COVID-evidence database

COVID-evidence database (Department of Clinical Research at University of Basel and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford)

• Planned, ongoing and completed RCTs to treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections

• Continuously updated database of the worldwide available evidence on interventions for COVID-19.

• Data identification: Systematic searches in ClinicalTrials.gov and the WHO's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). For publications and preprints: Systematic searches in the LOVE platform of all randomized controlled trials reporting results. The platform covers PubMed, medRxiv, bioRxiv and many other data sources.

The COVID-NMA initiative

The COVID-NMA initiative is an international initiative working in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), led by a team of researchers from Cochrane and other institutions (Université de Paris, Inserm, CNRS, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO), University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Epistemonkos Foundation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan).

• The site provides a living map of COVID-19 trials registered on the ICTRP which is updssted weekly.

• It also provides a living synthesis of published studies (journal papers and preprints) which is updated daily.

The Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register

https://community.cochrane.org/about-covid-19-study-register

https://covid-19.cochrane.org/

• a register of all COVID-19 study types

• Metzendorf MI, Featherstone RM. Evaluation of the comprehensiveness, accuracy and currency of the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register for supporting rapid evidence synthesis production. Res Synth Methods 2021; 12(5):607–17.