Reporting of outcomes in gastric cancer surgery trials: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of clinical guidelines for the surgical management of gastric cancer should be based on robust evidence from well-designed trials. Being able to reliably compare and combine the outcomes of these trials is a key factor in this process.

Objectives

To examine variation in outcome reporting by surgical trials for gastric cancer and to identify outcomes for prioritisation in an international consensus study to develop a core outcome set in this field.

Data sources

Systematic literature searches (Evidence Based Medicine, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO ICTRP) and a review of study protocols of randomised controlled trials, published between 1996 and 2016.

Intervention

Therapeutic surgical interventions for gastric cance

SUBMITTER: Alkhaffaf B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196805 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature