Tracker to name and shame for failure to report clinical trial results

A website that highlights companies who have failed to report the results of clinical trials has been set up by researcher and AllTrials campaigner Ben Goldacre, together with data scientists at the University of Oxford, UK. The TrialsTracker tool aims to tackle the issue of clinical trial outcomes not being published. In the US, trial organisers that do not report their results can be fined by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), but Goldacre and colleagues say there are many cases where authorities haven’t taken action.