WHO ICTRP: International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, April 2015
by Gert van Valkenhoef
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Description
April 2015 snapshot of the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, provided by special access. The dataset consists of 320,790 variants of 285,177 unique trial records aggregated from sixteen international registries. It was retrieved and made publicly available by Gert van Valkenhoef.
Use Cases
Analyze trial registration patterns and volume across different international registries.
Study metadata evolution by comparing record variants, particularly for EU Clinical Trials Register entries.
Map the global distribution and characteristics of clinical research as of April 2015.
Strengths
Contains 285,177 unique trial records, providing a substantial snapshot of global clinical research.
Distinguishes between 320,790 record variants, offering detail on updates and multi-country registrations.
Aggregates data from sixteen international registries, facilitating cross-registry analysis.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; the data is a static snapshot from April 2015.
Row count for the primary table is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), with data retrieved from ClinicalTrials.gov and other registries.
Collection Method
Records were retrieved one-at-a-time over a week in April 2015, with special access granted by WHO.
Time Range
Snapshot from the first week of April 2015.
Freshness
Static snapshot from April 2015; update frequency is unknown.
Geography
Global, aggregated from sixteen international trial registries.
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