Avenzoar

Health research agency

From the clinical question to published evidence.

Avenzoar conducts systematic reviews, expert consensus, statistical analyses and real-world studies, and writes the publications that come out of them. Our applications, such as Mizan, bring this method to clinicians.

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Methods recognized worldwide

  • PRISMA 2020
  • GRADE
  • Cochrane
  • ACCORD
  • CONSORT
  • STROBE
  • ICMJE

Our services

Four areas of work held to the same standard: recognized methods, applied and documented at every step.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Protocol, multi-database search, dual independent screening, risk of bias, synthesis and certainty of evidence rating.

PRISMA 2020GRADEPROSPEROCochrane

Expert consensus

Design and facilitation of consensus for professional societies: panels, conflicts of interest, Delphi rounds, final report.

DelphiRAND/UCLAACCORD

Scientific writing

Articles, reviews, practice guidelines, study reports and responses to reviewers, following the standards for each study type.

ICMJECONSORTSTROBE

Data: biostatistics and data science

Statistical analysis plans, meta-analyses, predictive models and real-world studies on registries and hospital databases.

SAPRRECORDTRIPOD

Our method

Every project follows the same steps, whatever the service.

  1. 1

    Scoping

    We frame the question with you, then set deliverables, timeline and budget.

  2. 2

    Protocol

    The protocol is written before work starts, and registered where that is standard practice, for example on PROSPERO.

  3. 3

    Execution

    Dual independent review at key steps, and every decision traceable.

  4. 4

    Methodological review

    A methodologist who did not do the work checks its quality.

  5. 5

    Delivery

    A report that meets publication standards, with the data and analysis code.

Who we work with

Professional societies

Practice guidelines, consensus and literature reviews.

Institutions and universities

Research projects, registries, biostatistics and methodological support for teams.

Health industry

Literature reviews, real-world studies, statistical analyses and scientific writing.

Agencies and ministries

Evidence syntheses to inform public health decisions.

Our application

Mizan

Mizan tells clinicians whether a consensus answers their question, with its level of evidence and its date. When evidence is missing, it produces a graded review and brings peers together to build the recommendation.

  • Tells you whether a consensus exists, and since when
  • Shows the GRADE level of evidence for every answer
  • Brings peers together when the answer is missing
Discover MizanJoin the pilot

Starting an SGLT2 inhibitor in patients aged 80 and over with type 2 diabetes and an eGFR around 35 mL/min

No up-to-date consensus for this population
Certainty
Very low

Question sent to the nephrology panel.

Incubation

Building an AI or health tech solution?

Avenzoar incubates start-ups that want to prove the clinical value of their innovation.

Discover the program

Why Avenzoar

Avenzoar, born Ibn Zuhr, was a physician in 12th-century Seville. He is remembered for testing against observation what the authorities of his time took for granted.

Our emblem keeps what has identified us from the start, the golden disc and the calligraphic A. Behind the A, the shadow of an Andalusian physician evokes Ibn Zuhr; no authentic portrait of him exists.

We work for settings where international guidelines do not apply as written.

Let's discuss your project

Tell us about your question or need. We will come back with a proposed method, timeline and budget.