Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development.

Objective To explore what can be learnt about the current composition of the 'global landscape' of health research and development (R&D) from data on the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Methods A random 5% sample of the records of clinical trials...

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Publicado en:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 416 - 417
Autores principales: Viergever, Roderik F., Terry, Robert F., Karam, Ghassan
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: World Health Organization Jun2013
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          Viergever, Roderik F.
          Terry, Robert F.
          Karam, Ghassan
        affil: Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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          Research, Medical Evaluation
          Clinical Trials Evaluation
          World Health Evaluation
          Human
          Random Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Confidence Intervals
          Data Analysis, Statistical
          Data Analysis Software
          P-Value
          Odds Ratio
      ab: Objective To explore what can be learnt about the current composition of the 'global landscape' of health research and development (R&D) from data on the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Methods A random 5% sample of the records of clinical trials that were registered as interventional and actively recruiting was taken from the ICTRP database. Findings Overall, 2381 records of trials were investigated. Analysis of these records indicated that, for every million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) caused by communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions, by noncommunicable diseases, or by injuries, the ICTRP database contained an estimated 7.4, 52.4 and 6.0 trials in which these causes of burden of disease were being investigated, respectively. For every million DALYs in high-income, upper-middle-income, lower-middle-income and low-income countries, an estimated 292.7, 13.4, 3.0 and 0.8 registered trials, respectively, were recruiting in such countries. Conclusion The ICTRP constitutes a valuable resource for assessing the global distribution of clinical trials and for informing policy development for health R&D. Populations in lower-income countries receive much less attention, in terms of clinical trial research, than populations in higher-income countries.
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