Cut the Clutter From Clinical Study Reports, Advise Transparency Experts

Two transparency experts share best practices for writing clinical study reports to protect patient privacy.

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Ensuring patient privacy in clinical study reports is crucial as these documents are made public (Shutterstock)

Clinical trial sponsors and medical writers should limit extraneous patient information in clinical study reports (CSRs) to prevent patient reidentification, and focus only on using information relevant to the trial.

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