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ACUMISS

Acupuncture treatment with threatened miscarriage: an exploratory study. Trial being conducted by the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney.

AdDIT

The Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes Cardio-Renal Intervention Trial (AdDIT) is a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial to investigate the effect of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEI), Statins, and a combination of both, in patients aged 11-15 with Type I diabetes.

Age of amplification

Trial of age of amplification for infants with unilateral hearing impairment identified by the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.

AIRS

Auto-inflation in children with otitis media with effusion (AIRS). A multi-centre trial being run by the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Oxford.

BCIS-1

Ballon-pump Coronary Intervention Study.

CALMS

The Computer-assisted ALerting and Monitoring System study is a randomised controlled trial of continuous physiological monitoring.

CALORIES

A phase III, open, randomised, multi-site trial to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of early parenteral, compared with early enteral, nutritional support in critically ill patients.

COSAK

A randomised phase II study evaluating cediranib vs. cediranib and saracatanib in patients with relapsed metastatic clear cell renal cancer.

CRISP

An international multi-centre open randomised controlled trial of isolated off-pump CABG (OPCABG) versus on-pump CABG (ONCABG) in high risk patients.

CVLPRIT

Complete Versus Lesion-only PRimary PCI PiloT Study. Prospective observational registry and open multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in a subset of patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

Detemir Glargine

A comparison of the effects of insulin Detemir with insulin Glargine on weight gain in female adolescents and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) on a basal bolus regime.

e-ALS

Electronic learning Advanced Life Support (e-ALS) Evaluation. An open label randomised controlled trial to determine whether a 1 day face to face ALS course supplemented by e-learning material is equivalent to the 2 day face to face conventional ALS course in healthcare providers seeking advanced life support training.

ERICCA

Effect of Remote Ischaemic preConditioning on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery. A multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial to determine whether remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIC) improves clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery.

Hope-ICU

HalOPeridol Effectiveness trial. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to compare the early administration of intravenous haloperidol versus placebo in the prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill ventilated patients.

Growth Hormone

The Ely low dose growth hormone study - effects of six months administration of low dose growth hormone on insulin sensitivity, post-load glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease risk markers in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

IL-1RA in SAH Biomarker Study

A double blind randomised controlled trial to determine whether IV administered Kineret® inhibits the central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory response in patients with SAH

IMPACT

Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic And Cognitive Therapies. Trial of Specialist Clinical Care (SCC) vs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) vs. Short Term Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy (STTP).

IVAN

A double blind 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial of VEGF inhibitors for improving visual outcome in patients with CNV from AMD.

LaMB

A phase II/III, randomised, two-arm comparison of maintenance lapatinib versus placebo after first-line chemotherapy in patients with HER1 and/or HER2 overexpressing locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer.

Lamotrigine

A double blind parallel group randomised controlled trial of neuroprotection with lamotrigine in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

LEAP

The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of a novel therapy in the treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN), namely the Loughborough Eating disorders Activity theraPy (LEAP). LEAP is an innovative therapy that addresses the role of extreme exercise in the maintenance of AN using cognitive techniques and behavioural experiments and is fully integrated with an established manualised cognitive behavioural therapy for AN (mCBT-AN).

MINT

A randomized controlled trial of M.I.P.O. vs Intramedullary Nailing in fractured Tibias. The trial is being carried out at the Department of Surgery, King Abdul Aziz Medical City & King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

MRC-ILA-HEART Study

A proof of concept clinical trial investigating the effects of IL-1ra upon markers of inflammation in patients with Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

MS-STAT

A phase II randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial of simvastatin in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

MVO

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Intracoronary Administration of Adenosine or Sodium Nitroprusside to Control for Attenuation of Microvascular Obstruction During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

MXU Peer Study

The TB Reach MXU Peer Study. A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the impact of peer educators on uptake of MXU screening for TB among homeless populations.

NEON Study

Amino acid regimen and intravenous lipid composition in preterm parenteral nutrition: a randomised controlled trial of Nutritional Evaluation and Optimisation in Neonates.

Nesgas

The North European SGA Study - Treatment with recombinant growth hormone in children born small for gestational age (SGA) without catch-up growth.

Neuroprotection with phenytoin in optic neuritis

A phase II double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial of neuroprotection with phenytoin in acute optic neuritis. Sponsored by UCL and funded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

NIRTURE

Neonatal Insulin Replacement Therapy in Europe - a multi-centre, randomised controlled study of early insulin replacement in very low birth weight infants (VLBW <1500g).

NSCLC PSII

Phase III trial of single-agent Pemetrexed (Alimta®) versus the combination of Carboplatin and Pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and performance status 2.

Pancreas 2000

Pancreas 2000 ENSAP - a randomised prospective open label, pragmatic multi-centre trial on the effect of early enteral nutrition on gut barrier permeability in severe acute pancreatitis.

Permit

Pilot Effectiveness of Randomised Mandatory Insulin Therapy study to investigate safety and mechanisms of this therapy in reducing mortality in critically ill patients.

Phantom

Can Pregabalin prevent persistent postamputation pain? A double-blind, placebo controlled trial to investigate whether a single preoperative dose of pregabalin followed by a month of postoperative treatment can significantly reduce the incidence of phantom pain.

PlaNeT-2

Platelets for Neonatal Transfusion (PlaNeT) study 2. A trial to compare two platelet transfusion thresholds, and establish whether a lower platelet transfusion threshold is as safe as a higher threshold.

Pobble1

Peri-operative beta blockade trial 1 - POBBLE1 is a trial to evaluate the effectiveness of beta blockade given before vascular surgery to patients without previous myocardial infarction.

Prodisc

L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer le rapport coût - efficacité comparé de la prothèse discale lombaire PRODISC et de l'arthrodèse dans le cadre des pathologies lombaires dégénératives d'origine discale.

Protocolised Management in Sepsis (ProMISe)

A multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of early, goal-directed, protocolised resuscitation for emerging septic shock.

PRoMPT (NHS Blood and Transplant)

Platelet Responsiveness and Outcome from Platelet Transfusion. Does inherent variation in donor platelet function affect the clinical efficacy of apheresis platelets? A randomised double blind single centre trial.

ProMPT

A single-centre randomised controlled trial of propofol cardioplegia on blood and myocardial biomarkers of stress and injury in patients having isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or aortic valve replacement (AVR) using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)

PRO2TECTION 1

Pulmonary protection with low frequency ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomised study.

PulMiCC

A Randomised trial of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer. This is a two-stage randomised feasibility study. Patients will be firstly registered for evaluation and if subsequently eligible, randomised to active monitoring versus active monitoring with pulmonary metastasectomy.

REACH

Can rehabilitation delivered immediately on hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory disease improve long term health outcomes?

Reach to Grasp

Pilot study for a randomised controlled trial of home based reach to grasp training for people after stroke.

ReMIND

A randomized trial of Rituximab in induction therapy for living donor renal transplantation. This is a Phase IV randomised, open label, controlled trial.

REMoxTB (code break)

REMoxTB is a study for the "Rapid Evaluation of Moxifloxacin in the treatment of sputum smear positive tuberculosis". REMoxTB aims to find and evaluate new drugs and regimens that shorten the duration of tuberculosis therapy.

REPAIR

Randomised double blind placebo-controlled trial to determine if remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) improves renal function after transplantation.

SC IL-1Ra in aSAH

Does subcutaneous interleukin-1 receptor antagonist reduce inflammation following subarachnoid haemorrhage? An open‐labelled randomised controlled study of subcutaneous (SC) interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH).

SCAT

Randomised controlled clinical trial of conventional surgery vs. hybrid surgery for patients undergoing surgery for concomitant valve and coronary disease.

SimSept

Simvastatin and severe sepsis trial.

SMART

Surgical and large bore pleural procedures in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma And Radiotherapy Trial. A multi-centre trial being conducted by the Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit (University of Oxford).

SNAP Trial

SNAP (Silicon Nitride and PEEK) Trial. A Clinical Study of the Amedica Corporation Interbody Fusion Devices for PLIF. The primary objective is to compare the average improvement in Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire for Valeo OL patients versus those that receive similarly-shaped PEEK cages.

SPACE

A self-management programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: is it effective in primary care?

SteT

A randomised controlled trial of median sternotomy vs. anterolateral left thoracotomy on morbidity and healthcare resource use in patients having off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

TANDEM

A randomised controlled Trial of high and low dose Avastin® for Neovascular macular Degeneration in the East Midlands.

TAPS

A multi-centre, randomised controlled trial of pre-operative blood transfusion for patients with sickle cell disease undergoing surgery.

TITRe 2

A multi-centre, randomised controlled trial comparing 7.5g/dL versus 9.0g/dL Hb thresholds for blood transfusion after cardiac surgery.

TOPPS

Two-stage, randomised, non-inferiority trial comparing prophylactic platelet use with no-prophylaxis in adult thrombocytopenic patients with haematological malignancies.

TransACT

A single centre, double-blind, randomised placebo controlled clinical trial in patients undergoing coronary surgery following a recent anterior STEMI. The objective is to determine the effect of subepicardial injection of enriched autologous CD 133 cells derived from bone marrow into infarcted myocardium on the extent of change in regional wall thickening.

TransACT 2

A single centre, randomised-controlled clinical trial in patients undergoing left ventricular restoration surgery for dilated ischemic end-stage heart failure. Participants and all members of the healthcare and research team are blinded to the study allocation.

TRANX-H

A randomised controlled trial of the use of topical application of Tranexamic acid in primary total hip replacement.

TRANX-K

A double blind controlled randomised trial of patients undergoing unilateral primary cemented total knee replacement. The objective is to find out whether Tranexamic acid will reduce blood loss significantly after total knee replacement when applied topically.

VeRDiCT

Preoperative Volume Replacement vs. usual care in Diabetic patients having CABG surgery: a randomised controlled Trial.

Woman (code break)

Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage: an international Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial.

Zoledronic Acid

A double blind randomised controlled trial examining the effect of intravenous zoledronic acid on pleural tumour progression, pleural fluid production, breathlessness and quality of life in patients with malignant pleural disease.