Lecture 35 Checklists

Question 1

CONSORT checklist

Answer 1

• CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials
• used for interventional studies
• randomized clinical trials
• extension documents:
  1. non inferiority and equivalency trials
  2. cluster trials
  3. pragmatic trials (continuum not dichotomy)

Question 2

PRISMA checklist

Answer 2

-Perferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta Analysis

• interventional studies
• systematic reviews of multiple randomized trials

Question 3

STROBE checklist

Answer 3

• STrengthening and Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology
• observational studies (cohort, case control, cross sectional)
• extension documents:
  1. molecular epidemiology studies (STROBE ME)
  2. genetic association studies (STREGA)

Question 4

TREND checklist

Answer 4

• Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs
• reposting evaluations with non-randomized designs of behavioral and public health interventions

Question 5

REMARK checklist

Answer 5

• REporting recommendations for tumor MARKer prognostic studies
• tumor marker prognostic studies

Question 6

GRIPS checklist

Answer 6

-Genetic Risk Prediction Studies

Question 7

STARD checklist

Answer 7

• STAndards for Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy

- diagnostic studies

Question 8

QUADAS-2 checklist

Answer 8

• QUality Assement of studies of Diagnostic Accuracy in Systematic reviews (2nd edition)
• systematic reviews of multiple diagnostic studies

Question 9

National Clinical Trials Number (NCT#)

Answer 9

• assigned number by clinicaltrials.gov once research protocol is submitted prior to study initiation
• purpose was to reduce publication bias

-all studies begin on clincaltrials.gov and can see if is recruiting, completed, or terminated early