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Evidence generated from a realist synthesis of trials on educational weight loss interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus (2020)
Journal Article
Maula, A., Kendrick, D., Kai, J., & Griffiths, F. (2021). Evidence generated from a realist synthesis of trials on educational weight loss interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine, 38(1), Article e14394. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14394

Background: Obesity and diabetes are major public health problems. Current approaches to weight loss show varying success. Complex community‐based interventions work through several interconnected stages. An individual’s actions in response to an int... Read More about Evidence generated from a realist synthesis of trials on educational weight loss interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging (2020)
Journal Article
Sullivan, F. M., Mair, F. S., Anderson, W., Armory, P., Briggs, A., Chew, C., …Schembri, S. (2021). Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging. European Respiratory Journal, 57(1), Article 2000670. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00670-2020

The EarlyCDT-Lung test is a high specificity blood-based autoantibody biomarker that could contribute to predicting lung cancer risk. Here we report on the results of a phase IV biomarker evaluation of whether using the EarlyCDT-Lung test and any sub... Read More about Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging.

Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care (2020)
Journal Article
Carroll, F. E., Moure-Fernandez, A., Hollinghurst, S., Downing, H., Young, G., Brookes, S., …Hay, A. D. (2020). Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care. BMJ Open, 10(2), Article e033567. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033567

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective To estimate the costs and outcomes associated with treating non-asthmatic adults (nor suffering from other lung-disease) presenting to primary care wit... Read More about Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care.