The CTRI is a database of more than 45,000 registered clinical trials that is entirely paperless. Now, it has been revealed that the clinical trial registry ‘doesn’t exist’ and that ‘ghost staff’ runs the tests.
Officially, the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) no longer exists because there has been no formal order prolonging its functioning beyond June 30, 2022. CTRI's existing personnel has likewise been awarded no additional extensions, while the ostensibly non-existent ghost s...