Cochrane · systematic review · MR000033
Industry sponsorship and research outcome
Lundh, A, Lexchin, J, Mintzes, B, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
MethodologyAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 1 · 33.3%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Industry sponsored compared to non‐industry sponsored studies for research outcome
Population: industry sponsorship and study results
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of studies with favorable efficacy results Industry sponsored vs non‐industry sponsored studies | no estimate extracted | 25 studies · 2923 participants | Moderate |
Number of studies with favorable harms results Industry sponsored vs non‐industry sponsored studies | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 826 participants | Very low |
Number of studies with favorable conclusions Industry sponsored vs non‐industry sponsored studies | no estimate extracted | 29 studies · 4583 participants | Low |