Geographical Group Reporting Submission

Group Cochrane Norway

Name Kristine Titlestad

Activity name / title Missing Nordic Trials: how can we avoid research waste, and meet ethical standards?

Which function does this relate to?

Tier one Support and develop the community of Cochrane members

Tier two Contribute to Cochrane’s priority setting work

Tier three Undertake / contribute to methodological or other research

Tier four N/A

Evidence production N/A

Date

Start date 15-03-2024

Proposed end date 15-05-2024

on-going No

Was this activity in collaboration with another Geographic Group? If so which? Cochrane Sweden, Cochrane Denmark

Was this activity in collaboration with other organization(s) or partner(s)? If so which? Yes

Name of the organization(s) or partner(s) The Dam Foundation; the Cochrane People, Health Systems, and Public Health Thematic Group; Evidence-Based Research Network

Person to contact if any queries about this activity Kristine Berg Titlestad
kbti@hvl.no

Type of activity Contributions or improvements to health-related policy on local or national levels

Please give additional activity details (i.e., reach, impact, duration, return on investment) Webinar in English
A total of 475 clinical studies completed in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and Sweden between 2016 and 2019 have never published their results in any form. A total of 83,903 people participated in these studies, according to public records. The report, prepared by an international group of 39 researchers, was released on February 6, 2024. It showed that across all five countries, 22% of all clinical study results were never published. There are large differences in reporting performance between institutions. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/d_6Eib58.
The report was presented by co-author Jan-Ole Hesselberg from the Dam Foundation.

Link and documents

Link https://www.cochrane.no/workshops-and-events/recordings-and-slides-webinars

By checking this box, my center consents to the use of these photos for Cochrane internal and external purposes, such as websites, reports, social media, etc. No