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SynthesisObesity surgery2022

Spin in the Scientific Literature on Bariatric Endoscopy: a Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Sayeh Shirvani, Claire Rives-Lange, Nathalie Rassy, Arthur Berger, Claire Carette, Tigran Poghosyan, Sébastien Czernichow

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Sayeh ShirvaniUMR1153, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Sorbonne Paris Cité Center (CRESS), METHODS team, INSERM, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8247-380X
Claire Rives-LangeUMR1153, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Sorbonne Paris Cité Center (CRESS), METHODS team, INSERM, Paris, France.
Nathalie RassyDépartement de Médecine Oncologique, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Arthur BergerPôle hépato-gastro-entérologie, diabétologie, nutrition et endocrinologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Claire CaretteAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Nutrition, Centre Spécialisé Obésité, Université de Paris, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France.
Tigran PoghosyanAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Service de chirurgie digestive, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université de Paris, Inserm UMRS 1149, Paris, France.
Sébastien CzernichowUMR1153, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Sorbonne Paris Cité Center (CRESS), METHODS team, INSERM, Paris, France. sebastien.czernichow@aphp.fr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bariatric endoscopy (BE) is an emerging treatment option for people with obesity. Spin (i.e., the practice of frequent misrepresentation or overinterpretation of study findings) may lead to imbalanced and unjustified optimism in the interpretation of the results. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the frequency and type of spin in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of endoscopic primary weight loss techniques with statistically significant and nonsignificant primary outcomes. In conclusion, spin is observed in the abstract and main text of BE reports and can lead to misinterpretation or overinterpretation of the results. Since BE challenges the available non-endoscopic treatments for obesity, further research is needed to better qualify these techniques, as being effective and safe, as well as predefined hypotheses and analyses.

Indexed as

BariatricsObesity, MorbidEndoscopyEndoscopy, GastrointestinalHumansObesityRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBariatric endoscopyObesityRandomized controlled trialSpin

Identifiers

PMID34783961

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