Research Available for Comment

The Effective Health Care Program encourages the public to participate in the development of its research projects. Comments can be submitted for:

• Research key questions
• Draft reports of research findings
• Draft methods reports by the DEcIDE Network
• Draft methods guidance by the EPC Program
• White Papers

When key questions, draft reports, and white papers of research projects are available for comment, they are posted on this Web page. For timeliness, all comments must be submitted by 11:59 P.M. eastern time on the final day of the comment period.

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The Key Questions available for comment are:

• Feeding and Nutrition Interventions in Cerebral Palsy
  Apr. 18–May 16, 2012

The Draft Reports and White Papers available for comment are:

• Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism
  Apr. 24–May 22, 2012
• Evaluation of the Benefit and Harm of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Comparison of Quantitative Approaches
  Apr. 27–May 25, 2012
• Use of Network Meta-analysis in Systematic Reviews
  May 1–29, 2012
• Treatments for Restless Legs Syndrome
  May 2–30, 2012
• Child Exposure to Trauma: Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions Addressing Maltreatment
  May 2–30, 2012
• PCA3 Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer
  May 7–June 4, 2012
• Gene Expression Profiling for Predicting Outcomes in Stage II Colon Cancer
  May 7–June 4, 2012
• Developing a Protocol for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research: A User’s Guide
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Introduction to the User’s Guide
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 1. Study Objectives and Questions
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 2. Study Design Considerations
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 3. Estimation and Reporting of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 4. Exposure Definition and Measurement
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 5. Comparator Selection
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 6. Outcome Definition and Measurement
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 7. Covariate Selection
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 8. Selection of Data Sources
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 9. Study Size Planning
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 10. Considerations for Statistical Analysis
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Chapter 11. Sensitivity Analysis
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Supplement 1. Improving Characterization of Study Populations: The Identification Problem
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Supplement 2. Use of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
  May 11–June 8, 2012
• Empirical Assessment of Within-Arm Correlation Imputation in Trials of Continuous Outcomes
  May 15–June 12, 2012

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