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TY - JOUR
T1 - Protocol for designing INVITES-IN, a tool for assessing the internal validity of in vitro studies
AU - Svendsen, Camilla
AU - Whaley, Paul
AU - Vist, Gunn E.
AU - Husøy, Trine
AU - Beronius, Anna
AU - Di Consiglio, Emma
AU - Druwe, Ingrid
AU - Hartung, Thomas
AU - Hatzi, Vasiliki I.
AU - Hoffmann, Sebastian
AU - Hooijmans, Carlijn R.
AU - Machera, Kyriaki
AU - Robinson, Joshua F.
AU - Roggen, Erwin
AU - Rooney, Andrew A.
AU - Roth, Nicolas
AU - Spilioti, Eliana
AU - Spyropoulou, Anastasia
AU - Tcheremenskaia, Olga
AU - Testai, Emanuela
AU - Vinken, Mathieu
AU - Mathisen, Gro H.
PY - 2023/12/31
Y1 - 2023/12/31
N2 - This protocol describes the design and development of a tool for evaluation of the internal validity of in vitro studies, which is needed to include the data as evidence in systematic reviews and chemical risk assessments. The tool will be designed specifically to be applied to cell culture studies, including, but not restricted to, studies meeting the new approach methodology (NAM) definition. The tool is called INVITES-IN (IN VITro Experimental Studies INternal validity).In this protocol, three of the four studies that will be performed to create the release version of INVITES-IN are described. In the first study, evaluation of existing assessment tools will be combined with focus group discussions to identify how characteristics of the design or conduct of an in vitro study can affect its internal validity. Bias domains and items considered to be of relevance for in vitro studies will be identified. In the second study, group agreement on internal validity domains and items of importance for in vitro studies will be identified via a modified Delphi methodology. In the third study, the draft version of the tool will be created, based on the data on relevance and importance of bias domains and items collected in Studies 1 and 2. A separate protocol will be prepared for the fourth study, which includes the user testing and validation of the tool, and collection of users’ experience.
AB - This protocol describes the design and development of a tool for evaluation of the internal validity of in vitro studies, which is needed to include the data as evidence in systematic reviews and chemical risk assessments. The tool will be designed specifically to be applied to cell culture studies, including, but not restricted to, studies meeting the new approach methodology (NAM) definition. The tool is called INVITES-IN (IN VITro Experimental Studies INternal validity).In this protocol, three of the four studies that will be performed to create the release version of INVITES-IN are described. In the first study, evaluation of existing assessment tools will be combined with focus group discussions to identify how characteristics of the design or conduct of an in vitro study can affect its internal validity. Bias domains and items considered to be of relevance for in vitro studies will be identified. In the second study, group agreement on internal validity domains and items of importance for in vitro studies will be identified via a modified Delphi methodology. In the third study, the draft version of the tool will be created, based on the data on relevance and importance of bias domains and items collected in Studies 1 and 2. A separate protocol will be prepared for the fourth study, which includes the user testing and validation of the tool, and collection of users’ experience.
KW - Cell culture
KW - NAMs
KW - next generation risk assessment
KW - risk of bias
U2 - 10.1080/2833373x.2023.2232415
DO - 10.1080/2833373x.2023.2232415
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
JO - Evidence-Based Toxicology
JF - Evidence-Based Toxicology
SN - 2833-373X
IS - 1
M1 - 2232415
ER -