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    Development of a Bariatric Surgery Core Data Set for an International Registry

    Bariatric and metabolic surgery is an effective treatment for severe and complex obesity; however, robust long-term data comparing operations is lacking. Clinical registries complement clinical trials in contr...

    Karen D. Coulman, Katy Chalmers, Jane Blazeby, John Dixon, Lilian Kow in Obesity Surgery (2023)

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    Optimising recruitment and informed consent in randomised controlled trials: the development and implementation of the Quintet Recruitment Intervention (QRI)

    Pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered essential to determine effective interventions for routine clinical practice, but many fail to recruit participants efficiently, and some really imp...

    Jenny L. Donovan, Leila Rooshenas, Marcus Jepson, Daisy Elliott, Julia Wade in Trials (2016)

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    What is the effect of patient-reported outcome (PRO) item order on prioritisation of PROs in the development of a core outcome set?

    Katy Chalmers, Kerry Avery, Karen Coulman, Natalie Blencowe, Rhiannon Macefield in Trials (2015)

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    Assessment of patient-reported adverse events after discharge from hospital in RCTs in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: is there sufficient coverage in existing EORTC questionnaires?

    Kerry Avery, Elaine O’Connell Francischetto, Galina Velikova, Jane Blazeby in Trials (2015)

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    How can pilot work optimally inform surgical RCTs? A review of current evidence

    Katherine Fairhurst, Kerry Avery, Elaine O'Connell Francischetto, Chris Metcalfe in Trials (2015)

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    Methods for evaluating innovative surgery: a nested ideal phase 2 study within an external randomised pilot (the ROMIO trial)

    Jane Blazeby, Richard Berrisford, Dan Titcomb, Andrew Hollowood, Grant Sanders in Trials (2015)

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    Evaluating informed consent during trial recruitment consultations: development and preliminary evaluation of a new method

    Julia Wade, Daisy Townsend, Daisy Gaunt, Kerry Avery, Grace Young, Jenny Donovan in Trials (2015)

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    The impact of a two or three-group RCT design on blinding of patients

    Kerry Avery, Chris Metcalfe, Paul Barham, Richard Berrisford, Grant Sanders in Trials (2015)

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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

    Rhiannon Macefield, Alex Nicholson, Tom Milne, Thomas Pinkney, Melanie Calvert in Trials (2015)

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    Optimising the design of internal pilot work to inform efficient randomised controlled trials: issues to consider when develo** progression criteria

    Kerry Avery, Paula Williamson, Carrol Gamble, Elaine O'Connell Francischetto in Trials (2015)

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    The importance of stakeholder selection in core outcome set development: how surveying different health professionals may influence outcome selection

    Kerry Avery, Katy Chalmers, Katie Whale, Natalie Blencowe, Rhiannon Macefield in Trials (2015)

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    Optimising the design and evaluation of pilot work to inform the main trial: a review of current evidence and consideration of future practices

    Elaine O'Connell Francischetto, Kerry Avery, Chris Metcalfe, Paula Williamson in Trials (2013)

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    A mixed methods approach to assess the reliability of a test for the success of blinding in a surgical randomised controlled trial (RCT)

    Caroline E Boulind, Kerry Avery, Chris Metcalfe, Nader K Francis, Jane M Blazeby in Trials (2011)