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Exhibit 095

Compliance with legal requirement to report clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cohort study

Exhibit 095 · Cohort study

Compliance with legal requirement to report clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cohort study

4209 trials were due to report results; 1722 (40·9%; 95% CI 39·4-42·2) did so within the 1-year deadline.

Of 4,209 trials due to report results under the FDA Amendments Act Final Rule, 1,722 (40.9%) had submitted results on time by the 16 September 2019 cutoff, and 2,686 (63.8%) had submitted by that date, counting submissions under quality review. Trials not yet due, outside the rule, or granted a delay were excluded. Industry sponsors had higher adjusted odds of compliance than non-industry, non-US-government sponsors (OR 3.08, 95% CI 2.52–3.77).

Source
DeVito et al., The Lancet
Date
2020
Quoted from
Abstract, Findings (PubMed PMID 31958402; Lancet 2020;395:361-369)
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33220-9
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Author-institution abstract: https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/papers/172/.

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Finding MED-4.3
Peer-reviewed Of 4,209 clinical trials required by federal law to report their results by September 2019, 1,722 (40.9 percent) had reported on time.