Clinical Trial Registration
Prospective registration and reporting expectations for clinical trials
QES Academic Press publisher-level policy and guidance.
Registration
Clinical trials should be prospectively registered in an appropriate publicly accessible trial registry before enrolment of the first participant where required by the journal’s policy and applicable standards.
Manuscript reporting
Authors should provide the registry name, registration number and registration date and should explain material discrepancies between the registered protocol and manuscript.
Data-sharing statements
Where applicable, clinical-trial reports should include the data-sharing statement required by the journal and relevant biomedical reporting standards.