9 Other initiatives that promote trials on medicines in children include US and EU legislation.
Instead, she said, doctors too often promoted trial treatments as superior to standard approaches, even when there was no supporting evidence.
Members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) promoted trial registration in 2004 by publishing a statement on it.
The 2004 ICMJE statement promoting trial registration had defined 1 July 2005 as a key date for prospective trial registration (registration before recruitment started).
The government has promoted trials of retired military officers; unlike previous trials in the 1980s, which ended in an amnesty after threats of military coups, these ones have not included any guerrilla leaders.
It clearly makes sense for the trial population to reflect as far as possible the wider group in which the therapies will ultimately be used, and Stead et al (2011) in this issue of the journal report on 10 years experience of the National Cancer Research Network in promoting trials in the UK.
If a future trial is to be conducted it should be considered to promote the trial through advertising or use of other measures to motivate potential referrers to refer more eligible participants.
Throughout the trial, newsletters will be produced and forwarded to professionals within our CAMH service to promote the trial and provide updates on its progress.
The program is linked to efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the disease and to promote antiretroviral trial drugs.
