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ReviewBMJ open2024

Presentation of the first international research network to foster high-quality clinical trials testing non-pharmacological interventions (TRACTION network).

Ricardo J O Ferreira, Adriana Henriques, Rikke H Moe, Cristiano Matos, Anne-Therese Tveter, Nina Osteras, Paulo Nogueira, Andreia Silva Costa, Espen A Haavardsholm, Loreto Carmona and 1 more

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Review in BMJ open, 2024. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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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

11 authors.

Ricardo J O FerreiraNursing Research Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL), Lisbon, Portugal rf@esel.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-2517-0247
Adriana HenriquesNursing Research Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL), Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0288-6653
Rikke H MoeCenter for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7601-5346
Cristiano MatosQLV Research Consulting, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6279-1421
Anne-Therese TveterCenter for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-1701-9835
Nina OsterasCenter for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8602-342X
Paulo NogueiraLaboratório Associado TERRA, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8316-5035
Andreia Silva CostaNursing Research Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL), Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2727-4402
Espen A HaavardsholmCenter for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1427-4745
Loreto CarmonaInstituto de Salud Musculoesquelética (INMUSC), Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4401-2551
David RichardsWestern Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8821-5027

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical trials are essential for evaluating the efficacy and safety of new treatments and health interventions. However, while pharmacological trials are well-established, non-pharmacological trials face unique challenges related to their complexity and difficulties such as recruitment, retention, intervention standardisation, selection of outcome measures and blinding of clinicians, participants and data collectors. This communication paper describes the objectives, implementation steps and bylaws of the 'Trials foR heAlth Care inTerventIONs' Network (TRACTION), established by an international multiprofessional task force of experts to foster high-quality non-pharmacological research, ultimately improving patient care and healthcare outcomes.The TRACTION research network will provide information and resources through a collaborative hub for researchers, health professionals, patient research partners and stakeholders in diverse biomedical and healthcare areas, connecting people with different levels of expertise but with the same interests (eg, to evaluate the effect of non-pharmacological interventions, recruiting participants). This open network will support researchers in optimising trial design, participant recruitment, data management and analysis, and disseminating and implementing trial results.The network will also facilitate specialisation training and provide educational materials and mentoring.

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Clinical Trials as TopicBiomedical ResearchHumansInternational CooperationPatient SelectionResearch DesignClinical TrialClinical trialsTHERAPEUTICS

Identifiers

PMID39019643
PMCPMC11256069

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