European Association of Urology Guidelines Office: How We Ensure Transparent Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Management

Emma Jane Smith; Karin Plass; Julie Darraugh; Robert Shepherd; Alberto Briganti; Philip Cornford; Thomas Knoll; Nicolaas Lumen; James N'Dow; Maria J Ribal; Richard Sylvester; Hendrik van Poppel; Anders Bjartell; EAU Guidelines Office Panel Chairs

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.01.010

European Association of Urology Guidelines Office: How We Ensure Transparent Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Management

Eur Urol. 2020 Apr;77(4):397-399. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.01.010. Epub 2020 Jan 25.

Affiliations

¹ European Association of Urology Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands. Electronic address: e.smith@uroweb.org.
² European Association of Urology Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Urology, Scientific Institute and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ Department of Urology, Sindelfingen-Böblingen Medical Centre, University of Tübingen, Sindelfingen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
⁸ Uro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Sweden.

PMID: 31992464
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.01.010

Abstract

Conflicts of interest (COIs) can potentially introduce a risk of bias into the assessment of evidence and the formulation of recommendations for guidelines. It is essential that a systematic process for the disclosure and management of COIs is adopted to minimise potential bias in the guideline development process.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Conflict of Interest*
Disclosure*
Europe
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Societies, Medical
Urology