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. 2015 Aug 19;10(8):e0133718. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133718

Table 3. Funding source of research across different categories of registration.

Funded by pharmaceutical company (e.g. Bristol Myers Squibb) Privately funded (e.g. Mayo Clinic) Publicly funded (e.g. NIMH) Combined funding
21 Unregistered articles a 3 6 8 3
61 Retrospectively registered articles 12 6 39 4
17 Articles with discrepancies between 'current POMs' in trial registry and article 2 3 11 1
17 Articles marked 'discrepancy free' than had retrospective updates to POMs in trial registry 12 1 3 1
26 Articles correctly registered with no POM discrepancies b 17 1 7 1

aone study reported no source of funding,

bincludes 3 articles where we were unable to determine whether POMs retro updated in trial registry.