The COMET Initiative database: progress and activities update (2015)

E Gargon; P R Williamson; D G Altman; J M Blazeby; S Tunis; M Clarke

doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1788-8

The COMET Initiative database: progress and activities update (2015)

Trials. 2017 Feb 3;18(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1788-8.

Authors

E Gargon¹, P R Williamson², D G Altman³, J M Blazeby⁴, S Tunis⁵, M Clarke⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, 1st floor Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK. e.gargon@liv.ac.uk.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, 1st floor Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK.
³ University of Oxford, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Botnar Research Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK.
⁴ School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.
⁵ Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP), World Trade Center Baltimore, 401 East Pratt Street, Suite 631, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA.
⁶ Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Block B, Royal Hospitals, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ, UK.

Abstract

This letter describes the substantial activity on the Core Outcome Measure in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) website in 2015, updating our earlier progress reports for the period from the launch of the COMET website and database in August 2011 to December 2014. As in previous years, 2015 saw further increases in the annual number of visits to the website, the number of pages viewed and the number of searches undertaken. The sustained growth in use of the website and database suggests that COMET is continuing to gain interest and prominence, and that the resources are useful to people interested in the development of core outcome sets.

Keywords: Core outcome set; Database; Resources.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Access to Information
Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Cooperative Behavior
Databases, Factual*
Humans
International Cooperation
Internet
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Research Design*
Treatment Outcome

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding