Reporting of conflicts of interest from drug trials in Cochrane reviews: cross sectional study

Ref ID 459
First Author M. Roseman
Journal BMJ
Year Of Publishing 2012
URL https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/345/bmj.e5155.full.pdf
Keywords Cochrane
Transparency
Pharmacological
Allegiance
Disclosure
Problem(s) Funding or sponsor of systematic review not reported
Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed
Number of systematic reviews included 151
Summary of Findings 30% of included reviews reported information on the funding sources of included trials, including 20% that reported information on trial funding for all included trials and 11% that reported for some, but not all, trials. Only 11% provided any information on trial author-industry financial ties or trial author-industry employment. Information on trial funding and trial author-industry ties was reported in one to seven locations within each review, with no consistent reporting location observed.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No