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ArticleMolecular therapy oncolytics2019

Assessing the Completeness of Reporting in Preclinical Oncolytic Virus Therapy Studies.

Dean A Fergusson, Neil L Wesch, Garvin J Leung, Jenna L MacNeil, Isidora Conic, Justin Presseau, Kelly D Cobey, Jean-Simon Diallo, Rebecca Auer, Jonathan Kimmelman and 6 more

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Article in Molecular therapy oncolytics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dean A FergussonClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Neil L WeschClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Garvin J LeungClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Jenna L MacNeilClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Isidora ConicClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Justin PresseauClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Kelly D CobeySchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Jean-Simon DialloCancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Rebecca AuerFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Jonathan KimmelmanBiomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.
Natasha KekreFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Nader El-SayesFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Ramya KrishnanFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Brian A KellerFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Carolina IlkowCancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Manoj M LaluClinical Epidemiology Program, BLUEPRINT Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawa Hospital · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Irreproducibility of preclinical findings could be a significant barrier to the "bench-to-bedside" development of oncolytic viruses (OVs). A contributing factor is the incomplete and non-transparent reporting of study methodology and design. Using the NIH Principles and Guidelines for Reporting Preclinical Research, a core set of seven recommendations, we evaluated the completeness of reporting of preclinical OV studies. We also developed an evidence map identifying the current trends in OV research. A systematic search of MEDLINE and Embase identified all relevant articles published over an 18 month period. We screened 1,554 articles, and 236 met our

Indexed as

immunotherapymethodological rigoroncolytic viruspreclinical study designreporting guidelinesreporting qualityreporting standardsreproducibilitytransparency

Identifiers

PMID31276026
PMCPMC6586991
OpenAlexW2945607155

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