Registro dos ensaios clínicos / Clinical trials register

ABSTRACT

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) proposed trials registration in a public trials registry, as a condition for publication. This policy started after July 1, 2005, and was supported by the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). In May 19, 2006, the WHO urged research institutions and companies to register all medical studies that test treatments on human beings, whether they involve patients or healthy volunteers. The WHO also started the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), aimed at standardizing the way information of studies is made available to the public. The following registers contribute data directly to the Who Search Portal: Australian Clinical Trials Registry, ClinicalTrials.gov, and International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number Register. In May 15, 2007, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) published a recommendation for editors of health journals indexed in Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Library Electronic Online (ScieLO) about registration of clinical trials. In addition to the UMIN Clinical Trial Registry and the Nederlands Trial Register, the ICMJE is now accepting registration in any of the primary registers that participate in the WHO ICTRP. The ICMJE is also adopting the WHO's definition of clinical trial. Three years ago, trials registration was the exception; now it is the rule. Registration facilitates the dissemination of information, and it helps to assure trial participants that the information that accrues as a result of their altruism will become part of the public record.