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Peer Review Process Comments

Name of person or organization submitting comments: Deane K. Felter

Please identify which stakeholder group you represent: Patient

Registration at ClinicalTrials.gov, RoPR, or PROSPERO

Production of a draft final report, scientific abstract, and standalone results table

PCORI peer review process of the draft final report

Providing a version of the results summary that will be useful and comprehensible for use by patients and the general public

Based on my experience as a Patient Reviewer for Cycles 2 & 3 in 2013 and most recently as a Consumer Reviewer for the DoD Discovery Award program,. I would suggest submitting a copy of the Lay Abstract and the report to a one or more Patients for a review to insure clarity as the report is geared to an 8th grade reading level. My experience with Lay Abstracts is that they lean towards being too technical or scientific.

Submission of results table to ClinicalTrials.gov and/or other sites as appropriate, with a link to the abstract and standalone results table on PCORI’s website

Public posting of full final reports on PCORI’s website

Awardee institution notification to PCORI of submission to journals and subsequent publication of papers resulting from funded projects

Timeline of the proposed peer review and public release process

Please rate how well the proposal meets PCORI’s obligations under its authorizing legislation Very Well

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Please rate how well the proposal provides a clear understanding of the peer review and public release process Very Clear

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Please comment on the proposal’s feasibility given any competing obligations that awardee institutions funded by PCORI, or their investigators, may face.

The law requires that PCORI both conduct peer review of our funded primary research and make it available publicly within a specific timeframe. We propose to conduct peer review first, then post the results, so they can benefit from the review process. Do you agree or disagree with the sequencing of this process? Strongly Agree

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Peer review should come first to insure that the final report is accurate and complete.

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