LibGuides: Systematic Reviews: Research in progress

Research in progress

Prospero
PROSPERO now contains over 2000 records of prospectively registered systematic reviews. As the content grows the register provides a increasingly valuable resource for identifying on-going reviews to help avoid unplanned duplication of reviews.

PROSPERO currently includes systematic reviews of the effects of interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions, for which there is a health related outcome. The long-term aim is to include details of all ongoing systematic reviews that have a health related outcome in the broadest sense (for example, reviews of risk factors and genetic associations).

Cochrane Library (Wiley)
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes protocols of Cochrane Reviews that are planned or in progress.
Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid)
JBI includes protocols for JBI reviews that are planned or in progress.

Health Services Research Projects in Progress
HSRProj provides information about U.S. research-in-progress before results are available in a published format.

Research projects that adhere to the following two inclusion criteria are selected for HSRProj.

A research project must be in the field of health services research.
A research project must be ongoing or the project's end date must fall within 6 months prior to the date the project will appear on the HSRProj database.

Clinical Trials Registers

Cochrane Central Register of Clinical Trials (CENTRAL) - Details of published articles taken from bibliographic databases (notably MEDLINE and EMBASE), and other published and unpublished sources. In addition, each Cochrane Review Group maintains and updates a collection of controlled trials relevant to its own area of interest. HINT: When searching, use "Limits" and tick selection for Trials.
ANZCTR (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry) - The ANZCTR is a Primary Registry in the World Health Organisation (WHO) Registry Network. It accepts trials for registration from all countries and from the full spectrum of therapeutic areas including trials of pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures, preventive measures, lifestyle, devices, treatment and rehabilitation strategies and complementary therapies.
Clinical trials.gov - Registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. Includes details about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
Current Controlled Trials - Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials. Access to all the information on this site is free; charges for the registration services offered by Current Controlled.
CenterWatch - More than 875 clinical research centers and 600 companies offering a variety of services to the clinical trials community are profiled right here on www.centerwatch.com! Locate research centers by medical expertise or geographic region and industry providers by type of services provided. Both profiles offer detailed information about the services they provide.
NCIC Clinical Trials Group - the NCIC Clinical Trials Group is a cooperative oncology group which carries out clinical trials in cancer therapy, supportive care and prevention across Canada and internationally.
MRC Clinical Trials Unit - MRC Clinical Trials Unit runs trials in a range of disease areas. We specialise in trials in HIV/AIDS and cancer, but we also run trials in other areas, for example arthritis and tuberculosis.
NIHR Clinical Research Network
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform - Provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by the registries from Australia, UK, USA, Japan, Korea, Brazil, China, Iran, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Germany, Cuba, India. It also provides links to the full original records.
Cancer Trials - From Cancer Research UK
National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials - Search NCI's list of 10,000+ clinical trials now accepting participants.
IFMA Clinical Trials Portal - Links to IFPMA member company websites as well as other commercial and government-sponsored websites containing information on clinical trials provided by pharmaceutical companies.

Check also the lists included in Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (2008, p. 114-117)