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What is Current Controlled Trials?
Current Controlled Trials (CCT) is an
online publisher dedicated to providing
services in the area of randomized controlled
trials. These include trial registration
and trial hosting. CCT has two main
Open Access projects: the International
Standard Randomised Controlled Trial
Number (ISRCTN) scheme and the
metaRegister of Controlled Trials.
The ISRCTN scheme assigns a unique
randomized 8-digit number to each trial
against a one-off administrative charge.
This ensures that a trial can be tracked
unambiguously throughout its life cycle.
The metaRegister is an international
compilation of registers of completed
and ongoing trials. The metaRegister
includes randomized controlled trials
sponsored by the UK Medical Research
Council (MRC), four National Health
Service (NHS) registers, the National
Library of Medicine's ClinicalTrials.gov
register and the US Department of
Veterans Affairs Co-operative Studies
Program. Access to the ISRCTN
Register and metaRegister is free online.
CCT provides access to over 15,000 trial
records in all areas of health care.
Who is behind Current Controlled Trials?
Current Controlled Trials Ltd is part of
the Current Science Group of biomedical
publishing companies, which
includes BioMed Central (publisher of
Open Access Now). The Managing
Director of Current Controlled Trials
Ltd is Anne Greenwood who has over
twenty years of experience in academic
publishing. The company benefits from
guidance by an international Advisory
Group, including academics, doctors
and healthcare specialists. The Advisory
Group is chaired by Gerd Antes of the
German Cochrane Centre.
Why does Current Controlled Trials exist?
Current Controlled Trials Ltd launched
the CCT website in late 1998 with the
aim of increasing the availability and
exchange of information about ongoing
randomized controlled trials worldwide.
CCT provides detailed and
accurate information to researchers and
clinicians about trials being conducted
in all areas of healthcare; helps
research funding agencies (public,
commercial or charitable) to avoid
duplicating research and to promote
collaborations; and provides information
that helps patients and clinicians to
decide whether to actively participate
in, and contribute to, ongoing clinical
trials studies.
www.controlled-trials.com
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