Table 2: number of clinical trials recorded in the on-line registers as on 1 December 2015

Register

Total number of clinical trials on register

Number of South African clinical trials on register

Primary Registry and Trial Identifying Number System

ClinicalTrials.gov

209 474

2 260

NCT Number

Pan African Clinical Trials Register

658

174

PACTR

SANCTR

2 196

2 196

SANCTR Number

The European Union (EU) Clinical Trials Register

27 412

978

EudraCT Number

The International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) WHO

306 313

2 599

CTRI Number/ UTN Number

The International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) BioMed Central

14 387

149

ISRCTN