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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2019

Challenges of international oncology trial collaboration-a call to action.

Monica Tang, Heikki Joensuu, Robert J Simes, Timothy J Price, Sonia Yip, Wendy Hague, Katrin M Sjoquist, John Zalcberg

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Review in British journal of cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. Considerations for establishing and maintaining international research collaboration: the example of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN)-a white paper.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  15. Innovation in cancer therapeutics and regulatory perspectives.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2022
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  17. Strategy management in collaborative clinical research partnerships.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021
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  18. Drivers of Start-Up Delays in Global Randomized Clinical Trials.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2021
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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

8 authors.

Monica TangNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. monica.tang@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-2176
Heikki JoensuuDepartment of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Robert J SimesNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Timothy J PriceThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Sonia YipNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Wendy HagueNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Katrin M SjoquistNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
John ZalcbergAlfred Health and the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

International collaboration in oncology trials has the potential to enhance clinical trial activity by expediting the recruitment of large patient populations, testing treatments in diverse populations and facilitating the study of rare tumours or specific molecular subtypes. However, a number of challenges continue to hinder the efficient and productive conduct of both commercial and non-commercial international clinical trials. These challenges include complex and burdensome regulatory requirements, the high cost of conducting trials, and logistical challenges associated with ethics review, drug supply and biospecimen collection and management. We propose solutions to promote oncology trial collaboration, such as regulatory reform, harmonisation of trial initiation and management processes and greater recognition and funding of academic (non-commercial) clinical trials. It is only through coordinated effort and leadership from researchers, regulators and those responsible for health systems that the full potential of international trial collaboration can be realised.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicInternational CooperationMedical OncologyAntineoplastic AgentsGovernment RegulationHumansInformation DisseminationMulticenter Studies as TopicNeoplasmsResearch Support as TopicSpecimen HandlingAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID31378784
PMCPMC6889481

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