Answers #Clinical Trial Registration

If you are patient or family member and you find a trial that is of interest we suggest that you print out the information and discuss it with your health care provider. They should be able to advise you on the appropriate course of action.

The ICTRP is a country-led initiative. Clinical trial registration happens when countries seek to improve the transparency of clinical trial research involving nationals of that country, and to be more accountable to the individuals who consent to participate in clinical research, and to better oversee and monitor that research.

WHO regards trial registration as the publication of an internationally-agreed set of information about the design, conduct and administration of clinical trials. These details are published on a publicly-accessible website managed by a registry conforming to WHO standards.

The registry record will be the only publicly available document on a trial until results from the trial are published

To meet WHO requirements for transparency and publication it is only necessary for your trial to be to registered once, in either a Primary Registry or an ICMJE approved registry.

No, WHO does not maintain its own registry so you cannot register your trial directly with us.

Trials should be registered before the first participant is recruited.

An appropriate representative of the trial’s primary Sponsor. The Responsible Registrant is responsible for ensuring that the trial is properly registered. The primary Sponsor may or may not be the primary funder.

The registration of all interventional trials is considered to be a scientific, ethical and moral responsibility

All clinical trials meeting the above definition should be registered. Thus, early and late trials, trials of marketed or non-marketed products, randomized or non-randomized trials -- all should be registered.