Martin Schumacher. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 36-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01001.x
• Background, introduction and activity of the Japan Primary Registries Network
  Tomonori Shiokawa. JEBM 2009 Mar; 2(1): 41-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01013.x
• Progress and Deficiencies in the Registration of Clinical Trials
  Alastair J.J. Wood, M.D. N Engl J Med. 2009 Feb 19;360(8):824-30.
• Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation
  Rising K, Bacchetti P, Bero L. PLoS Med 5(11): e217. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050217
• Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results
  Chan A-W. PLoS Med 5(11): e230. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230
• Next Stop, Don't Block the Doors: Opening Up Access to Clinical Trials Results
  The PLoS Medicine Editors. PLoS Med 5(7): e160. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050160
• El registro internacional de ensayos clínicos [The International Clinical Trial Registry]
  Cuervo LG, Valdés A, Clark ML. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2006;19(6):365-370.
• Latin American Ongoing Clinical Trial Register (LATINREC)
  Reveiz L, Delgado MB, Urrutia G, Ortiz Z, Garcia Dieguez M, Martí-Carvajal A, Calgua E, Vieyra A, Ciapponi A, Hidalgo R, Pantoja T, Sanchez LM, Martínez Pecino F, Tristan M. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2006;19(6):417-422.
• Enregistrement et publication des essais cliniques
  Burnand B, Rège Walther M. Bulletin des médecins suisses. 2005;86: Nr 8, pp. 480-481.
• Registrierung und Veröffentlichung klinischer Studien
  Burnand B, Rège Walther M. Schweizerische Ärztezeitung. 2005;86: Nr 8, pp. 482-483.

• Boletín Impacto - Los editores de revistas médicas amplían sus exigencias para lograr una investigación más transparente (February 2008)
• Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 4: Equitable access: Research challenges for health in developing countries
• Trudo Lemmens and Ron A Bouchard, Mandatory clinical trial registration: rebuilding public trust in medical research
• The New England Journal of Medicine - Editorials - Open Clinical Trials (25 October 2007)

• ICMJE - Update on Trials Registration: Clinical Trial Registration: Looking Back and Moving Ahead

• Pan American Journal of Public Health - El registro internacional de ensayos clínicos (30 June 2006)

• IFPMA - Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information Via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases

• WAME Policy Statements - The Registration of Clinical Trials (July 2005)

• ICMJE - Is This Clinical Trial Fully Registered?: A Statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

• Ottawa Statement - Principles for international registration of protocol information andresults from human trials of health related interventions: Ottawa Statement (part 1)

• An international standard for disclosure of clinical trial information. BMJ 2006;332;1107-1108 (Extract)

• Ottawa Statement

• ICMJE - Update on Trials Registration: October 2004

• ICMJE - Editorial - Clinical Trial Registration: A Statement from the International

• Good Publishing Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies