Table 2 Characteristics of the Cochrane reviews used as reference standards
Case study 1: Nivolumab for adult individuals with Hodgkin’s lymphoma [16] | Case study 2: Early versus deferred androgen suppression for treating advanced prostate cancer [18] | Case study 3: Unconditional cash transfers for reducing poverty and vulnerabilities [17] | |
|---|---|---|---|
Search date | October 2017 to May 2018 | January 23, 2018 | May 2, 2017 |
Abstracts screened | 675 | 19,380 | 30,453 |
Excluded abstracts | 626 | 19,253 | 30,270 |
Full texts screened | 49 | 127 | 183 |
Excluded full texts | 23 | 74 | 115 |
Publications included (PubMed indexed) | 26 (4) | 53 (34) | 68 (11) |
Studies included (PubMed indexed) | 3 (3) | 10 (10) | 21 (7) |
Studies included in meta-analyses | 0 | 10 | 11 |
Studies included in the rapid review “starter set” | 2 | 3 | 2 |