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Peer Review Process Comments

Name of person or organization submitting comments: Carole Price

Please identify which stakeholder group you represent: Patient/Caregiver Advocacy Organization

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

Why is PCORI developing the lay abstracts? The Principle Investigator should be required to work with an advocate. That advocate would help them develop their lay abstract. Then PCORI would offer revisions.

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

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 Somewhat Poorly

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There needs to be more connection between the public and the researcher through out their project. That includes abstracts and publications.

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? Somewhat Disagree

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This delays the results getting to the public. Then you require the medical abstract, you should also require the lay abstract. That would cut down on the time delay.

Please provide any additional comments that you have not already provided about any aspect of this proposal.

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