Audit of Cancer Clinical Trials in India

Abstract

In their recent article in Journal of Global Oncology, Ramaswami et al studied disparities in breast, lung, and cervical cancer clinical trials worldwide. They observed that there were fewer clinical trials in lowand middle-income countries and also fewer earlyphase trials. We would like to point out that only a subset of trials from lowand middle-income countries are registered in the databases that the authors used for their analysis (ClinicalTrials.gov and the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform). Herein we provide detailed data regarding the cancer clinical trials conducted in India.