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Table 2 Trials published and correspondence between outcomes in the publication and ClinicalTrials.gov

From: Transparency in ovarian cancer clinical trial results: ClinicalTrials.gov versus PubMed, Embase and Google scholar

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Results Reported in

All (752)

<  2008 (254)

2008-2015a (498)

   

Phase I (122)

Other studies types (376)

ClinicalTrials.gov

NA

NA

NA

130

34.6

Journal publication

483

64.2

147

57.9

74

60.7

262

69.7

Outcome correspondence

All (483)

<  2008 (147)

Phase I (74)

Other studies types (262)

Primary Outcome

 Corresponded

249

51.8

40

27.0

37

50.7

172

66.2

 Not corresponded

50

10.4

13

8.8

7

9.6

30

11.5

 Not declared in ClinicalTrials.gov

182

37.8

95

64.2

29

39.7

58

22.3

Secondary Outcome

 Corresponded

157

39.3

24

19.1

27

41.5

106

50.7

 Not corresponded

65

16.2

14

11.1

7

10.8

44

21.1

 Not declared in ClinicalTrials.gov

178

44.5

88

69.8

31

47.7

59

28.2

  1. NA, Not applicable
  2. aSee the number reported in the highlighted boxes in Fig. 1