Dozens of recent clinical trials may contain wrong or falsified data, claims study

Fresh concerns over reliability of papers published in journals as suspicious statistical patterns prompt investigations into some of the identified trials

Dozens of recent clinical trials contain suspicious statistical patterns that could indicate incorrect or falsified data, according to a review of thousands of papers published in leading medical journals.

The study, which used statistical tools to identify anomalies hidden in the data, has prompted investigations into some of the trials identified as suspect and raises new concerns about the reliability of some papers published in medical journals.