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Mentioned in Dispatches
8 July 2014
Professor Chris Lavy was mentioned in Parliament last week in a discussion related to his work in pioneering orthopaedic care in Africa.
Fruits of the Priority Setting Partnership
2 July 2014
Before you get a good answer, sometimes you need to ask the right question. The Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) for Hip and Knee Replacement for Osteoarthritis (OA) reached the end of its process in March this year, producing a list of ten priority areas for further research funding. These are questions that the combined group of healthcare professionals and patients / carers have concluded need addressing first to help continued progress in treating this area of patient health.
450 patient oncology study published today in The Lancet Oncology
18 June 2014
The COG trial results are published online today - this was a randomised controlled trial to compare gefitinib with placebo in previously treated patients with advanced oesophageal cancer.
Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: Systematic review
9 June 2014
One of the directors of the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit is a co-author on a paper published recently in the BMJ on the use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery.
New Associate Director of Clinical Studies
4 June 2014
Dr Catherine Swales has been appointed as Associate Director of Clinical Studies within the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences.
Learning about tendons... from horses!
29 May 2014
Dr Stephanie Dakin, an Arthritis Research UK Fellow at NDORMS, has been interviewed by the BBC about her work exploring the treatment of tendon injuries in humans, which builds on her significant experience working with horses.
AllTrials video – sign up to make clinical trials count
27 May 2014
It was International Clinical Trials Day this time last week.
First patient randomised in LASER Trial
27 May 2014
On Friday 23rd May, the first patient was randomised in the LASER Trial from the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.
John Charnley Award success
27 May 2014
Geraint Thomas, DPhil student and Academic Clinical Fellow, was named as one of the 2014 Scientific Award Winners at The Hip Society meeting in March 2014.
Pioneering spine surgical training in East Africa
12 May 2014
COOL ran a successful spine surgery course in Kenya in April 2014.
Duchess of Cornwall opens new research building
9 May 2014
Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cornwall opened Phase II of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre.
Colorectal Cancer Trial Published
7 May 2014
The results of a colorectal cancer trial, where OCTRU Lead Statistician Susan Dutton is an author and which was conducted by the Oncology Clinical Trials Office has been published online today.
Lung Cancer Trial Published
1 May 2014
The results of a lung cancer trial, where OCTRU Lead Statistician Susan Dutton is an author has been published online today.
CSM launches its Randomised Controlled Trials Course for 2014
6 March 2014
This annual and popular course provides a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for the evaluation of healthcare interventions. It includes talks and practicals, and provides guidance on the methodology of trials using a problem-based learning approach.