“Overall, not only are most research findings false, but, furthermore, most of the true findings are not useful. Medical interventions should and can result in huge human benefit. It makes no sense to perform clinical research without ensuring clinical utility. Reform and improvement are overdue.”
This is the conclusion of the new paper in PLOS medicine (june 21.2016) written by John Ioannidis, MD, DSc, who co-directs the Meta-Research Innovation Center (METRICS) at Stanford University, fully dedicated to transforming research practices to improve the quality of scientific studies in biomedicine.
Its provocative title is : “Why most clinical research is not useful”.
As Dr. Ioannidis concludes in the Stanford Medicine Scope “The problem of non-useful research should not be seen as a blame game against a specific group (e.g. clinical researchers) but instead should be seen as an opportunity to improve.”
Source: PLOSMedecine