Protocol for developing a core outcome set for male infertility research: an international consensus development study

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Autores de IIS La Fe

Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

  • Rimmer, Michael P.
  • Howie, Ruth A.
  • Anderson, Richard A.
  • Barratt, Christopher L. R.
  • Barnhart, Kurt T.
  • Beebeejaun, Yusuf
  • Bertolla, Ricardo Pimenta
  • Bhattacharya, Siladitya
  • Bjorndahl, Lars
  • Bortoletto, Pietro
  • Brannigan, Robert E.
  • Cantineau, Astrid E. P.
  • Caroppo, Ettore
  • Collura, Barbara L.
  • Coward, Kevin
  • Eisenberg, Michael L.
  • De Geyter, Christian
  • Goulis, Dimitrios G.
  • Henkel, Ralf R.
  • Ho, Vu N. A.
  • Hussein, Alayman F.
  • Huyser, Carin
  • Kadijk, Jozef H.
  • Kamath, Mohan S.
  • Khashaba, Shadi
  • Kobori, Yoshitomo
  • Kopeika, Julia
  • Kucuk, Tansu
  • Matsaseng, Thabo Christopher
  • Mathur, Raj S.
  • McEleny, Kevin
  • Mitchell, Rod T.
  • Mol, Ben W.
  • Murage, Alfred M.
  • Ng, Ernest H. Y.
  • Pacey, Allan
  • Perheentupa, Antti H.
  • Du Plessis, Stefan
  • Rives, Nathalie
  • Sarris, Ippokratis
  • Schlegel, Peter N.
  • Shabbir, Majid
  • Smiechowski, Maciej
  • Subramanian, Venkatesh
  • Sunkara, Sesh K.
  • Tarlarzis, Basil C.
  • Tuttelmann, Frank
  • Vail, Andy
  • van Wely, Madelon
  • Vazquez-Levin, Monica H.
  • Vuong, Lan N.
  • Wang, Alex Y.
  • Wang, Rui
  • Zini, Armand
  • Farquhar, Cindy M.
  • Niederberger, Craig
  • Duffy, James M. N.

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Abstract

STUDY QUESTION: We aim to develop, disseminate and implement a minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, for future male infertility research. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Research into male infertility can be challenging to design, conduct and report. Evidence from randomized trials can be difficult to interpret and of limited ability to inform clinical practice for numerous reasons. These may include complex issues, such as variation in outcome measures and outcome reporting bias, as well as failure to consider the perspectives of men and their partners with lived experience of fertility problems. Previously, the Core Outcome Measure for Infertility Trials (COMMIT) initiative, an international consortium of researchers, healthcare professionals and people with fertility problems, has developed a core outcome set for general infertility research. Now, a bespoke core outcome set for male infertility is required to address the unique challenges pertinent to male infertility research. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: Stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, allied healthcare professionals, scientists, researchers and people with fertility problems, will be invited to participate. Formal consensus science methods will be used, including the modified Delphi method, modified Nominal Group Technique and the National Institutes of Health's consensus development conference. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: An international steering group, including the relevant stakeholders outlined above, has been established to guide the development of this core outcome set. Possible core outcomes will be identified by undertaking a systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluating potential treatments for male factor infertility. These outcomes will be entered into a modified Delphi method. Repeated reflection and re-scoring should promote convergence towards consensus outcomes, which will be prioritized during a consensus development meeting to identify a final core outcome set. We will establish standardized definitions and recommend high-quality measurement instruments for individual core outcomes.

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.

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ISSN/ISSNe:
2399-3529, 2399-3529

Human Reproduction Open  OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Tipo:
Review
Páginas:
-
PubMed:
35402735

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Keywords

  • clinical practice guidelines; consensus study; core outcome set; fertility; male fertility; modified Delphi method; randomized controlled trials; reproduction; reproductive healthcare; systematic review

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