Marloes Franssen
BSc, MSc, PhD
Clinical Trial Manager
I joined NDORMS in November 2019 as a Clinical Trial Manager and I am responsible for the day-to-day management of the Humeral Shaft Trial (HUSH).
HUSH is looking at the best treatment (surgery or a brace) for fractures of the upper arm in adults.
Previous to working in this department I have worked as a clinical trial manager in the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit in Oxford (2014-2019) running various trials in cardiovascular diseases (hypertension trials) and infectious diseases (influenza and urinary tract infections trials). Whilst working here, I was also involved in teaching in the Clinical Trial Module the unit ran.
My background is in exercise therapy for people with neurological disorders with my PhD looking at exercise as a treatment for people with Parkinson’s. My interest is in clinical trials, specifically looking at exercise and rehabilitation.
Recent publications
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D-MannosE to prevent Recurrent urinary tract InfecTions (MERIT): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Franssen M. et al, (2021), Bmj open, 11
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Blood pressure monitoring in high-risk pregnancy to improve the detection and monitoring of hypertension (the BUMP 1 and 2 trials): protocol for two linked randomised controlled trials.
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Dougall G. et al, (2020), Bmj open, 10
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A randomised controlled trial of blood pressure self-monitoring in the management of hypertensive pregnancy. OPTIMUM-BP: A feasibility trial.
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Pealing LM. et al, (2019), Pregnancy hypertens, 18, 141 - 149
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Using mHealth for the management of hypertension in UK primary care: an embedded qualitative study of the TASMINH4 randomised controlled trial.
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Grant S. et al, (2019), Br j gen pract, 69, e612 - e620
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Cost-Effectiveness of Telemonitoring and Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure for Antihypertensive Titration in Primary Care (TASMINH4).
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Monahan M. et al, (2019), Hypertension, 73, 1231 - 1239