The Nature and Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry Involvement in Asthma Trials

BACKGROUND: Pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research has been shown to be biased toward reporting positive results. Frequent industry participation in trials assessing the efficacy of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) combination treatment makes assessing industry i...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Bond, Carol Spooner, Lisa Tjosvold, Catherine Lemière, Brian H Rowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/890457
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description BACKGROUND: Pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research has been shown to be biased toward reporting positive results. Frequent industry participation in trials assessing the efficacy of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) combination treatment makes assessing industry influence difficult and warrants an assessment of specific potential publication bias in this area.
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spelling doaj-art-bf95af606cdc4cdebdb757deb52dbfc92025-08-20T03:22:39ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412012-01-0119426727110.1155/2012/890457The Nature and Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry Involvement in Asthma TrialsKenneth Bond0Carol Spooner1Lisa Tjosvold2Catherine Lemière3Brian H Rowe4Institute for Health Economics, University of Alberta, CanadaAlberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, CanadaAlliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research on Diabetes, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaSacre-Coeur Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBACKGROUND: Pharmaceutical industry-sponsored research has been shown to be biased toward reporting positive results. Frequent industry participation in trials assessing the efficacy of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) combination treatment makes assessing industry influence difficult and warrants an assessment of specific potential publication bias in this area.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/890457
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