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Awareness of clinical trial registration

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dc.contributor.author Wimalachandra, B.C.M.
dc.contributor.author Ranawaka, U.K.
dc.contributor.author de Abrew, K.A.G.
dc.contributor.author Wanigatunga, C.A.
dc.contributor.author Rajapaksa, L.C.
dc.contributor.author Goonaratna, C.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-01T06:47:41Z
dc.date.available 2016-04-01T06:47:41Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.citation Sri Lanka Medical Association, 125th International Medical Congress. 2012;57 Suppliment1: 136 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0009-0895
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/12423
dc.description Poster Presentation Abstract (PP 136), 125th Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, June 2012 Colombo, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.description.abstract INTRODUCTION: Prospective registration in a freely accessible public domain is mandatory for clinical trials. Little is known regarding awareness of clinical trial registration among the scientific community. AIMS: To assess awareness of clinical trial registration among participants attending a scientific meeting in Sri Lanka. METHODS: Knowledge of trial registration was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Only 251 out of 714 participants (35.6%) returned completed valid questionnaires. Of them, 53.4% were males, 74.9% were below the age of 40 years, and 49% had less than 5 years of professional experience. Majority (56.6%) were currently involved in research. Registration was considered necessary for trial publication by 73.3%, for presentation of findings by 56.2%, and for ethics approval by 54.6%. Over 70% agreed that trials should be registered prospectively. Majority felt it was beneficial to have research findings freely accessible to other researchers (81.3%), clinicians (84.5%) and research participants (76.7%). Many agreed on the positive effects of trial registration - access to findings of all trials (61.4%), access to negative results (47.8%), preventing trial duplication (69.3%) and preventing multiple publications (70.1%). Increasing research workload (49.8%), additional restrictions on research (52.2%) and possibility of'intellectual theft' (56.2%) were seen as potential negative effects. Awareness of access to registration mechanisms for trials conducted in Sri Lanka (49%), and a Sri Lankan trial registry (31.5%) was poor. CONCLUSIONS: Awareness of clinical trial registration was satisfactory in some aspects, but several areas need improvement. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Medical Association en_US
dc.subject clinical trial en_US
dc.title Awareness of clinical trial registration en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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