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Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing? (2022)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E. J., Sprange, K., Treweek, S., & Nixon, E. (2022). Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing?. Trials, 23, Article 457. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06417-3

Marketing is a core business function in commercial companies but is also frequently used by not-for-profit organisations. Marketing focuses on understanding what people value to make choices about engaging with a product or service: a concept also k... Read More about Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing?.

Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis? (2022)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E. J., Goodman, K., Wakefield, N., Cochran, C., Cockayne, S., Connolly, S., …Youssouf, N. F. J. (2022). Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis?. Trials, 23, Article 357. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06315-8

Clinical trial managers play a vital role in the design and conduct of clinical trials in the UK. There is a current recruitment and retention crisis for this specialist role due to a complex set of factors, most likely to have come to a head due to... Read More about Clinical trial management: a profession in crisis?.

Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study (2022)
Journal Article
Wyn Jones, N., Mitchell, E. J., Wakefield, N., Knight, M., Dorling, J., Thornton, J. G., & Walker, K. F. (2022). Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 272, 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.03.004

Objective: To determine the incidence of, and complication rates from, impacted fetal head at full dilatation Caesarean birth in the UK, and record what techniques were used. Design: Prospective observational study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance... Read More about Impacted fetal head during second stage Caesarean birth: A prospective observational study.

The FEED1 trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of full milk feeds versus intravenous fluids with gradual feeding for preterm infants (30–33 weeks gestational age) (2022)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E. J., Meakin, G., Anderson, J., Dorling, J., Gale, C., Haines, R., …Ojha, S. (2022). The FEED1 trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of full milk feeds versus intravenous fluids with gradual feeding for preterm infants (30–33 weeks gestational age). Trials, 23(1), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05994-z

Background: In the UK, approximately 8% of live births are preterm (before 37 weeks gestation), more than 90% of whom are born between 30 and 36 weeks, forming the largest proportion of a neonatal units’ workload. Neonatologists are cautious in initi... Read More about The FEED1 trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of full milk feeds versus intravenous fluids with gradual feeding for preterm infants (30–33 weeks gestational age).