Discontinuation and non-publication of neurodegenerative disease trials: a cross-sectional analysis.
J D StefaniakT C H LamN E SimR Al-Shahi SalmanDavid P BreenPublished in: European journal of neurology (2017)
There is evidence of non-dissemination bias in randomized trials of interventions for neurodegenerative diseases. Associations with trial discontinuation and non-publication were similar to findings in other diseases. These biases may distort the therapeutic information available to inform clinical practice.