Coordinated Assessment of Notifications of Trials Containing Overt Published Errors
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Reporting of discrepancy to journal
- Registration Number
- NCT01901523
- Lead Sponsor
- Imperial College London
- Brief Summary
Clinical research, like all science, is self-correcting, with errors detected by the scientific community and communicated to the publishing journals, which then relay the information (and its resolution) to its readers. If this relaying process fails, science grinds to a halt. In this study we are testing its integrity.
- Detailed Description
This prospective study documents the outcome of notification to journal editorial boards (or equivalent authorities) of factually incorrect or inconsistent claims, in reports they have published.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
- Report of a clinical trial in humans of treatment of heart disease with bone marrow derived stem cells
- Report containing discrepancy by reference to same report or another report
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Exclusion Criteria
- Discrepancy has already been corrected by an erratum
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Provision of information Reporting of discrepancy to journal Reporting of discrepancy to journal
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to correction, retraction, or other notification to the readership of discrepancy 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to initial response from journal 0-4 weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
International Centre for Circulatory Health
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom