04/15/2026 | Fiocruz

https://fiocruz.br/noticia/2026/04/fiocruz-lanca-painel-interativo-e-validador-de-dados-sobre-pesquisa-clinica 

Fiocruz has launched a dashboard and a data validator for information on human research from the Brazilian Clinical Trials Registry (ReBEC), a platform within the gov.br ecosystem maintained by the Ministry of Health and the Foundation. Both innovations are free and offer a real-time view of data recorded by researchers in Brazil and other countries, as the platform is part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global network of gold-standard registries for ethics and transparency.  

The dashboard integrates operational and epidemiological aspects of the studies, such as the number of registered users, major research trends, geographic distribution, and even sponsors by state. “All of this is now presented in an attractive and accessible format, which facilitates reuse by health management and social oversight within the [Unified Health System] SUS, but the market and private-sector research institutions can also use it as KPIs [key performance indicators],” notes Alda Maria da Cruz, Vice President of Research and Biological Collections at Fiocruz. ReBEC is linked to this vice-presidency.

The validator, meanwhile, is the result of an unprecedented collaboration with the leadership of the International Clinical Trials Research Platform, a WHO network that houses millions of records from around the world in its database. ReBEC developed the open-source code and implemented the pilot, which verifies whether a study was approved and registered in accordance with the network’s regulatory standards by cross-checking information between the local database and the central database in Geneva. In 2025, ReBEC pioneered artificial intelligence in the sector and is now launching security and transparency features that could soon become new standards for research worldwide. Multilingual AI and open access help lower barriers to technical and scientific collaboration between countries, even with limited resources, and demonstrate the value of multilateral cooperation.

Democratization and integrity for scientific information 

The validator and dashboard were developed by ReBECDevi, ReBEC’s Internal Center for Technological Development for Health Innovation, which brings together everyone from librarians and biomedical professionals to experienced developers and young programming talents discovered by the coordination team at hackathons. ReBEC’s deputy coordinator and Fiocruz researcher Josué Laguardia, who conceived the dashboard, argues that visualization through graphs and tables “truly democratizes information, because it is not a simplification but rather a way of communicating that adapts to how people consume information today.” He further explains: “skills to deliver a result that is both intuitive and accurate.”

ReBEC’s Technology Manager, Diego Tostes, commented that the value of the validator lies in its ability to identify inconsistencies, since registering studies on reliable platforms is mandatory for getting articles published in top scientific journals. Generally, the researcher sends a registration number to the journal, and now the accuracy of that information can be verified with a single click. “That’s why the more records the validator offers, the easier it becomes to identify errors or even attempts at fraud,” he explained.