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TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of evidence-based methods to construct mechanism-driven chemical assessment frameworks
AU - Hoffmann, Sebastian
AU - Aiassa, Elisa
AU - Angrish, Michelle
AU - Beausoleil, Claire
AU - Bois, Frederic Y
AU - Ciccolallo, Laura
AU - Craig, Peter S
AU - De Vries, Rob B M
AU - Dorne, Jean Lou C M
AU - Druwe, Ingrid L
AU - Edwards, Stephen W
AU - Eskes, Chantra
AU - Georgiadis, Marios
AU - Hartung, Thomas
AU - Kienzler, Aude
AU - Kristjansson, Elisabeth A
AU - Lam, Juleen
AU - Martino, Laura
AU - Meek, Bette
AU - Morgan, Rebecca L
AU - Munoz-Guajardo, Irene
AU - Noyes, Pamela D
AU - Parmelli, Elena
AU - Piersma, Aldert
AU - Rooney, Andrew
AU - Sena, Emily
AU - Sullivan, Kristie
AU - Tarazona, José
AU - Terron, Andrea
AU - Thayer, Kris
AU - Turner, Jan
AU - Verbeek, Jos
AU - Verloo, Didier
AU - Vinken, Mathieu
AU - Watford, Sean
AU - Whaley, Paul
AU - Wikoff, Daniele
AU - Willett, Kate
AU - Tsaioun, Katya
PY - 2022/7/20
Y1 - 2022/7/20
N2 - The workshop titled "Application of evidence-based methods to construct mechanism-driven chemical assessment frameworks" was co-organized by the Evidence-based Toxicology Collaboration and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and hosted by EFSA at its headquarters in Parma, Italy on October 2 and 3, 2019. The goal was to explore integration of systematic review methods with mechanistic evidence evaluation. Participants were invited to work on concrete products to advance the exploration of how evidence-based approaches can support the development and application of adverse outcome pathways (AOP) in chemical risk assessment. The workshop discussions were centered around three related themes: 1) assessing certainty in AOPs, 2) literature-based AOP development and 3) integrating certainty in AOPs and non-animal evidence into decision frameworks. Several challenges, mostly related to methodology, were identified, and largely determined the workshop recommendations. The workshop recommendations included the comparison and potential alignment of processes used to develop AOP and systematic review methodology, including the translation of vocabulary of evidence-based methods to AOP and vice versa, the development and improvement of evidence mapping and text mining methods and tools, as well as a call for a fundamental change in chemical risk and uncertainty assessment methodology if to be conducted based on AOPs and new approach methodologies (NAM). The usefulness of evidence-based approaches for mechanism-based chemical risk assessments was stressed, particularly the potential contribution of the rigor and transparency inherent to such approaches in building stakeholders' trust for implementation of NAM evidence and AOP into chemical risk assessment.
AB - The workshop titled "Application of evidence-based methods to construct mechanism-driven chemical assessment frameworks" was co-organized by the Evidence-based Toxicology Collaboration and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and hosted by EFSA at its headquarters in Parma, Italy on October 2 and 3, 2019. The goal was to explore integration of systematic review methods with mechanistic evidence evaluation. Participants were invited to work on concrete products to advance the exploration of how evidence-based approaches can support the development and application of adverse outcome pathways (AOP) in chemical risk assessment. The workshop discussions were centered around three related themes: 1) assessing certainty in AOPs, 2) literature-based AOP development and 3) integrating certainty in AOPs and non-animal evidence into decision frameworks. Several challenges, mostly related to methodology, were identified, and largely determined the workshop recommendations. The workshop recommendations included the comparison and potential alignment of processes used to develop AOP and systematic review methodology, including the translation of vocabulary of evidence-based methods to AOP and vice versa, the development and improvement of evidence mapping and text mining methods and tools, as well as a call for a fundamental change in chemical risk and uncertainty assessment methodology if to be conducted based on AOPs and new approach methodologies (NAM). The usefulness of evidence-based approaches for mechanism-based chemical risk assessments was stressed, particularly the potential contribution of the rigor and transparency inherent to such approaches in building stakeholders' trust for implementation of NAM evidence and AOP into chemical risk assessment.
KW - new approach methodologies
KW - certainty assessment
KW - systematic evidence synthesis
KW - adverse outcome pathway
KW - evidence-based toxicology
U2 - 10.14573/altex.2202141
DO - 10.14573/altex.2202141
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35258090
VL - 39
SP - 499
EP - 518
JO - Altex
JF - Altex
SN - 1868-596X
IS - 3
ER -