HHS inspector general: NIH failed to verify clinical trial results were reported on time
Most NIH-funded clinical trials with results due in 2019 and 2020 did not meet federal reporting requirements, the HHS inspector general’s office said in an audit released Tuesday.
The audit revealed that of 72 intramural and extramural trials with results due in 2019 and 2020, only 35 submitted results were on time, while 12 were submitted late, and 25 never submitted.
“NIH did not have adequate procedures for ensuring that responsible parties submitted the results of clinical trials, took limited enforcement action when there was noncompliance, and continued to fund new research of responsible parties that had not submitted the results of their completed clinical trials,” HHS’ OIG report says.
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