WHO calls for registration of all clinical trials

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BMJ 2006;332:1232 (27 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-c

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WHO calls for registration of all clinical trials

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The World Health Organization is calling for all medical research involving

humans to be registered at the earliest possible stage of its development. It is

also calling for 20 key features of the research project to be made publicly

available.

WHO made the recommendation as the world’s first international clinical trials

day was held in Brussels on 19 May. Organised by the European clinical research

infrastructures network, the European Commission, and WHO, the annual event is

designed to raise general awareness about the methods and challenges of such

research.

WHO’s proposal for voluntary registration is a response to demands for greater

transparency and standardised information in tests for new forms of medical

treatment, whether they involve patients or healthy volunteers.

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