Abstract
During the days August 22–24, 2013 has been held in Harbin (China) an International Consensus Conference aimed to improve the quality and the reporting of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in infertility and subfertility field. I, as Italian scientist with experience in clinical infertility trials, was invited to have a speech on the Italian experience in RCTs, with particular regard for the surgical trials. Considerations on this subject were particularly interesting to highlight pitfalls and triumphs of research in Italy.
Highlights
During the days August 22–24, 2013 has been held in Harbin (China) an International Consensus Conference aimed to improve the quality and the reporting of the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in infertility and subfertility field
Italian journals published fewer articles annually and fewer RCTs, have a low citation, a low Hirsh factor and low impact factors (IF) as demonstrated in a recent study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between editorial leadership and journal quality in Italy and United Kingdom (UK) [2]
Only a little proportion of Italian journals require statements about funding, conflict of interest and registration of clinical trial and none of them adheres to international guidelines, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) or the Quality Of Reporting of Meta-analysis (QUORUM) [2]
Summary
Notwithstanding the several limitations of my analysis, it identifies the “weight” of the Italian scientific research and the “typology” of the Italian clinical studies, essentially single-center, explanatory, and on well selected populations. There is no specific and formal training in research methods in Italy, the quality of Italian research in infertility is constantly increasing. Further meetings like the one held in Harbin are welcome. These may be useful to give a survey of the situation nationally and internationally in the field of Reproductive Medicine, and in the constructive spirit to propose new strategies to improve the quality and the transparency of the research. Item-by-item analysis of adherence to the CONSORT 2010 in Italian infertility RCTs. Item-by-item analysis of adherence to the CONSORT 2010 in Italian infertility RCTs. [11]
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