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PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 1. The PRIME-IPD tool promoted verification and standardization of study datasets retrieved for IPD meta-analysis.

J Clin Epidemiol

August 2021

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5Z3, Canada; WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, Bruyère Research Institute, 85 Primrose Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6M1, Canada; Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada.

Objectives: We describe a systematic approach to preparing data in the conduct of Individual Participant Data (IPD) analysis.

Study Design And Setting: A guidance paper proposing methods for preparing individual participant data for meta-analysis from multiple study sources, developed by consultation of relevant guidance and experts in IPD. We present an example of how these steps were applied in checking data for our own IPD meta analysis (IPD-MA).

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PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 3. The PRIME-IPD tool fills a gap in guidance for preparing IPD for analysis.

J Clin Epidemiol

August 2021

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5Z3, Canada; Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada.

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Aims: This randomized controlled trial sought to determine the financial impact of an initial diagnostic strategy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in patients with heart failure (HF) of unknown aetiology. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is used to investigate HF patients. CCTA may be a non-invasive cost-effective alternative to ICA.

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