Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3448

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Publication type: Journal Article

Lauritsen K, Havelund T, Laursen LS, Rask-Madsen J.
Withholding unfavourable results in drug company sponsored clinical trials.
Lancet 1987 May 9; 1:(8541):1091

Abstract:

Danish investigators were denied access to the results of a trial that they participated in. An independent steering committee would be a significant safeguard in preventing such occurences in the future.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Denmark/ drug company sponsored research/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CLINICAL TRIALS Clinical Trials* Comparative Study Data Collection Double-Blind Method Drug Industry* Humans Prostaglandins, Synthetic/therapeutic use Random Allocation Ranitidine/therapeutic use Stomach Ulcer/drug therapy