Mahmood Ahmad
Tahir Heart Institute
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Protocol: CT.gov Narrative Gap Repeaters

This protocol defines a narrative-gap study as an older closed interventional record missing both a detailed description and the primary outcome description fields. Primary outputs compare named-sponsor narrative-gap stock and rate, description-black-box overlap, condition-family rates, and sponsor-class rates. The aim is to isolate a textual opacity state distinct from results silence alone. Narrative gaps are registry-page omissions and do not establish whether fuller protocols or descriptions exist elsewhere.

Outside Notes

Type: protocol
Primary estimand: Narrative-gap stock and rate among named lead sponsors with at least 100 older studies
App: CT.gov Narrative Gap Repeaters dashboard
Code: https://github.com/mahmood726-cyber/ctgov-narrative-gap-repeaters
Date: 2026-03-29
Validation: FULL REGISTRY RUN

References

1. ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. National Library of Medicine. Accessed March 29, 2026.
2. DeVito NJ, Bacon S, Goldacre B. Compliance with legal requirement to report clinical trial results on ClinicalTrials.gov: a cohort study. Lancet. 2020;395(10221):361-369.
3. Zarin DA, Tse T, Williams RJ, Carr S. Trial reporting in ClinicalTrials.gov. N Engl J Med. 2016;375(20):1998-2004.

AI Disclosure

This work represents a compiler-generated evidence micro-publication built from structured registry data and deterministic summary code. AI was used as a constrained coding and drafting assistant for interface generation, packaging, and prose refinement, not as an autonomous author. The analytical choices, interpretation, and final outputs were reviewed by the author, who takes responsibility for the content.