| URL: | http://apps.who.int/trialsearch |
| Full name: | International Clinical Trials Registry Platform |
| Description: | The Clinical Trials Search Portal provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by the registries listed on the right. It also provides links to the full original records. The mission of the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform is to ensure that a complete view of research is accessible to all those involved in health care decision making. This will improve research transparency and will ultimately strengthen the validity and value of the scientific evidence base. |
| Year founded: | 2005 |
| Last update: | 2018-4-16 |
| Version: | 3.6 |
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| Country/Region: | Switzerland |
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| University/Institution: | World Health Organization |
| Address: | HMM/IER/REK/ICTRP World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland |
| City: | Geneva |
| Province/State: | Geneva |
| Country/Region: | Switzerland |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Ghassan Karam |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | karamg@who.int |
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WHO facilitates international collaboration in setting standards for clinical trial registration. [PMID: 15924966]
Clinical trial registration has been a popular topic in the past 12 months. WHO, 1 the pharmaceutical industry, 2 several national research institutions, 3 and independent groups4 have published statements in favour of trial registration and disclosure of the results. Perhaps the most influential statement came from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) who stated that after July 1, 2005, trials that are not registered will not be considered for publication |