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September 30, 2025Biopreservation and BiobankingOpen Access

Reporting of Pre-Analytical Processes in Biobanked Biomaterials: A Missed Opportunity to Address the Replicability Crisis in Clinical Biomarker Research

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JJJannes A.W. JansenMBMariël A. van den BrandFVFemmie de Vegt

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Overview

Evaluation reveals incomplete pre-analytical reporting in clinical biomarker studies, suggesting improvements are necessary.

Key Points

  • Frequent incomplete reporting in studies undermines the replicability of clinical biomarker research.
  • Only 31% of articles reported fasting time, while critical factors like centrifugation had varied reporting rates of 20%-35%.
  • This analysis of 294 studies highlights the need for improved standards in pre-analytical reporting for biobanked samples.
  • No correlation was found between reporting quality and journal impact factor, indicating a systemic issue in reporting practices.

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Jansen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dc262a8a7d58c25ebb3506https://doi.org/10.1177/19475535251378202
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