Bmc Health Serv Res
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Bmc Health Serv Res · Sep 2002
Funding source, trial outcome and reporting quality: are they related? Results of a pilot study.
There has been increasing concern regarding the potential effects of the commercialization of research. ⋯ It is not known whether the absence of significant associations between funding source, trial outcome and reporting quality reflects a true absence of an association or is an artefact of inadequate statistical power, reliance on voluntary disclosure of funding information, a focus on trials recently published in the top medical journals, or some combination thereof. Continued and expanded monitoring of potential conflicts is recommended, particularly in light of new guidelines for disclosure that have been endorsed by the ICMJE.