The collaborative is following a consensus process that is estimated to take 4-6 weeks from start to finish.
Wave 1
- Drafting of Symptom/Issue Overview
- Presentation, Assessment and Treatment Brainstorm by writing group
- Project Team synthesis of potential assessment and management approaches
- Clinical review and compilation for voting
Wave 2 (Incorporating patient perspectives)
- Polling of importance of each statement for designated symptom/issue
- Collaborative participants hear input from patient representatives on symptom and treatment experiences
- Discussion of each statement; determination on if makes next recommendation list
- Documentation of rationales for inclusion and exclusion; special population considerations
Wave 3 (Incorporating patient perspectives)
- Project team synthesis Collaborative input and returns recommendations to writing group for finalization
- Consensus vote
- Move to publication