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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · 20d

Tool for Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Trials (TACIT), included in systematic reviews, is now available!

Developed by experts led by Lundh & Hróbjartsson at Cochrane Denmark.

Try the unpublished tool: osf.io/5fzv3/.

Learn more at www.tacit.one and share feedback with @alundh.bsky.social!

Tool for Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Trials (TACIT)

Resources for users of Tool for Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Trials (TACIT) for use in systematic reviews: 1. The TACIT Grid - a template for completing assessments (unpublished 2 September 202...

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · 20d

Sign up for one of our free 2-hour review workshops to help you get started with your review:
- 25 September 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense
- 30 October 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense
- 27 November 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm at SDU Odense

Read more and sign up here: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Monthly methods workshops

We offer monthly workshops on preparing systematic reviews. At the workshop, we introduce you to various types of reviews and guide you through the core steps of preparing them.

www.sdu.dk

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · 20d

Earlier this month, Cecilie, @helenavbk.bsky.social, Mette, and @alundh.bsky.social presented their research at the 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication in Chicago! #PRC10

Read more about our team and the research we do on our website: www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

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Andreas Lundh @alundh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Science is not always as good as it appears on print in a research paper. Ready to be scared by finding nasty truths. Try out INSPECT-SR for checking the trustworthiness of trial results when you do systematic reviews.

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Peer Review Congress #PRC10 @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social · Aug 9

Development of a Tool for Addressing #COIs in Trials (TACIT) for Use in Systematic Reviews

from @alundh.bsky.social @isabelleboutron.bsky.social
@cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social

is a PRC poster presentation

Register to stop by, ask the authors questions!

peerreviewcongress.org

International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication

Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.

peerreviewcongress.org

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Another round of workshops at SDU Odense to help you get started on your systematic review, scoping review, qualitative review, and other types of evidence synthesis:
- 21 Aug 10am-12pm
- 25 Sept 10am-12pm
- 30 Oct 10am-12pm
- 27 Nov 10am-12pm

Read more and sign up:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Monthly methods workshops

We offer monthly workshops on preparing systematic reviews. At the workshop, we introduce you to various types of reviews and guide you through the core steps of preparing them.

www.sdu.dk

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 two new PhD Students at @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social!
We are pleased to announce that Josefina Salazar and Mette Bangshof Engmose have started their PhD journeys this month.
Josefina’s research focus on bias in randomised clinical trials, and Mette’s on reporting practices in systematic reviews!

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Jun 17

Next week on 24 June from 12 to 13 CEST, Stine Urhøj, assistant prof @ucph.bsky.social, will talk about live birth bias and other methodological challenges in perinatal epidemiology. Zoom: syddanskuni.zoom.us/j/63246925313

More about the Danish EBM Network:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Jun 10

Webinar on target trials on 18 June at 3pm CEST, hosted by Center for Evidence-Based Psychiatry, with talks by Helene Speyer and Alejandro Szmulewicz.

Read more and sign up:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Program for webinar on target trials, also available as a document in the posted link

Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Jun 3

Asbjørn Hróbjartsson on the centre's status and future, @alundh.bsky.social introduced the INSPECT-SR tool for problematic trials (important project lead by @jdwilko.bsky.social), social fun and games in between, Ivan Oransky from @retractionwatch.com talked about retractions, paper mills etc

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another successful centre summer workshop with both enlightening professional talks and encouraging social sessions.

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Apr 29

We have also published a new Explanation and Elaboration paper in @BMJ.com providing updated guidance and examples for reporting protocols of randomised trials.
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 3

A Consensus Statement in Nature Medicine from CONSORT 2025 provides updated guidance to authors, reviewers and editors, when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. go.nature.com/3Si0p1f #medsky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the CONSORT 2025 flow diagram.

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Apr 25

CONSORT 2025 - substantially updated guideline for reporting randomized trials, taking new methodologies into account

Well-designed & properly executed randomized trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions

#MedSky 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomized trials - Nature Medicine

CONSORT 2025 provides updated guidance to authors, reviewers and editors, when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent

www.nature.com

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Apr 24

CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials

🔗 tinyurl.com/2s3hv3yx

Box: Summary of main changes in CONSORT 2025. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0

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ruthtunn.bsky.social @ruthtunn.bsky.social · Apr 29

Following on from the recent CONSORT 2025 publication, SPIRIT 2025 has now landed 🥳
It's aligned with CONSORT for streamlined reporting; open science is front & center; and PPI makes a welcome appearance. Plus much more!
🎂 Happy trial protocol reporting, y'all🎂

Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Apr 29

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social.

—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Apr 29

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social.

—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · Apr 23

#CochraneDaily Just Published! Analysis of 66 randomised trials with blinded & non-blinded assessors of subjective outcomes provides empirical evidence of exaggerated effect estimates with non-blinded assessors
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... @jbracchiglione.bsky.social @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social

Empirical evidence of observer bias in randomised clinical trials: updated and expanded analysis of trials with both blinded and non-blinded outcome assessors

To study the impact of lack of blinding of outcome assessors on estimated treatment effects of randomised clinical trials.

www.jclinepi.com

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Apr 15

NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social

—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Danish EBM Network held a successful symposium yesterday, featuring three outstanding presentations on artificial intelligence in evidence synthesis by Anna Noel-Storr (Cochrane), @ellaflem.bsky.social (Cochrane) and Kristian Thorlund (McMaster University).

#EvidenceSynthesis
#AI

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Still free seats for our next method workshop in Odense on 27 March. Get help for your search strategy and other aspects of your systematic review, scoping review or other type of reviews.

#SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Feb 28

Webinar on Qualitative Evidence Synthesis, 4 March at 12 noon (CET) via Zoom

With presentation by Merete Bjerrum, director at the JBI Danish Centre of Systematic Reviews and professor at Aalborg University

www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

#EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews

The Danish EBM Network

The Danish Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Network organises scientific presentations and meetings for the Danish EBM community.

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Feb 24

This year's Danish EBM Symposium in Copenhagen is about AI in systematic reviews. Sign-up is open until 1 March.

event.sdu.dk/danishebmnet...

#EvidenceBasedMedicine #EBM #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Feb 18

The Danish EBM Network Symposium 2025

🗓️🌍 9 April in Copenhagen
Free of charge (except dinner)

Speakers: Anna-Noel Storr, @ellaflem.bsky.social, Kristian Thorlund (McMaster University)

Organizers: Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Ole Jakob Storebø and Ann Merete Møller

event.sdu.dk/danishebmnet...

Danish EBM Network symposium 9th of April 2025

event.sdu.dk

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Cochrane Denmark & CEBMO @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social · Feb 14

Learn more about conducting scoping reviews in our next workshop on 27 February 2025 at 10 am-12 pm in Odense, DK!

www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

#SystematicReviews #ScopingReviews #EvidenceSynthesis

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