Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31778094›Full record

ReviewMultiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)2020

Leveraging real-world data to investigate multiple sclerosis disease behavior, prognosis, and treatment.

Jeffrey A Cohen, Maria Trojano, Ellen M Mowry, Bernard Mj Uitdehaag, Stephen C Reingold, Ruth Ann Marrie

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

50 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Observational
  8. Review
  9. Observational
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Observational
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Improving the efficiency of clinical trials in multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2023
    Review
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

6 authors.

Jeffrey A CohenDepartment of Neurology, Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9245-9772
Maria TrojanoDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," Bari, Italy.
Ellen M MowryDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Bernard Mj UitdehaagDepartment of Neurology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stephen C ReingoldScientific and Clinical Review Associates, LLC, Salisbury, CT, USA.
Ruth Ann MarrieDepartments of Internal Medicine (Neurology) and Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1855-5595

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Randomized controlled clinical trials and real-world observational studies provide complementary information but with different validity. Some clinical questions (disease behavior, prognosis, validation of outcome measures, comparative effectiveness, and long-term safety of therapies) are often better addressed using real-world data reflecting larger, more representative populations. Integration of disease history, clinician-reported outcomes, performance tests, and patient-reported outcome measures during patient encounters; imaging and biospecimen analyses; and data from wearable devices increase dataset utility. However, observational studies utilizing these data are susceptible to many potential sources of bias, creating barriers to acceptance by regulatory agencies and the medical community. Therefore, data standardization and validation within datasets, harmonization across datasets, and application of appropriate analysis methods are important considerations. We review approaches to improve the scope, quality, and analyses of real-world data to advance understanding of multiple sclerosis and its treatment, as an example of opportunities to better support patient care and research.

Indexed as

Information Storage and RetrievalObservational Studies as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicHumansMultiple SclerosisMultiple sclerosisobservational studiespragmatic clinical trialsreal-world datareal-world evidence

Identifiers

PMID31778094
PMCPMC6950891

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.