Clinical Trials Registry

Clinical trials are recommended to register with public repositories such as http://cris.nih.go.kr, http://www.who.int/ictrp/en, and http://clinicaltrials.gov. If applicable, trial registration numbers should be included in the methods section. The registry should be publicly accessible (at no charge), open to all prospective registrants, and managed by a not-for-profit organization. For a list of registries that meet these requirements, please refer to the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Registration of all clinical trials facilitates information sharing among clinicians, researchers and patients, increases public confidence in research, and is consistent with ICMJE guidelines.

Data Sharing Policy

Authors are encouraged to share or make open the data supporting the results or analyses presented in their paper where this does not violate the protection of human subjects or other valid privacy or security concerns. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publicly accessible repository and include a link to the DOI within the text of the manuscript. Authors are further encouraged to cite any data sets referenced in the article and provide a Data Availability Statement.