Players in the dissemination process | |||||||||||
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Steps in trial conduct and dissemination | Researchers authors | Journal editors | Peer reviewers of journal articles | Funding agencies | Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers | Research ethics committees | Research institutions | Regulatory agencies | Trial register | Decision making bodies* | Readers/patients/patient organisations/benefit assessment agencies/HTA bodies |
Research idea/research question | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
Writing the study protocol | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
Registering the study in a trial register | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
Submitting the study protocol for a journal publication | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
Publishing the study protocol | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
Conducting the study/assessing outcome measures | x | x | |||||||||
Analysing data | x | x | x | ||||||||
Writing and submitting a journal article | x | x | |||||||||
Peer review | x | x | |||||||||
Publishing journal research | x | x | x | x | x | x |
*Decision-making authorities in healthcare systems (eg, legal entities, such as the Federal Joint Committee in Germany).