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- Title
Integrating Systematic Reviews into Supportive Care Trial Design: The Rethinking Clinical Trials (REaCT) Program.
- Authors
Alshamsan, Bader; Hutton, Brian; Liu, Michelle; Vandermeer, Lisa; Clemons, Mark
- Abstract
Purpose: To review the successes and challenges of integrating systematic reviews (SRs) into the Rethinking Clinical Trials (REaCT) Program. Methods: All REaCT program SRs were evaluated and descriptive summaries presented. Results: Twenty-two SRs have been performed evaluating standard of care interventions for the management of: breast cancer (n = 15), all tumour sites (n = 4), breast and prostate cancers (n = 2), and prostate cancer (n = 1). The majority of SRs were related to supportive care (n = 14) and survivorship (n = 5) interventions and most (19/22, 86%) confirmed the existence of uncertainty relating to the clinical question addressed in the SR. Most SRs (15/22, 68%) provided specific recommendations for future studies and results were incorporated into peer-reviewed grant applications (n = 6) and clinical trial design (n = 12). In 12/22 of the SRs, the first author was a trainee. All SRs followed PRISMA guidelines. Conclusion: SRs are important for identifying and confirming clinical equipoise and designing trials. SRs provide an excellent opportunity for trainees to participate in research.
- Subjects
SYSTEMATIC reviews; BREAST cancer; META-analysis; CLINICAL trials; PROSTATE cancer
- Publication
Current Oncology, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 12, p9550
- ISSN
1198-0052
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/curroncol29120750