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Table 7 Impact of dossier evidence on DERP reports by clinical category

From: A study of the value of requesting information from drug manufacturers for systematic reviews; 9 years of experience from the drug effectiveness review project

Clinical area

Included from dossiers

Used qualitatively

Used in MA

Gap

Confirms

Changes

All

160

142(89%)

26 (16%)

72 (45%)

66 (41%)

67 (42%)

 Cardiovascular

3

3(100%)

0

0

3(100%)

0

 Dermatology

10

10 (100%)

6(60%)

3(30%)

10 (100%)

5(50%)

 Endocrinology

16

11(69%)

4(25%)

8(50%)

9(56%)

9(56%)

 Gastrointestinal

22

21(95%)

1(5%)

12(55%)

6(27%)

6(27%)

 Hepatitis

17

15 (88%)

2(12%)

8(47%)

7(41%)

5(29%)

 Pain/neurology

17

12(71%)

5(29%)

4(24%)

11(65%)

4(24%)

 Psychiatry

54

49 (91%)

6(11%)

29(54%)

15(28%)

31(57%)

 Respiratory

20

19(95%)

1(5%)

6(30%)

5(25%)

6(30%)

Studies

123

     

 Cardiovascular

0

 

 Dermatology

6

6 (100%)

5 (83%)

2 (33%)

6 (100%)

4 (67%)

 Endocrinology

12

8 (67%)

4 (33%)

6 (50%)

7 (58%)

7 (58%)

 Gastrointestinal

21

20 (95%)

1 (5%)

11 (52%)

6 (29%)

6 (6%)

 Hepatitis

8

6 (75%)

2 (25%)

5 (63%)

2 (25%)

5 (63%)

 Neurology/pain

11

6 (55%)

5 (45%)

1 (9%)

7 (64%)

2 (18%)

 Psychiatry

46

41 (89%)

6 (13%)

26 (57%)

14 (30%)

27 (59%)

 Respiratory

19

18 (95%)

1(5%)

6 (32%)

5 (26%)

5 (26%)

Supplemental evidence

37

     

 Cardiovascular

3

3 (100%)

0

0

3(100%)

0

 Dermatology

4

4(100%)

2(50%)

1 (25%)

4(100%)

1 (25%)

 Endocrinology

4

4(100%)

0

2 (50%)

2(50%)

2 (50%)

 Gastrointestinal

1

1 (100%)

0

1(100%)

0

0

 Hepatitis

9

9 (100%)

0

3 (33%)

5 (56%)

0

 Neurology/pain

6

6 (100%)

0

3(50%)

4 (67%)

1 (17%)

 Psychiatry

8

8 (100%)

0

4 (50%)

1 (13%)

4 (50%)

 Respiratory

2

2 (100%)

0

1 (50%)

0

1(50%)

Published studies

95

     

 Cardiovascular

3

3 (100%)

0

0

3 (100%)

0

 Dermatology

10

10 (100%)

7 (70%)

3 (30%)

10 (100%)

5 (50%)

 Endocrinology

15

10 (67%)

4 (27%)

8 (53%)

8 (53%)

9 (60%)

 Gastrointestinal

22

20 (91%)

1 (5%)

12 (55%)

6 (27%)

6 (27%)

 Hepatitis

7

5 (71%)

2 (29%)

4 (57%)

3(43%)

3 (43%)

 Neurology

5

4 (80%)

1 (20%)

2 (40%)

2 (40%)

3 (30%)

 Psychiatry

24

21 (88%)

2 (8%)

10 (42%)

8 (33%)

8 (33%)

 Respiratory

9

8 (89%)

1 (11%)

4 (44%)

3 (33%)

3 (33%)

Unpublished evidence

65

     

 Cardiovascular

0

 

 Dermatology

0

 Endocrinology

1

1 (100%)

0

0

1(100%)

0

 Gastrointestinal

0

 Hepatitis

10

10 (100%)

0

4 (40%)

4 (40%)

2 (20%)

 Neurology

12

8 (67%)

4 (33%)

2 (17%)

9 (75%)

1 (8%)

 Psychiatry

30

27 (90%)

4 (13%)

20 (67%)

7 (23%)

23 (77%)

 Respiratory

12

12 (100%)

0

3 (25%)

2 (17%)

3 (25%)

  1. MA meta-analyses