A multivariate model for successful publication of intensive care medicine randomized controlled trials in the highest impact factor journals: the SCOTI score - 08/01/26
Bienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
Article gratuit.
Connectez-vous pour en bénéficier!
Abstract |
Background |
Critical care randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often published in high-impact journals, whether general journals [the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), The Lancet, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)] or critical care journals [Intensive Care Medicine (ICM), the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), Critical Care Medicine (CCM)]. As rejection occurs in up to 97% of cases, it might be appropriate to assess pre-submission probability of being published. The objective of this study was to develop and internally validate a simplified score predicting whether an ongoing trial stands a chance of being published in high-impact general journals.
Methods |
A cohort of critical care RCTs published between 1999 and 2018 in the three highest impact medical journals (NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA) or the three highest impact critical care journals (ICM, AJRCCM, CCM) was split into two samples (derivation cohort, validation cohort) to develop and internally validate the simplified score. Primary outcome was journal of publication assessed as high-impact general journal (NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA) or critical care journal (ICM, AJRCCM, CCM).
Results |
A total of 968 critical care RCTs were included in the predictive cohort and split into a derivation cohort ( n = 510) and a validation cohort ( n = 458). In the derivation cohort, the sample size ( P value < 0.001), the number of centers involved ( P value = 0.01), mortality as primary outcome ( P value = 0.002) or a composite item including mortality as primary outcome ( P value = 0.004), and topic [ventilation ( P value < 0.001) or miscellaneous ( P value < 0.001)] were independent factors predictive of publication in high-impact general journals, compared to high-impact critical care journals. The SCOTI score (Sample size, Centers, Outcome, Topic, and International score) was developed with an area under the ROC curve of 0.84 (95% Confidence Interval, 0.80–0.88) in validation by split sample.
Conclusions |
The SCOTI score, developed and validated by split sample, accurately predicts the chances of a critical care RCT being published in high-impact general journals, compared to high-impact critical care journals.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Intensive care unit, Critical care, Critically ill patients, Intensive care medicine, Precision medicine
Plan
Vol 11 - N° 1
Article 165- 2021 Retour au numéro
Article précédent
- Impact of cooling method on the outcome of initial shockable or non-shockable out of hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving target temperature management: a nationwide multicentre cohort study
- Makoto Watanabe, Tasuku Matsuyama, Hikaru Oe, Makoto Sasaki, Yuki Nakamura, Yuki Miyamoto, Nobunaga Okada, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Bon Ohta
- Proportional assist ventilation relieves clinically significant dyspnea in critically ill ventilated patients
- Côme Bureau, Maxens Decavèle, Sébastien Campion, Marie-Cécile Nierat, Julien Mayaux, Elise Morawiec, Mathieu Raux, Thomas Similowski, Alexandre Demoule
Bienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.