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Robert Motzer was not happy when he learned that his manuscript about the treatment of renal cancer with sunitinib could not be considered for publication by the Journal. His paper was rejected not on the basis of the science it reported or of the Journal's editorial priorities, but because of the study's inadequate registration in the ClinicalTrials.gov database.

Members of the Journal's staff routinely check the database registration of trials that are being considered for publication. The registration provided by Dr. Motzer — NCT00083889 [ClinicalTrials.gov] in ClinicalTrials.gov — failed to meet the standards established by the International Committee . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (D.A.Z.).

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