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Publication Rate and Consistency of Registered Trials of Motor-Based Stroke Rehabilitation

View ORCID ProfileRaabeae Aryan, View ORCID ProfileDavid Jagroop, Cynthia J. Danells, View ORCID ProfileGabriela Rozanski, Janelle Unger, View ORCID ProfileAndrew H. Huntley, View ORCID ProfileAvril Mansfield
First published February 10, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000011660
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From the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (R.A., J.U.), University of Toronto; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute—University Health Network (R.A., D.J., C.J.D., G.R., J.U., A.H.H., A.M.); Department of Physical Therapy (C.J.D., A.M.), University of Toronto; School of Physical Therapy (J.U.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London; and Evaluative Clinical Sciences (A.M.), Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Gabriela Rozanski
From the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (R.A., J.U.), University of Toronto; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute—University Health Network (R.A., D.J., C.J.D., G.R., J.U., A.H.H., A.M.); Department of Physical Therapy (C.J.D., A.M.), University of Toronto; School of Physical Therapy (J.U.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London; and Evaluative Clinical Sciences (A.M.), Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Janelle Unger
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Publication Rate and Consistency of Registered Trials of Motor-Based Stroke Rehabilitation
Raabeae Aryan, David Jagroop, Cynthia J. Danells, Gabriela Rozanski, Janelle Unger, Andrew H. Huntley, Avril Mansfield
Neurology Mar 2021, 96 (13) 617-626; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011660

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Objective To determine the publication rate of motor-rehabilitation trials poststroke and the consistency between registry records and their corresponding main publications in trial design, primary objectives and outcomes, eligibility criteria, and sample size.

Methods We searched 18 clinical trial registries to identify randomized controlled trials of motor-based stroke rehabilitation registered after July 2005 and completed before April 2017. Eligible trials included adults with stroke, with at least one outcome measure related to motor function. Information in the registry records was compared with that of their main publications, if any.

Results Three hundred twenty-three trials met our eligibility criteria; we were unable to find a peer-reviewed publication reporting the main findings for 46% (150/323) of these. Of the 169 trials with peer-reviewed articles published in English, 141 (83%) were consistent with the registry record in trial design, 100 (59%) were consistent in primary objectives, 71 (42%) were consistent in primary outcomes, 28 (17%) were consistent in eligibility criteria, and 74 (44%) were consistent in sample size.

Conclusions Approximately half of motor-based stroke rehabilitation trials were not published, even more than 3 years after the end of the trial. When main publications were found, they substantially deviated from information in the registry record. These findings highlight the importance of trial registries for identifying unpublished stroke rehabilitation trials and of searching trial registries when conducting systematic reviews and meta-analysis to help ensure that reviews are unbiased.

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CI=
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CONSORT=
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RCTs=
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UIN=
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  • Received August 5, 2020.
  • Accepted in final form January 22, 2021.
  • © 2021 American Academy of Neurology
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    • Kana Matsuda, Department of Rehabilitation, Mie University Hospital
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