Volume 16 Supplement 2

3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference

Meeting abstracts

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Glasgow, UK16-17 November 2015

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The madness of HIV prevention trials

Authors: S McCormack

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):I1

Content type: Invited speaker presentation Published on: 16 November 2015
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Discussion session: biomarker trials

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Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):I2

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Science in a crisis: conducting clinical trials in an emergency

Authors: P Horby

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):I3

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Good practice principles for sharing individual participant data from publicly funded clinical trials

Authors: Catrin Tudur Smith, Carolyn Hopkins, Matt Sydes, Kerry Woolfall, Mike Clarke, Gordon Murray and Paula Williamson

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O1

Content type: Oral presentation Published on: 16 November 2015
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Reading or listening to review summaries - which method will produce greater understanding of the key outcomes in a cochrane review?

Authors: Lisa Maguire, Mike Clarke and Mark Tully

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O2

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How are systematic reviews used in the planning and design of health technology assessment funded trials?

Authors: Sheetal Bhurke, Andrew Cook, Anna Tallant, Amanda Young, Elaine Williams and James Raftery

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O3

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The value of evidence synthesis in randomised controlled trial (RCT) design, conduct and analysis: MRC clinical trials unit (CTU) at UCL experience

Authors: Jayne F Tierney, Sarah Burdett, Claire Vale, Larysa Rydzewska, Matthew R Sydes, Ruth E Langley, Richard S Kaplan and Mahesh KB Parmar

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O4

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Methods for selecting health concepts and domains from in-depth qualitative interviews for the development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS): a case study

Authors: Jane Blazeby, Leila Rooshenas, Rhiannon Macefield, Daisy Townsend and Tom Milne

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O5

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Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient self-report and observer completion: a novel method of questionnaire design

Authors: Rhiannon Macefield, Alex Nicholson, Tom Milne, Thomas Pinkney, Melanie Calvert, Kerry Avery, Barnaby Reeves and Jane Blazeby

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O6

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Understanding patterns of adverse events after surgery and their impact on recovery

Authors: Rachel L Nash, Barnaby C Reeves, Gianni D Angelini and Chris A Rogers

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O7

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Ongoing validation of health-related quality of life instruments

Authors: Kim Cocks and Puvan Tharmanathan

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O8

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Trials within trials of interventions to improve recruitment and retention: the experience of York Trials Unit

Authors: David Torgerson and Caroline Fairhurst

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O9

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Assessing the effectiveness of a ‘site visit’ on recruitment rates in a multicentre randomised trial: SWAT-1

Authors: Valerie Smith, Mike Clarke, Cecily Begley and Declan Devane

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O10

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Scoop pen sub-study-a ‘trial within a trial’ of enclosing a pen in questionnaire mailings to increase response rate

Authors: Caroline Fairhurst, Kerry Bell, Laura Clark, Natasha Mitchell, Elizabeth Lenaghan, Jeanette Blacklock, Lee Shepstone and David Torgerson

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O11

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Developing guidelines for reporting embedded recruitment trials

Authors: Vichithranie W Madurasinghe, Sandra Eldridge and Gordon Forbes

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O12

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Dose transition pathways: a design, analysis and operational tool for dose-finding trials using model-based designs

Authors: Christina Yap, Lucinda Billingham, Charles Craddock and John O'Quigley

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O13

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Conducting a randomised trial during an influenza pandemic: an example of a trial set up and ‘hibernated’ ready to activate and recruit within 4 weeks

Authors: Clare Brittain, Garry Meakin, Margo Childs, Lelia Duley and Wei Shen Lim

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O14

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Using the UK renal registry for a clinical trial in dialysis patients: the example of SIMPLIFIED

Authors: Simon Bond, Rupert Payne, Edward Wilson, Afzal Chowdry, Fergus Caskey, David Wheeler and Thomas Hiemstra

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O15

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The design of a multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) phase III randomised controlled trial comparing alternative regimens for escalating (COMPARE) treatment of intermediate and high-risk oropharyngeal cancer with reflections on the complications of introducing a new experimental ARM

Authors: Piers Gaunt, Hisham Mehanna and Christina Yap

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O16

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Progression from an internal pilot of a main trial including adaptation from a two to three group study - straightforward to do?

Authors: Danielle Edwards, Graziella Mazza, Rachael Heys, Caroline Wilson, Jane Blazeby and Chris Rogers

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O17

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Adapting a trial design based on feasibility of recruitment where several treatment groups are possible and the outcome is long-term: pre-empt flexible-entry internal pilot study

Authors: Lee Middleton, Jane Daniels, Kostas Tryposkiadis, Laura Gennard, Lisa Leighton and Siladitya Bhattacharya

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O18

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The use of early decision modelling and value of information analysis in an adaptive trial design: results from the OPTIMA preliminary study

Authors: Peter Hall, Alison Smith, Claire Hulme, Armando Vargas-Palacios, Janet Dunn, Andrea Marshall, John Bartlett, Rob Stein, David Cameron and Christopher McCabe

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O19

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Meandering journey towards routine trial adaptation: survey results on barriers to use of adaptive designs in confirmatory trials

Authors: Munyaradzi Dimairo, Steven Julious, Susan Todd and Jonathan Nicholl

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O20

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What does a good RCT recruitment consultation look like? A new simple six-step model to promote information sharing and recruitment to RCTs

Authors: Alba Realpe, Ann Adams, Peter Wall, Damian Griffin and Jenny L Donovan

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O21

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Using vignettes to understand variations in patient screening and recruitment

Authors: Elaine McColl, Paul Hilton and Cath Brennand

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O22

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Exploring challenges of RCTs in the emergency and critical care setting

Authors: Paul Mouncey, Sarah Power, David Harrison, Sheila Harvey and Kathryn Rowan

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O23

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Use of home visits increases data completion and retention in studies involving family members

Authors: Katie Biggs and Cindy Cooper

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O24

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Can using a resource use log in an economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial reduce the amount of recall bias?

Authors: Sian Noble, Isobel Tudge, Vikki Wylde, Erik Lenguerrand and Elsa Marques

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O25

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Identification of items for a standardised resource-use measure: review of current instruments

Authors: Joanna Thorn, Colin Ridyard, Ruth Riley, Sara Brookes, Dyfrig Hughes, Sarah Wordsworth, Sian Noble and William Hollingworth

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O26

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Modelling cost-effectiveness and value of information in clinical trials to inform stop go decisions: results from the arctic study

Authors: Alison Smith, Peter Hall, John O'Dwyer, Claire Hulme, Dena Cohen and Walter Gregory

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O27

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The use of hospital episode statistics (HES) records alongside clinical trials

Authors: Belen Corbacho, Kerry Bell, Rita Santos and David Torgerson

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O28

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Researchers' experiences of optimising complex health interventions before full-scale RCTs: results from an exploratory multiple case study

Authors: Sara Levati, Suzanne Hagen, Cam Donaldson and Mary Wells

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O29

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Barriers to blinding: an analysis of the feasibility of blinding in test-treatment RCTS

Authors: Lavinia Ferrante di Ruffano and Jon Deeks

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O30

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Can we implement findings from RCTs of diagnostic tests? A review of reporting of test-treat interventions

Authors: Lavinia Ferrante di Ruffano, Jac Dinnes, Sian Phillips-Taylor, Clare Davenport, Chris Hyde and Jon Deeks

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O31

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Complex considerations for randomisation across linked randomised trials of complex interventions: illustration from the affinitie programme

Authors: Robert Cicero, Rebecca Walwyn, Amanda Farrin, Robbie Foy, Jillian Francis, Natalie Gould, Fabiana Lorencatto and Simon Stanworth

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O32

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Impact of timing of follow-up upon outcome in the TOPKAT trial

Authors: Jonathan Cook, Graeme MacLennan, David Murray, Andrew Price, Ray Fitzpatrick, Andrew Carr, Marion Campbell, Helen Campbell, Nigel Arden, Cushla Cooper, Loretta Davies and David Beard

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O33

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Methods for standardising and monitoring surgical interventions in RCTs

Authors: Natalie Blencowe, Nicola Mills, Jenny Donovan and Jane Blazeby

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O34

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How pre-trial qualitative research can change proposed RCT design: a case study and implications for future research

Authors: Leila Rooshenas, Christel Mcmullen, Jonathan Mathers, Daisy Townsend, Jenny Donovan and Jane Blazeby

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O35

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“It's what we call a randomised control trial” exploring how randomisation is presented by recruiters in RCTs

Authors: Marcus Jepson, Daisy Townsend, Julia Wade, Carmel Conefrey and Jenny Donovan

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O36

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The importance of rapport and relationship building when recruiting to clinical trials: a qualitative investigation of trial recruitment consultations in a surgical RCT

Authors: Lynda Constable, Danielle Pirie, Katie Gillies, Sharon McCann, Suzanne Breeman and Cathryn Glazener

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O37

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“You have to keep your nerve on a DMC.” Challenges for data monitoring committees in neonatal intensive care trials: qualitative accounts from the bracelet study

Authors: Claire Snowdon, Diana Elbourne, Peter Brocklehurst, Martin Ward Platt and Robert Tasker

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O38

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Using qualitative research to understand what outcomes matter to patients: direct and indirect approaches to outcome elicitation

Authors: Jonathan Mathers, Thomas Keeley, Laura Jones, Melanie Calvert, Paula Williamson, Janet Jones, Christel McMullan, Susan Wright and Bridget Young

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O39

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Synthesising participants’ accounts from different mental health trials: the stride study

Authors: Katrina Turner, John Percival, David Kessler and Jenny Donovan

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O40

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Development of guidance for statistical analysis plans (SAPs) for clinical trials

Authors: Ashma Krishan, Deborah Stocken, Steff Lewis, Ed Juszczak, Caroline Dore, Paula Williamson, Doug Altman, Alan Montgomery, Mike Clarke and Carrol Gamble

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O41

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Beyond total treatment effects in RCTs: why we need to measure outcomes at baseline when investigating mediation

Authors: Sabine Landau, Richard Emsley and Graham Dunn

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O42

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Longitudinal mediation in the PACE randomised clinical trial of rehabilitative treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome: modelling and design considerations

Authors: Kimberley Goldsmith, Trudie Chalder, Peter White, Michael Sharpe and Andrew Pickles

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O43

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Complier-average causal effects for multivariate outcomes: an instrumental variable approach with application to health economics

Authors: Karla DiazOrdaz, Angelo Franchini and Richard Grieve

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O44

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Considering the design effect for the stepped wedge trial: what can it tell us?

Authors: Jennifer Thompson, Katherine Fielding, James Hargreaves and Andrew Copas

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O45

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Assessing sensitivity to assumptions in mixed effects analyses of stepped-wedge trials

Authors: Calum Davey and Jennifer A Thompson

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O46

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Trials recruiting patients in the acute NHS setting: trial management challenges

Authors: Seonaidh Cotton, Ruth Thomas, Sarah Cameron, Anne Duncan, Tracey Davidson and Kirsty McCormack

Citation: Trials 2015 16(Suppl 2):O47

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