MPs put UK universities on notice: Report results from clinical trials or be called to parliament to explain why not

[Andy]

UK universities could be brought in front of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee if they fail to improve the reporting of clinical trials. The Committee has announced that it has put universities ‘on notice’ and will ask them to explain themselves in a follow-up evidence session if they have failed to get their house in order.

The AllTrials campaign has supplied the Committee with a list of the UK universities that are currently running and responsible for clinical trials. It has also supplied data highlighting how many trials have reported results according to legal obligations, and how many have failed to do so. This information was generated using the online TrialsTracker tools developed by Dr Ben Goldacre and the EBMDataLab in the University of Oxford. In six months’ time, AllTrials will advise the Committee on which universities have made progress in reporting trials and which have not.

http://www.alltrials.net/news/mps-p...r-be-called-to-parliament-to-explain-why-not/

 

[rvallee]

Hmmmmm... some nervous sweating ahead.

Though LOL at Goldacre, the "rational skeptic" who sees no problem with literally moving the finish line behind the starting line.

 

[Adrian]

http://www.alltrials.net/news/mps-p...r-be-called-to-parliament-to-explain-why-not/

I wonder what all trials would say about the tricks that Crawley plays if they were presented to them as a blind review (i.e. take out who was doing the work and what disease was being investigated).

 

[JaimeS]

Though LOL at Goldacre, the "rational skeptic" who sees no problem with literally moving the finish line behind the starting line.

My thoughts exactly.