NIH Issues Final Rule for Registering Clinical Trials and Reporting Results

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has published a new policy to assure that results of clinical trials are widely shared. NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, said the final rule and NIH policy that have been issued “will help maximize the value of clinical trials, whether publicly or privately supported, and help us honor our commitments to trial participants, who do so much to help society advance knowledge and improve health.”