{"id":999,"date":"2016-05-19T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/?p=999"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:27:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:27:29","slug":"international-clinical-trials-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/2016\/05\/19\/international-clinical-trials-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Clinical Trials Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"By<\/a><\/p>\n

Today is Clinical Trials Day<\/a>. Celebrated around the world on or near May 20, Clinical Trials Day commemorates the date when, in 1747, James Lind<\/a> started the first clinical trial\u00a0to test citrus fruits as a treatment for scurvy.<\/p>\n

This year’s campaign from the NIHR is OK To Ask<\/a>,\u00a0which encourages\u00a0patients and carers to inquire\u00a0about research opportunities that could be available. We here at BMJ Open support initiatives for patient involvement in research\u00a0and decision-making<\/a> and hope that, in making our content freely available online, we\u00a0help\u00a0make research more familiar and accessible to the public, including patients, for whom the research is ultimately intended.<\/p>\n

While James Lind’s basic principle for the\u00a0trial\u00a0remains, the scale, sophistication, and problems surrounding modern trials are evolving rapidly. The importance of registering drugs<\/a> and publishing all trial results <\/a>is\u00a0recognised, but adherence remains unsatisfactory. The notion of what constitutes an intervention is also changing, with text messaging<\/a> and educational methods<\/a> now being studied\u00a0using\u00a0the same framework as drugs.<\/p>\n

BMJ Open will continue efforts to improve the quality of reporting trials, emphasizing the importance of\u00a0publishing null and negative results<\/a>\u00a0and study protocols<\/a>.\u00a0The clinical trial is certainly worthy of celebration, along with improvement.<\/p>\n

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Today is Clinical Trials Day. Celebrated around the world on or near May 20, Clinical Trials Day commemorates the date when, in 1747, James Lind started the first clinical trial\u00a0to test citrus fruits as a treatment for scurvy. This year’s campaign from the NIHR is OK To Ask,\u00a0which encourages\u00a0patients and carers to inquire\u00a0about research opportunities […]<\/p>\n

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