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. 2012 Aug 29;2(4):e001186. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001186

Table 2.

Time between registration on Clinicaltrials.gov website and study start, by year and source of funding

Year registered Source of funding Number of trials registered in year* Mean delay from start to registration (days) SD (days)
1999 Industry only 83 −579.6 514.1
Non-industry only 2043 −1238.2 1406.7
Blended 18 −274.5 1385.9
Total 2144 −1204.7 1385.9
2000 Industry only 68 −193.5 178.5
Non-industry only 918 −255.1 749.2
Blended 22 −373.2 542.4
Total 1008 −253.5 721.1
2001 Industry only 85 −173.4 186.8
Non-industry only 960 −364.8 694.8
Blended 18 −239.2 267.2
Total 1063 −347.4 665.4
2002 Industry only 341 −181.9 321.6
Non-industry only 765 −191.9 582.6
Blended 58 −347.8 530.4
Total 1164 −196.8 517.9
2003 Industry only 332 −134 340.3
Non-industry only 1001 −246.7 722.2
Blended 42 −170.4 382.9
Total 1375 −217.2 643.6
2004 Industry only 415 −120.3 245.7
Non-industry only 872 −167.7 449.6
Blended 36 −310.3 677.7
Total 1323 −156.7 406.7
2005 Industry only 1704 −348.5 556.9
Non-industry only 3539 −617.2 964.4
Blended 899 −563.1 704.1
Total 6142 −534.7 841.4
2006 Industry only 1643 −183.9 531.8
Non-industry only 3084 −485.2 971.8
Blended 735 −281.1 624
Total 5462 −367.1 830.4
2007 Industry only 1897 −168.7 502.4
Non-industry only 3739 −557.2 1032.7
Blended 1007 −358.5 675.4
Total 6643 −416.1 877.8
2008 Industry only 3001 −335.1 715
Non-industry only 4321 −383.4 803.8
Blended 1067 −265.9 748.2
Total 8389 −351.2 767
2009 Industry only 2354 −194.9 626.7
Non-industry only 4290 −316.6 840.8
Blended 1035 −145.2 497.4
Total 7679 −256.2 743.9
2010 Industry only 2201 −94.4 489.2
Non-industry only 4076 −238.9 719.5
Blended 937 −146.5 532.5
Total 7214 −182.8 637.6
2011 Industry only 924 −139.3 556.7
Non-industry only 1725 −255.5 762.1
Blended 364 −76.2 345.4
Total 3013 −198.2 668.2
Total Industry only 14965 −215.9 576.5
Non-industry only 29290 −441.9 929.3
Blended 6220 −277.1 636.9
Total 52619* −321.8 763.7

*Total is limited to studies that indicated their funding source.