Thursday 12 May 2016 Nottingham
This popular evidence based update meeting will be on cosmetic dermatology, in partnership with the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group . This event will bring together clinical and methodological experts to present the latest evidence on cosmetic dermatology, specifically:
Results of a systematic review on acne scarring
Latest on skin camouflage from the British Association of Skin Camouflage
Incobotulinumtoxi A for upper facial lines
Interventions for melasma
Interventions for hirsutism
Cosmetic dermatology for skin of colour
Satisfaction predictors for patients seeking facial cosmetic surgery
Question & Answer session to an expert panel including representatives from the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group (BAD).
Registration fee: £130 Trainee rate: £90 (limited spaces).
More details and the full programme are available on the UK DCTN website. Or book online now!
Are small studies more heterogeneous than large ones?
Our colleague Dr Sally Wilkes attended the Annual Conference of the International Society of Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) Conference in Utrecht in August 2015.
Joanna IntHout presented on her paper 'Small studies are more heterogeneous than large ones: a meta-meta-analysis'(IntHout, Joanna et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Volume 68(8) 860-869)
Over 60% of interventional trials registered between 2007 and 2010 on clinicaltrials.gov enrolled at most 100 patients. 70% of the studies included in Cochrane reviews have less than 50% power to detect the outcome of interest.
Joanna presented results demonstrating that small trials are more heterogeneous and recommended everyone carry out a sensitivity analysis to examine the effect of small trials. The full paper can be found here.
New tool for authors
Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews.
Covidence has been selected by Cochrane to support authors conducting standard Cochrane intervention reviews. It has been designed to support more efficient production of systematic reviews. It fits into the review process from screening to extraction, but does not cover search strategies or meta-analysis. Once you have completed your data extraction in Covidence you can export your data directly into RevMan to complete your review. More information can be found here.
Authors can start using Covidence now for free at www.covidence.org. The link to Cochrane’s Review Database, Archie, means you can log in to Covidence using your Archie account.
There's still time to register for the CSG Annual Meeting in London In February!
