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. 2021 Oct 28;23(10):e26890. doi: 10.2196/26890

Table 4.

Predictors of the absence of information about the central contact person in the records of expanded access studies registered with ClinicalTrials.gov.

Variables Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis

Odds ratio (95% CI)a P value Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)a P value
First posted date

2020 referent N/Ab referent N/A

2019 1.17 (0.97-1.4) .10 3.62 (0.8-26.08) .13

2018 1.26 (1.05-1.51) .01 11.9 (2.5-89.64) .004

2017 1.53 (1.26-1.86) <.001 21.93 (4.42-172.29) <.001
Sponsor




Industry referent N/A referent N/A

Nonindustry 0.89 (0.74-1.07) .19 N/A N/A
Multicenter study



No referent N/A referent N/A

Yes 0.79 (0.65-0.95) .01 0.33 (0.13-0.79) .01
Multinational study




No referent N/A referent N/A

Yes 0.83 (0.64-1.09) .18 N/A N/A
US involvement




No referent N/A referent N/A

Yes 1.04 (0.83-1.31) .73 N/A N/A
Type of expanded access




IPc referent N/A referent N/A

ISd 0.84 (0.71-1.0) .05 N/A N/A

Tr. IND/Pr.e 0.95 (0.8-1.13) .54 N/A N/A

aFor each variable (first posted date; sponsor; multicenter study; multinational study; US involvement; type of expanded access), odds ratios and 95% CIs are shown related to the referent value.

bN/A: not applicable.

cIP: individual patients.

dIS: intermediate-size population.

eTr. IND/Pr.: Treatment IND/protocol.