Table 3

Adjusted odds for on-time registration of studies on Clinicaltrials.gov

p ValueAdjusted OR*95% CI
Sexes of subjects included
 Females onlyReference
 Males only0.180.90.8 to 1.0
 Females and males0.081.11.0 to 1.2
Age groups included
 AdultsReference
 Adults and children0.181.00.9 to 1.0
 Children only0.461.00.9 to 1.1
Year of registration
 1999Reference
 2000<0.00111.58.8 to 15.0
 2001<0.0018.96.8 to 11.6
 2002<0.0019.17.0 to 11.9
 2003<0.00111.99.2 to 15.4
 2004<0.00111.89.1 to 15.2
 2005<0.0015.54.3 to 7.0
 2006<0.00115.512.2 to 19.7
 2007<0.00115.612.3 to 19.8
 2008<0.00119.915.7 to 25.2
 2009<0.00131.424.8 to 39.9
 2010<0.00142.333.3 to 53.8
 2011<0.00146.836.4 to 60.3
Study phase
 Phase IReference
 Phase II<0.0011.21.2 to 1.3
 Phase III<0.0011.21.1 to 1.3
 Phase IV<0.0010.80.7 to 0.9
Source of funding
 Industry onlyReference
 Non-industry only<0.0010.60.6 to 0.7
 Blended<0.0010.80.8 to 0.9
  • *Logistic regression model included the following covariates: sex composition of subjects; age groups; year of registration; study phase; and source of funding.