79: Clinical trial reporting (with Henry Drysdale)

The history behind the COMPare project

The two papers that were published: a prospective cohort study correcting and monitoring 58 misreported trials and a qualitative analysis of researchers’ responses to critical correspondence

Ben Goldacre's books

What is outcome switching?

What were some of the responses to query letters from the authors and journals?

Misreporting trials (usually) doesn't lead to patient harm, but it harms the evidence base

Where should the buck stop with outcome switching?

Would Registered Reports solve this problem?

The CONSORT guidelines

Have the journals changed their practices?

COMPare on twitter

The COMPare website

Here is Henry on Twitter - @HenryMDrysdale

Here is Ben Goldacre on Twitter - @bengoldacre