Improving biological relevancy of transcriptional biomarkers experiments by applying the MIQE guidelines to pre-clinical and clinical trials.
The "Minimum Information for the Publication of qPCR Experiments" (MIQE [3]) guidelines are very much targeted at basic research experiments and have to our knowledge not been applied to qPCR assays carried out in the context of clinical trials. This report details the use of the MIQE qPCR app for iPhone (App Store, Apple) to assess the MIQE compliance of one clinical and five pre-clinical trials. This resulted in the need to include 14 modifications that make the guidelines more relevant for the assessment of this special type of application. We also discuss the need for flexibility, since while some parameters increase experimental quality, they also require more reagents and more time, which is not always feasible in a clinical setting.
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D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D034421:Sus scrofa; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014421:Turkey
D015415:Biomarkers; D012333:RNA, Messenger