Registry name: Health Canada’s Clinical Trials Database
Country: Canada
Year established: 2013
Points of interest:
- Health Canada’s Clinical Trials Database is managed by Health Canada, the governmental department responsible for the nation’s public health
- Health Canada’s Clinical Trials Database provides phase I, II, and II clinical trial information to the public
- The Clinical Trials Database is not a registry, meaning that it does not contain comprehensive information for each clinical trial
- Users are asked to reference external sources and other publicly available registries to obtain specific information (such as trial objectives and patient eligibility)
- The database lists clinical trials that were authorized by Health Canada starting April 1, 2013
- Currently, registration to Health Canada’s Clinical Trials Database is voluntary, therefore, not all clinical trials can be found within the database
- Health Canada encourages sponsors to register clinical trials on publicly-available registries, such as ClinicalTrials.gov and the EU CTR
- In March 2019, Health Canada confirmed that they will be posting clinical information from regulatory submissions publicly via their new Clinical Information Portal
Related transparency research/articles:
- Health Canada finalizes regulations to provide public access to clinical information on drugs and medical devices
- Health Canada’s new clinical trials database should be mandatory, says expert
- How does Canada’s clinical trials database measure up?
- Judge rules Health Canada cannot withhold clinical trial data
- Health Canada talks of opening up “black box of medicines’ safety”
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