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dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBacon, Chris
dc.contributor.authorLim, Shujing
dc.contributor.authorShaaban, Abeer
dc.contributor.authorBrierley, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Ian
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, David James
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Max
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-01T09:30:15Z
dc.date.available2022-06-01T09:30:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-31
dc.identifier279303723
dc.identifiercabb2226-ea48-4100-868c-e87bae154b56
dc.identifier85131016628
dc.identifier000803078800001
dc.identifier.citationRobinson , P , Bacon , C , Lim , S , Shaaban , A , Brierley , D , Lewis , I , Harrison , D J , Kendall , T & Robinson , M 2022 , ' Assessment of clinical trial protocols for pathology content using the SPIRIT-Path guidelines highlights areas for improvement ' , Journal of Pathology , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1002/cjp2.274en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3417
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9041-9988/work/114023161
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25476
dc.descriptionThe work was supported by a Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Undergraduate Bursary awarded to PR. AS is supported by Birmingham Cancer Research UK Centre (C17422/A25154). The SPIRIT-Path project is part of the NCRI Pathology Group, formerly the CMPath initiative, and is funded by Blood Cancer UK, Breast Cancer Now, Cancer Research UK, Chief Scientist Office (Scotland), Department of Health and Social Care (England), Health and Care Research Wales, Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), Medical Research Council, Prostate Cancer UK and Tenovus Cancer Care.en
dc.description.abstractThe SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) 2013 Statement provides evidence-based recommendations for the minimum content of clinical trial protocols. The Cellular Molecular Pathology Initiative, hosted by the UK National Cancer Research Institute, developed an extension, SPIRIT-Path, describing how to effectively incorporate pathology support into clinical trial protocols. The current study assessed the inclusion of SPIRIT-Path items in protocols of active clinical trials. Publicly available clinical trial protocols were identified for assessment against the new guidelines using a single UK hospital as the ‘test site’. One hundred and ninety interventional clinical trials were identified as receiving support from the pathology department. However, only 38 had publicly available full trial protocols (20%) and following application of the inclusion/exclusion criteria, 19 were assessed against the SPIRIT-Path guidelines. The reviewed clinical trial protocols showed some areas of compliance and highlighted other items that were inadequately described. The latter lacked information about the individuals responsible for the pathology content of the trial protocol, how pathology activities and roles were organised in the trial, where the laboratory work would be carried out, and the accreditation status of the laboratory. Only one trial had information specific to digital pathology, a technology certain to become more prevalent in the future. Adoption of the SPIRIT-Path checklist will facilitate comprehensive trial protocols that address all the key cellular and molecular pathology aspects of interventional clinical trials. This study highlights once again the lack of public availability of trial protocols. Full trial protocols should be available for scrutiny by the scientific community and the public who participate in the studies, increasing the transparency of clinical trial activity and improving quality.
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dc.format.extent1174631
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Pathologyen
dc.subjectCellular pathologyen
dc.subjectClinical trialsen
dc.subjectProtocolsen
dc.subjectGuidanceen
dc.subjectChecklisten
dc.subjectRM Therapeutics. Pharmacologyen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subject.lccRMen
dc.titleAssessment of clinical trial protocols for pathology content using the SPIRIT-Path guidelines highlights areas for improvementen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosisen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Cellular Medicine Divisionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/cjp2.274
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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