SIG: Real-World Evidence (RWE) Collaborative

Mission statement: Promote training in RWE methods to ISPE and non-ISPE members and key external stakeholders, in collaboration with the Education Committee.

1. Roll call 

1. Approve last month's minutes
2. Welcome new member
3. RWE Expert Review Database (Yasser/Aziza/CTR/Membership Comm)
1. Amy put to James Vrac
2. Survey to develop list of names 
1. What information would journals like to see?
2. Names, emails, affiliation(s), personal classifications
3. ACTION: Reach out to one journal to figure out how to optimise and whether there is any interest
1. First stops: Lancet HIV and BMJ
2. Develop standard language to send to these journals
3. If journals seem keen…. Then survey
1. Include tick box acknowledgement that you can contact Amy to be removed from ISPE list, but you would need to contact journal directly to be removed from their rosters.
2. If we have a list of journals who agree, then we can include selection of journals 
3. Amy can create survey
4. Future: checkbox on ISPE profiles? During conference sign up?
5. How to access the data? Amy manages data 
4. COVID-19 RWD Textbook chapter (CTR/Josh) 
1. Draft outline of Chapter 2 in production
2. Once outline completed, will be reviewed with this group and people will have opportunity to contribute to sub-sections. 
3. Josh + CTR drafting overview framework for entire book to share with FDA/Datavant

• • • ACTION: For or by next call, Josh+CTR review draft outline with group 

• • • ACTION: Within next few weeks, Josh+CTR review book overview plans with textbook organisers 

1. Webinars (Josh/Aziza/Marie/Tatiane/Hu/Education Comm)

• • • ACTION: JG add the webinar details to the larger TF webinar plans, promote to outside groups

• • • ACTION: JG to set up separate call with leads of this action to scope the series

1. RECORD-PE translation update (Tatiane)
1. Translating to Portuguese completed
2. Awaiting ISPE response for back-translation fundings
2. Systematic review of COVID-19 RWE (Tatiane/C19 subgroup)
1. Assesses outcomes and methods of C19 evidence
2. First version of protocol drafted
3. Goal: identify gaps in literature 

• • • ACTION: Contact Tatiane if you would like to participate/Tatiane to email protocol to those who wish to participate

1. Mai and Jose have offered to participate
1. AOB
1. Mai: Call to respond to Anton's call for top 25 paper you should read if you are an early-career pharmacoepidemiologist: https://twitter.com/Pottegard/status/1375103422828052490?s=20