Publication Rate and Characteristics of Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

Ghassan Al-Shbool; Hira Latif; Saira Farid; Shuqi Wang; Jaeil Ahn; Giuseppe Giaccone; Chul Kim

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14531

Publication Rate and Characteristics of Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Nov 1;2(11):e1914531. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14531.

Authors

Ghassan Al-Shbool¹, Hira Latif¹, Saira Farid¹, Shuqi Wang², Jaeil Ahn², Giuseppe Giaccone³, Chul Kim³

Affiliations

¹ MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
² Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
³ Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study estimates the publication rate of clinical trials related to lung cancer and examines the characteristics of published vs unpublished trials.

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Bibliographic
Early Termination of Clinical Trials / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Lung Neoplasms*
Multicenter Studies as Topic / statistics & numerical data
Periodicals as Topic / statistics & numerical data
Publishing / statistics & numerical data*
Research Subjects / statistics & numerical data
Research Support as Topic / statistics & numerical data