Sunday, May 29, 2011

Health News from Medical News Today: Association Between Financial Conflicts Of Interest And Positive Study Outcomes

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Association Between Financial Conflicts Of Interest And Positive Study Outcomes
29 May 2011, 10:00 am

Results demonstrate that 91% of RCTs recording this kind of FCOI achieved a positive - outcome, compared to 66.7% of RCTs without specific FCOI (p=0.02) and adjusting for confounding factors did not change this finding. Results of this American study demonstrate that between the two periods 2002-3 and 2006-7 there was a significant increase in the number of RA RCTs listing lead authors as receiving consulting fees/honoraria (14.6% in the first time period compared to 40% in the second (p=0.004))...


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