Public Comments - Submissions

Peer Review Process Comments

Name of person or organization submitting comments: The BMJ

Please identify which stakeholder group you represent: Journal/Publisher

Registration at ClinicalTrials.gov, RoPR, or PROSPERO

We think this is a positive step to address bias in research reporting and encourage PCORI to go further and require prospective registration for all the studies it funds.

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

PCORI peer review process of the draft final report See uploaded document

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

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 See uploaded document

Public posting of full final reports on PCORI’s website see document

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

Timeline of the proposed peer review and public release process see document

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. see document

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 Agree

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

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