The AVMA Animal Health Studies Database.

Abstract

The AVMA Animal Health Studies Database (AAHSD, www.avma.org/findvetstudies) was established as a tool for investigators conducting prospective veterinary clinical studies. Investigators may use the database to list studies recruiting for patients after creation of log-in credentials, while searches of the database listings may be made freely by anyone through the public search side. Although the main intent of the AAHSD is to increase public awareness of veterinary clinical studies and enhance recruitment of suitable animal patients into the studies, the database does have other intended purposes. Specifically, the AAHSD was modeled after the NIH-NLM site for medical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) and functions like a trial registry and results database. Study listings remain permanently recorded in the AAHSD such that the AAHSD serves as a running archive of veterinary clinical studies conducted, informing investigators of studies performed both presently and in the past as well as providing an opportunity for investigators to make public the outcomes and conclusions of studies that have been completed.