Healthy Skepticism Library item: 238
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Publication type: Journal Article
Wahlbeck K, Adams C.
Beyond conflict of interest: Sponsored drug trials show more-favourable outcomes.
BMJ 1999 Feb 13; 318:(7181):465
Keywords:
*letter to the editor
*analytic survey
clozapine
drug company sponsored research
reporting of results
clinical trials
INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: OUTCOME OF CLINICAL TRIALS
PROMOTION DISGUISED: CLINICAL TRIALS
SPONSORSHIP: RESEARCH
Notes:
Trials comparing clozapine with older antipsychotics in schizophrenic patients were analyzed. Trials sponsored by industry favoured clozapine while nonsponsored trials were equivocal. Sponsored trials reported fewer dropouts for clozapine while nonsponsored trials did not find this.