Data Dump: U.S. Trials Often Fail to Report Results

 Medpage Today

 

Krumholz said his team thought they would find the institutions that were doing well and then disseminate identifiable best practices.

"But we were surprised to find that no one is doing well," he added. "The fact that it's so pervasive suggests it's not about bad individuals, it's about a culture that allows for reporting to be discretionary rather than mandatory."

 "This is a human subjects' violation," Krumholz explained. "People have agreed to be part of our studies and we routinely don't report [results]. All studies should be completed and reported, but these in particular, are human studies. These aren't studies that have fallen off the tracks. These are studies that were successfully completed. This should alarm everyone."