JANUARY 8, 2024

Study Finds Conflicts of Interest Still Underreported in GI Guidelines

Underreporting of conflicts of interest still occurs in the field of gastroenterology when it comes to clinical practice guidelines, with as much as 19% of European and U.S. guidelines providing inaccurate COI statements or none at all, according to new research presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Researchers, led by Laith Numan, MD, MS, a gastroenterology fellow at Saint Louis University, reviewed the websites of nine GI societies in the United