Core Outcome Set (COS)
The COS Results Are In!
As part of an international engagement initiative, the PitCop study recently published the first core outcome set for pituitary adenoma surgery. The core outcome set includes a comprehensive list of 22 clinical and patient-centred outcomes divided into seven domains. The list of outcomes was established through a global, multi-stakeholder consensus involving service users with lived experience, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers, as well as international professional and charitable organisations.
The seven key domains include:
short-term surgical outcomes
nasal outcomes
ophthalmic outcomes
endocrine outcomes
quality of life and psychological outcomes
other short-term outcomes
disease control outcomes.
What are the core outcomes?
Thank you!
We would like to thank our partner organisations and everyone who completed the COS surveys and participated in the workshop. Your input has been instrumental in establishing the core outcome set for pituitary adenoma surgery research, reflecting a diverse range of perspectives.
We hope that this evidence-based core outcome set will:
guide future research
allow meaningful comparisons of key outcomes
drive future innovations.
Check out our publication here.