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Outcome Reporting Biases in Obesity Medical Journals: A review of trends in recent medical literature

Outcome Reporting Biases in Obesity Medical Journals: A review of trends in recent medical literature - Reporting bias in medical literature

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Unknown
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000022576
Enrollment
200
Registered
2016-06-02
Start date
2016-06-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Outcome reporting bias

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Studies including: 1.RCTs 2.RCTs that utilize a crossover method 3.Follow-up on previously performed RCTs that are analyzing different primary outcomes at a later time point. that were published in the journals: Obesity (Silver Spring-MD), International Journal of Obesity, Obesity Reviews, Diabetics, Obesity and Metabolism between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2015.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All other study designs were excluded including: 1. Observational studies (including cohort, case-control, and cross sectional) 2. Meta-analyses 3. Ongoing studies 4. Commentary or discussion pieces 5. Articles with only a title or lacking an abstract 6. Simulation-based studies 7. Animal/ in vitro studies 8. Retracted studies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Are there discrepancies between reported primary and secondary outcomes in registered and published randomized controlled trials in high impact journals from 2010-2015?

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Are there discrepancies favoring statistically significant outcomes? 2. Are there any correlations between funding source and likelihood of outcome reporting bias? 3. Are there temporal trends in outcome reporting bias?

Countries

North America

Contacts

Public ContactJustin Rankin

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine

justin.rankin@okstate.edu9184044443

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026