Protocol for the development of a tool (INSPECT-SR) to identify problematic randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of health interventions.
Jack WilkinsonCalvin HealGeorge A AntoniouElla FlemyngZarko AlfirevicAlison AvenellGinny BarbourNicholas J L BrownJohn CarlisleMichael ClarkePatrick DickerJo C DumvilleAndrew GreySteph GrohmannLyle GurrinJill Alison HaydenJames HeathersKylie Elizabeth HunterToby LassersonEmily LamSarah LensenTianjing LiWentao LiElizabeth LoderAndreas LundhGideon Meyerowitz-KatzBen-Willem J MolNeil E O'ConnellLisa M ParkerBarbara K RedmanLene SeidlerKyle A SheldrickEmma SydenhamDavid TorgersonMadelon van WelyRui WangLisa A BeroJamie J KirkhamPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
The University of Manchester ethics decision tool was used, and this returned the result that ethical approval was not required for this project (30 September 2022), which incorporates secondary research and surveys of professionals about subjects relating to their expertise. Informed consent will be obtained from all survey participants. All results will be published as open-access articles. The final tool will be made freely available.