Surgical Intervention Trials Unit
Placebo controlled randomised surgical trial for subacromial shoulder pain
The role of arthroscopic subacromial decompression in the treatment of subacromial shoulder pain (impingement).
Read moreWELCOME TO THE SURGICAL INTERVENTION TRIALS UNIT (SITU)
SITU is one of seven Royal College of Surgeons of England specialist trials centres dedicated to evaluating surgical intervention, mainly by generating randomised control trial evidence. We are a multidisciplinary team who provide, guidance, training and support for the development of new surgical trials and future trialists. We draw upon the considerable methodological and practical trials expertise in Oxford including statistical, ethical, health economic, systematic review, clinical network resources and the IDEAL collaboration.
Currently, less than 2% of government funding for medical research goes into surgery
ABOUT
We are a centre of excellence in surgical trials, answering important global surgical questions.
RESEARCH
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TEAM
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Latest news
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What is it like to be a work experience student?
22 August 2018
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Honorary Fellowship of the RCS for Professor David Beard
22 March 2017
Selected publications
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Prevalence and reporting of recruitment, randomisation and treatment errors in clinical trials: A systematic review.
Yelland LN. et al, (2018), Clinical trials (London, England), 15, 278 - 285
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Instrumental variable methods for a binary outcome were used to informatively address noncompliance in a randomized trial in surgery.
Cook JA. et al, (2018), Journal of clinical epidemiology, 96, 126 - 132
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Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials.
Treweek S. et al, (2018), The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2
