Patient preferences for drug therapy in inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a living systematic review and evidence map to inform clinical practice guidelines

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Title: Patient preferences for drug therapy in inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a living systematic review and evidence map to inform clinical practice guidelines
Authors: Rachelle Buchbinder, Peter Tugwell, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Mickael Hiligsmann, Nick Bansback, Laurie Proulx, Dawn P Richards, Wojtek Wiercioch, Glen Hazlewood, Samuel Whittle, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Marie Falahee, Holger Schünemann, Robby Nieuwlaat, Pakeezah Saadat, Simon Kuper
Source: BMJ Open, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2025)
Publisher Information: BMJ Publishing Group, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: Medicine
More Details: Introduction The pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis often requires choices that involve trade-offs between benefits, risks and other attributes such as administration route, frequency and cost. This living systematic review aims to inform international clinical guidelines on inflammatory arthritis by creating an evidence map of patient preference studies concerning the trade-offs in pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis.Methods and analysis We will include published and peer-reviewed full-text studies in any language that quantitatively assess preferences of patients for the pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis). Studies must use either stated or revealed preference methods to assess preferences and provide a quantitative assessment of relevant characteristics, such as benefits, risks, costs and process attributes. Articles will identified through Medline and EMBASE database searches from inception using search terms that combine keywords and subject headings for inflammatory arthritis and preference-based methods, and a search in the Health Preference Study and Technology Registry using keywords for the populations of interest. Two independent reviewers will perform abstract and full-text screening. Risk of bias will be assessed using the GRADE risk of bias tool. An evidence map will be generated to summarise included studies and their assessments of each trade-off. The search will be conducted every 6 months with new studies added to the inventory.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required. Results from the base review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and findings will be presented at conferences. In the living model, we will publish updates and datasets on an Open Science Framework page, with periodic updates in peer-reviewed journals.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2044-6055
Relation: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e088267.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088267
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/8a91bf153ae040f58fd9d9764cbe9555
Accession Number: edsdoj.8a91bf153ae040f58fd9d9764cbe9555
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20446055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088267
Published in:BMJ Open
Language:English