INNV-35. INTRODUCING THE EDUCATIONAL NEURO-ONCOLOGY APP

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Abstract BACKGROUND The purpose of the Neuro-Oncology Trials App is to promote evidence-based practice in neuro-oncology and educate learners about the clinical trials that have been completed in the field. Evidence-based practice means consulting the literature when treating patients and applying the results of well-designed clinical trials to questions that we encounter in clinical practice. Being well versed in the literature is essential for high-quality patient care. METHODS We have developed a reference tool in the form of a smartphone app to provide easily-searched, easy-to-read detailed summaries of the methodology and results of selected pivotal clinical trials in the field of neuro-oncology. RESULTS The Neuro-Oncology Trials App includes summaries of select published clinical trials in the field of neuro-oncology. The topics include newly diagnosed glioblastoma, recurrent glioblastoma, low-grade gliomas, primary central nervous system lymphoma and management of gliomas in the elderly. The app includes an intuitive search function that facilitates looking up trials by: tumor histology, names of authors, names of journals, names of chemotherapy medications and acronyms of names of trials. Finally, it is continually updated and made available free of charge to users. CONCLUSIONS The Neuro-Oncology Trials App is ideal for practitioners at all levels and learners (medical students, residents and fellows) to look up information and quick summaries of trials in neuro-oncology when seeing patients in clinics or during rounds. The Neuro-Oncology App is soon to be available on the Apple and Android stores.