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ArticleContemporary clinical trials2022

Biorepository best practices for research and clinical investigations.

Micheline Sanderson-November, Sylvia Silver, Vanessa Hooker, Monika Schmelz

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Establishing a Cervical Cytology Biorepository: A Protocol for Advancing Translational Cervical Cancer Research through Biobanking.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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  4. Review
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  6. Biopreservation and biobanking · 2023
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  7. Observational
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Micheline Sanderson-NovemberDepartment of Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: msanders@sun.ac.za.
Sylvia SilverDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. Electronic address: ssilver@gwu.edu.
Vanessa HookerDepartment of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
Monika SchmelzDepartment of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America. Electronic address: schmelz@email.arizona.edu.

Funding

AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR)UM1CA181255 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Jeffrey Michael Bethony, Anna Coghill · 2013 to 2026
$56.7M
NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA181255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translational research requires good quality specimens to ensure the integrity of research results. Clinical research must rely not only on quality specimens, but as well on clinical annotation for consistent, accurate and verifiable scientific and clinical outcomes. In laboratory research performed on a specimen by a single investigator, quality control is easily maintained. In a multi-site clinical research network, the numerous steps for biospecimens from procurement through transport, processing, storage and ultimately testing requires strict standardization of operational workflows and procedures. The practices of a central biorepository can inform and contribute to best practices regarding clinical research specimen integrity for multi-site clinical research.

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Specimen HandlingTranslational Research, BiomedicalHumansResearch Personnel

Identifiers

PMID34583056
PMCPMC9275522

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