The dissemination of scientific information as a guarantee of the legitimacy of the results of clinical trials

Abstract

This study aims to identify in the literature publications that portray the need to disseminate the results of clinical trials as a criterion for their transparency and validation. For that, it was used the documentary survey technique in the biomedical literature of documents that deal with transparency in clinical trial results. For the search, the descriptor “Clinical Trial” and the keyword “transparency” - ("transparency" [All Fields] AND "Clinical Trial" [All Fields]) were used. The Medical Literature Analysis and Retrievel System Online (MEDLINE) database of the National Libary of Medicine (NLM) in the United States was selected. 394 documents were recovered, possible duplicates were removed and 226 documents of interest for the research were selected. I n an integrated manner, the relationship of Information Science was established as the area that is dedicated to sharing information through the organization, communication and dissemination of science.