Context The importance of evidence from randomised trials is now widely recognised,
although recruitment is often difficult. Qualitative research has shown promise in identifying …

Background Pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered essential to
determine effective interventions for routine clinical practice, but many fail to recruit …

Background Randomised controlled trials in surgery can be a challenge to design and
conduct, especially when including a non-surgical comparison. As few as half of initiated …

Ethics in social science experimentation and data collection are often discussed but rarely
articulated in writing as part of research outputs. Although papers typically reference human …

BACKGROUND Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Surgery remains the
main method of managing early-stage disease. Minimal-access video-assisted …

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the UK. Prostate-
specific antigen testing followed by biopsy leads to overdetection, overtreatment as well as …

Background Research has shown that recruitment to trials is a process that stretches from
identifying potentially eligible patients, through eligibility assessment, to obtaining informed …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether endovascular or open
revascularization provides an advantageous approach to symptomatic peripheral arterial …

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men in the UK.
Patients with intermediate-risk, clinically localised disease are offered radical treatments …

ESCAPE Evaluation of a patient‐centred biopsychosocial blended collaborative care
pathway for the treatment of multimorbid elderly patients. Therapeutic Area Healthcare …