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When to include clinical study reports and regulatory documents in systematic reviews

Abstract:

Reporting bias is a major threat to the validity and credibility of systematic reviews. This article outlines the rationale for accessing clinical study reports and other regulatory documents (regulatory data) as a means of addressing reporting bias and identifies factors that may help decide whether (or not) to include regulatory data in systematic reviews. The article also describes the origins and current state of regulatory data access and summarises a survey of current systematic reviewe...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110963

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-1009-1992
Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group
Journal:
Evidence-Based Medicine More from this journal
Volume:
23
Issue:
6
Pages:
210-217
Publication date:
2018-10-11
Acceptance date:
2018-08-25
DOI:
EISSN:
1356-5524
ISSN:
1473-6810
Pmid:
30309870
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:929833
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uuid:2d814b49-65db-4e78-8df4-6ac551ee9753
Local pid:
pubs:929833
Source identifiers:
929833
Deposit date:
2018-11-08

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