Comparison of the postoperative analgesic effects of cimicoxib, buprenorphine and their combination in healthy dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy

Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research is a major challenge. Transparent and accurate reporting is vital to this process; it allows readers to assess the reliability of the findings and repeat or build upon the work of other researchers. The ARRIVE guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments) were developed in 2010 to help authors and journals identify the minimum information necessary to report in publications describing in vivo experiments. Despite widespread endorsement by the scientific community, the impact of ARRIVE on the transparency of reporting in animal research publications has been limited. We have revised the ARRIVE guidelines to update them and facilitate their use in practice. The revised guidelines are published alongside this paper. This explanation and elaboration document was developed as part of the revision. It provides further information about each of the 21 items in ARRIVE 2.0, including the rationale and supporting evidence for their inclusion in the guidelines, elaboration of details to report, and examples of good reporting from the published literature.

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“…The power of the experiment was set to 80%. A total of 20 dogs per group were considered necessary' [46].…”

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“…A second investigator (SC) was responsible for the anaesthetic procedure, whereas a third investigator (MS, PG, IT) performed the surgical procedure. Finally, a fourth investigator (MAD) (also unaware of treatment) assessed GCPS and NRS, mechanical nociceptive threshold (MNT), and sedation NRS scores' [46].…”

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Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0

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Ahluwalia

Alam³

et al. 2020

PLoS Biol

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“…A total of 20 dogs per group were considered necessary." [44] 2) "We selected a small sample size because the bioglass prototype was evaluated in vivo for the first time in the present study, and therefore, the initial intention was to gather basic evidence regarding the use of this biomaterial in more complex experimental designs." [45] Item 3.…”

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“…Finally, a fourth investigator (MAD) (also unaware of treatment) assessed GCPS and NRS, MNT, and sedation NRS scores." [80] 2) "…due to overt behavioral seizure activity the experimenter could not be blinded to whether the animal was injected with pilocarpine or with saline." [81] 3) "Investigators could not be blinded to the mouse strain due to the difference in coat colors, but the threechamber sociability test was performed with ANY-maze video tracking software (Stoelting, Wood Dale, IL, USA) using an overhead video camera system to automate behavioral testing and provide unbiased data analyses.…”

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Reporting animal research: Explanation and Elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2019

Sert

Ahluwalia

Alam³

et al. 2019

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Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research is a major challenge. Transparent and accurate reporting are vital to this process; it allows readers to assess the reliability of the findings, and repeat or build upon the work of other researchers. The NC3Rs developed the ARRIVE guidelines in 2010 to help authors and journals identify the minimum information necessary to report in publications describing in vivo experiments.Despite widespread endorsement by the scientific community, the impact of the ARRIVE guidelines on the transparency of reporting in animal research publications has been limited. We have revised the ARRIVE guidelines to update them and facilitate their use in practice. The revised guidelines are published alongside this paper. This Explanation and Elaboration document was developed as part of the revision. It provides further information about each of the 21 items in ARRIVE 2019, including the rationale and supporting evidence for their inclusion in the guidelines, elaboration of details to report, and examples of good reporting from the published literature.As a new international working groupthe authors of this publication, we have revised the guidelines to update them and facilitate their uptake; the ARRIVE guidelines 2019 are published alongside this paper [13]. We have updated the recommendations in line with current best practice, reorganised the information and classified the items into two sets. The ARRIVE Essential 10 constitute the minimum reporting requirement and the Recommended Set provides further context to the study described. The two sets help authors, journal staff, editors and reviewers use the guidelines in practice, and allow a pragmatic implementation with an initial focus on the most critical issues. Once the Essential 10 are consistently reported in manuscripts, items from the Recommended Set can be added to journal requirements over time until all 21 items are routinely reported in all manuscripts. Full methodology for the revision and the allocation of items into sets is described in the accompanying publication [13].A key aspect of the revision was to develop this Explanation and Elaboration document to provide background and rationale for each of the 21 items of ARRIVE 2019. Here we present additional guidance for each item and subitem, explain the importance of reporting this information in manuscripts that describe animal research, elaborate on what to report, and provide supporting evidence. Each subitem is also illustrated with examples of good reporting from the published literature. Box 1: GlossaryBias: Introduction of a systematic error in the estimated effect of an intervention, caused by inadequacies in the design, conduct, or analysis of an experiment.Effect size: Quantitative measure that estimates the magnitude of differences between groups, or relationships between variables. Experimental unit:Biological entity subjected to an intervention independently of all other units, such that it is possible to assign any two experimental units to different t...

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Post-operative analgesia following TPLO surgery: A comparison between cimicoxib and tramadol

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Mancusi

Olimpo

et al. 2021

Research in Veterinary Science

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Comparison of the postoperative analgesic effects of cimicoxib, buprenorphine and their combination in healthy dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy

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Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0

Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0

Reporting animal research: Explanation and Elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2019

Post-operative analgesia following TPLO surgery: A comparison between cimicoxib and tramadol

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