Introduction
Julian Elliott Lead, Evidence Systems, Cochrane. Head of Clinical Research, Dept of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University. Senior Research Fellow Cochrane Australia. | Introduction to Living Systematic Reviews This presentation provides the rationale for Living Systematic Reviews and describes how they fit into the ‘new evidence ecosystem’. It touches on how they are defined, when they might be appropriate and the ways in which they differ from other types of reviews. |
Session 1: Searching and study identification
Steve McDonald Co-director Cochrane Australia / Project Transform, Monash University | What study identification looks like with Living Systematic Reviews This presentation describes the key points of difference with searching for Living Systematic Reviews, highlights the different approaches that are currently being used, and proposes what additional information should be reported in a Living Systematic Review protocol. |
James Thomas Associate Director, EPPI-Centre and Director of the EPPI-Centre's Reviews Facility for the Department of Health, England. Professor of Social Research and Policy, UCL Institute of Education, London. Co-lead Project Transform | This presentation describes the new innovations within Cochrane related to study identification that will streamline review production and enhance efficiency. |
Session 2: Statistical implications
Mark Simmonds Medical Statistician, Research Fellow Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York | Statistical methods for reliably updating meta-analyses This presentation provides an update of Mark Simmonds’ work, empirically testing the different methods for controlling for Type I error in updated meta-analyses, and considers their implications for Living Systematic Reviews. |
Georgia Salanti Head of Research Group Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) & Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), University of Bern | Planning future studies based on living network meta-analysis This presentation describes how network meta-analyses can be living and the way in which such approaches can inform future trial design. |
Session 3: Publishing and production approaches
Harriet MacLehose Senior Editor, Cochrane Editorial Unit | Solving the Cochrane Living Systematic Review publishing puzzle This presentation explains how protocols and new and updated Cochrane reviews are identified and linked on the Cochrane Library. It also explores the possible options for communicating to the reader both ‘what’s happening’ and ‘what’s new’ with a Living Systematic Review. |
Anneliese Synnot Research Fellow, Cochrane Australia, Monash University and Research Fellow & Editor, Cochrane Consumers and Communication, La Trobe University | Production implications of Living Systematic Reviews This presentation describes how the production a Living Systematic Review involves a small ongoing effort, rather than infrequent large efforts. The implications for review authors, editors and peer reviewers is considered, along with the technological enablers that exist to streamline review production. |
Session 4: Cochrane Living Systematic Review pilot
Anneliese Synnot Research Fellow, Cochrane Australia, Monash University and Research Fellow & Editor, Cochrane Consumers and Communication, La Trobe University | Proposed Cochrane pilot Living Systematic Review model |
Elie Akl Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Co-Director WHO Center for Systematic Reviews in Health Policy and Health Systems Research, American University of Beirut | The American Society of Hematology (ASH) and Cochrane Living Systematic Review pilot This presentation describes ones of the key drivers of Living Systematic Reviews, the need for up to date, or even living, clinical guidelines. It provides more information about the project to update the American Society of Hematology guidelines, which led to the development of Cochrane’s pilot Living Systematic Reviews. |