[Clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies and clinical practice].
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INTRODUCCIÓN Los médicos y la industria farmacéutica comparten el objetivo del progreso en el conocimiento científico; sin embargo, el principal interés del médico es proporcionar a sus pacientes el mejor tratamiento posible, mientras que el principal interés de la industria es vender su producto. La industria farmacéutica colabora en el desarrollo de importantes avances en medicina y tecnología, y tiene un papel crucial en la diseminación y actualización de la información médica. Aunque la relación entre médicos e industria puede ser muy productiva para el avance del conocimiento, también puede ser el origen de problemas que pueden repercutir en la práctica clínica. Muchos médicos piensan que su práctica es impermeable a la poderosa influencia de los laboratorios farmacéuticos, sin embargo, estudios recientes han demostrado de forma consistente que esto no es así y que la industria por medio de múltiples vías puede influir en la información médica y en las subsecuentes decisiones sobre el tratamiento de los pacientes. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo revisar los sesgos potenciales de los estudios subvencionados por la industria. En primer lugar se revisan las limitaciones de los ensayos clínicos en general y los sesgos específicos de los ensayos subvencionados por la industria, posteriormente se revisan los sesgos en la diseminación de los resultados y su influencia en práctica clínica, y por último, se proponen algunos mecanismos para evitar los sesgos de la industria en la práctica clínica. Para ilustrar todos estos problemas, utilizaremos princi-
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra
دوره 28 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005