Blockchain registration of clinical trials could eliminate secretive changes to protocols and improve transparency, removing the possibility of manipulating results to gain approval for medication. The blockchain-based registry would also allow patients or their families to track how a drug is being used in real time, which can be particularly useful when drugs are given at different times during treatment.
Blockchain registration of clinical trials could eliminate secretive changes to protocols and improve transparency, removing the possibility of manipulating results to gain approval for medication. The paper detailing the results of the successful blockchain application has passed peer review on F1000Research, an open science publishing platform.