The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) has established a requirement that all clinical trials be entered in a public registry before the onset of patient enrollment, as a condition of consideration for publication.
ClinicalTrials.gov provides a vehicle which allows organizations and individuals to provide the data requested by ICMJE, which has adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) minimal registration data set.
See the ICMJE statements on clinical trials registration for background information:
Is This Clinical Trial Fully Registered? (May 2005)
Update on Trials Registration (October 2004)
Clinical Trial Registration (September 2004)
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