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

Table 3.

Adjusted odds for on-time registration of studies on Clinicaltrials.gov

p Value Adjusted OR* 95% CI
Sexes of subjects included
 Females only Reference
 Males only 0.18 0.9 0.8 to 1.0
 Females and males 0.08 1.1 1.0 to 1.2
Age groups included
 Adults Reference
 Adults and children 0.18 1.0 0.9 to 1.0
 Children only 0.46 1.0 0.9 to 1.1
Year of registration
 1999 Reference
 2000 <0.001 11.5 8.8 to 15.0
 2001 <0.001 8.9 6.8 to 11.6
 2002 <0.001 9.1 7.0 to 11.9
 2003 <0.001 11.9 9.2 to 15.4
 2004 <0.001 11.8 9.1 to 15.2
 2005 <0.001 5.5 4.3 to 7.0
 2006 <0.001 15.5 12.2 to 19.7
 2007 <0.001 15.6 12.3 to 19.8
 2008 <0.001 19.9 15.7 to 25.2
 2009 <0.001 31.4 24.8 to 39.9
 2010 <0.001 42.3 33.3 to 53.8
 2011 <0.001 46.8 36.4 to 60.3
Study phase
 Phase I Reference
 Phase II <0.001 1.2 1.2 to 1.3
 Phase III <0.001 1.2 1.1 to 1.3
 Phase IV <0.001 0.8 0.7 to 0.9
Source of funding
 Industry only Reference
 Non-industry only <0.001 0.6 0.6 to 0.7
 Blended <0.001 0.8 0.8 to 0.9

*Logistic regression model included the following covariates: sex composition of subjects; age groups; year of registration; study phase; and source of funding.