The Nature and Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry Involvement in Asthma Trials
Author(s) -
Kenneth Bond,
Carol Spooner,
Lisa Tjosvold,
Catherine Lemière,
Brian H. Rowe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2012/890457
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , pharmaceutical industry , asthma , clinical trial , family medicine , pharmacology
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 beta<span style="vertical-align: sub">2<⁄span>-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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