Fedratinib combined with ropeginterferon alfa-2b in patients with myelofibrosis (FEDORA): study protocol for a multicentre, open-label, Bayesian phase II trial by Graham McIlroy, Charlotte Gaskell, Aimee Jackson, Emily Yafai, Rachel Tasker, Catherine Thomas, Sonia Fox, Rebecca Boucher, Fitsum Ghebretinsea, Claire Harrison, Adam J. Mead, Mary Frances McMullin

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Evaluation of variation in special educational needs provision and its impact on health and education using administrative records for England: umbrella protocol for a mixed-method... by Stuart Logan, Ruth Gilbert, Tamsin Ford, Johnny Downs, Jugnoo Rahi, Ania Zylbersztejn, Katie Harron, Kate Boddy, Bianca De Stavola, Vincent Nguyen, Isaac Winterburn, Kate Lewis, Lucy Karwatowska, Lorraine Dearden, Sarah Barnes, Jacob Matthews, Matthew Lilliman, Jennifer Saxton, Antony Stone, Kristine Black-Hawkins

“…There is scant evidence on whether SEN provision improves health and education outcomes.Methods The Health Outcomes of young People in Education (HOPE) research programme uses administrative data from the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data—ECHILD—which contains data from all state schools, and contacts with National Health Service hospitals in England, to explore variation in SEN provision and its impact on health and education outcomes. …”
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Study protocol for Adaptive ChemoTherapy for Ovarian cancer (ACTOv): a multicentre phase II randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of adaptive therapy (AT) with carbo... by Michelle Lockley, Kathy Robinson, Rowan Miller, Charlie Gourley, Nicholas Counsell, Iain Mcneish, Trevor Graham, Uma Anne Mukherjee, Helen Hockings, Apini Patel, Priya Narayanan, Katie Wilkinson, Harjot Dhanda, Alexander R A Anderson

“…ACTOv is open to National Health Service hospitals throughout the UK, recruitment is anticipated to take 36 months across 10 sites and will be managed by the Cancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre.Ethics and dissemination The trial has been reviewed and received approval from the London—Dulwich Research Ethics Committee (REC). …”
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Qualitative evaluation of the Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After COVID-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) randomised controlled trial (RCT): ‘you are not alone’ by Gordon McGregor, Susanne Finnegan, Martin Underwood, Joyce Yeung, James Mason, Peter Heine, Nigel Edwards, Julie Bruce, Kate Seers, Harbinder Kaur Sandhu, Helen Atherton, Sharisse Alleyne, Katie Booth, Ranjit Lall, Vivien P Nichols, Stuart Ennis, Scott McGuire, Rachel Potter, Jessica Smith, Chen Ji, Shilpa Patel, Henry Nwankwo, Kate Evans, Susie Hennings, Alastair Canaway, Grace Lobley, David Mcwilliams, Christina Jones, Emma Padfield, David Montgomery, Beatriz Lara, Becky Haley, Francesca Denton, Bartholomew Sheehan, Mariam Ratna, Elaine Fairbrother, Zoe Noakes, Bogdan Zutic, Lee Austin, Tom Forsyth, Anne Bush, Alan Bush, Patrick Sawdon, Jonathon Prosser, Lee Tompkins, Jonathon Guck, Danielle Hale, Juwairia Said, Georgie Ray, Rowena Williams, Gail Evans, Thillini Hettiarachchi, Abeesh Panicker

“…Framework and thematic analysis were used to analyse the findings.Setting England and Wales, UK.Participants Adults discharged from National Health Service (NHS) hospitals at least 3 months previously after COVID-19, with ongoing physical and/or mental health sequelae.Results Twenty intervention participants, 20 control participants and five practitioners were interviewed.The themes from the group support sessions were: (1) you are not alone; (2) sharing experiences and addressing worries; (3) gaining new perspectives; (4) hope for progression; (5) peer support and bonding; (6) integration of facilitation skills; (7) modified activity pacing and goal setting, and (8) giving participants structure. …”
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Inappropriate prescribing of drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-esophageal reflux disease remains a matter of concern: Results from the LAPTOP-PPI cluster randomized trial by Manuela Casula, Manuela Casula, Ilaria Ardoino, Laura Pierini, Lara Perrella, Stefano Scotti, Sara Mucherino, Valentina Orlando, Enrica Menditto, Carlotta Franchi

“…BackgroundProton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most commonly and inappropriately prescribed drugs by general practitioners (GPs), resulting in increased risk of adverse outcomes for patients and in avoidable costs for Italy’s National Health Service (NHS). This study aims to assess the effectiveness of a low-cost and easily implementable informative intervention directed at GPs to enhance the appropriate prescription of PPIs.MethodsThe LAPTOP-PPI study is a pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial designed to improve the appropriateness of PPI prescriptions among community-dwelling individuals aged ≥65 years. …”
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Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: the Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity... by Vibhu Paudyal, Nicola Greenlaw, Frances S Mair, Kate Stock, Andrew McPherson, Andrea E Williamson, Richard Lowrie, Donogh Maguire, Steven Ross, James Roy Robertson, Alison Boyle, Clare Duncan, Rebecca Blair, Cian Lombard, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, Jennifer Hislop, Stephen Wishart, David Brannan, Rebekah Ramage

“…Objectives To examine randomised controlled trial (RCT) progression criteria including emergency department (ED) attendance and non-fatal overdose, from a holistic, integrated health and social care outreach intervention (PHOENIx), for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal street drug overdose.Design Pilot RCT. 1:1 randomisation to PHOENIx plus usual care (UC) or UC.Setting Glasgow, Scotland.Participants 128 adults experiencing homelessness with at least one non-fatal street drug overdose in the preceding 6 months.Interventions Pharmacists from the National Health Service and third sector homelessness workers offered weekly outreach. …”
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Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster... by Karla Hemming, Jonathan Bishop, Sarah Dean, Jean Hay-Smith, Tim Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Mark Pearson, Rohini Terry, Eivor Oborn, Sara Webb, Eleni Gkini, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Helena Frawley

“…Recent changes to the National Health Service perinatal pelvic healthcare means a full trial is not possible.Trial registration number ISRCTN10833250.…”
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Endocytic recycling is central to circadian collagen fibrillogenesis and disrupted in fibrosis by Joan Chang, Adam Pickard, Jeremy A Herrera, Sarah O'Keefe, Richa Garva, Matthew Hartshorn, Anna Hoyle, Lewis Dingle, John Knox, Thomas A Jowitt, Madeleine Coy, Jason Wong, Adam Reid, Yinhui Lu, Cédric Zeltz, Rajamiyer V Venkateswaran, Patrick T Caswell, Stephen High, Donald Gullberg, Karl E Kadler

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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute... by Thomas R Fanshawe, Philip J Turner, Gail N Hayward, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Michael Moore, Mark Lown, Christopher C Butler, Mandy Wootton, Mark H Wilcox, Jane Freeman, Nicola Kenealy, Valerie Tate, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe

“…The second part of the sample will be processed at a National Health Service-based reference laboratory using a modified reference standard including microscopy, microbiological culture, pathogen speciation and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. …”
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Survival analysis of a 16-year cohort of follicular lymphoma patients receiving systemic treatment in Brazil by Pamela Santos Azevedo, Isabella Zuppo Laper, Deborah Marta do Santos Oliveira, Adriano de Paula Sabino, Marina Morgado Garcia, Isabela Cristina Menezes de Freitas, Isabela Cristina Menezes de Freitas, Wallace Mateus Prata, Wallace Mateus Prata, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia, Juliana Álvares-Teodoro, Juliana Álvares-Teodoro, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Augusto Afonso Guerra Júnior, Augusto Afonso Guerra Júnior

“…There are few studies on FL in Brazil, so this study aims to evaluate the patient’s profile, morbidity and mortality treated by the Brazilian national health service (SUS) and evaluate risk factors associated with treatment failure.MethodsThis is a nationwide 16 years cohort with patients that underwent chemotherapy in the SUS (2000–2015). …”
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Adaptive clinical trial of AZD7442 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in immunosuppressed patients highly vulnerable to infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus (RAPID-PROTECTION): protocol for a m... by Ernest Choy, Kerenza Hood, Emma Thomas-Jones, Eleanor Barnes, Keith Wilson, Christian H Ottensmeier, Debbie Harris, Adrian Hill, Mark Tuthill, Richard Adams, Catherine Porter, Katie Ewer, Sian Griffin, Rebecca Tangney, Joanne Euden, Shirley Pringle, Lawrence Raisanen, Ruby Ray, Lisette Sheena Nixon, Melanie Varley, Craig Bodman, Paola Cicconi, Vivien Dagley, Steven Knapper

“…The immunological effect of the study interventions will be determined by comparison of the results of immunological assessments at baseline and subsequent timepoints.Ethics and dissemination The trial protocol was approved by the research ethics committee of the National Health Service (reference 22/HRA/0359), Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales on 25 July 2022. …”
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“Space to see the future”? A political economy analysis of child and adolescent mental health and well-being in Ethiopia including routes for change by Kibur Engdawork, Kibur Engdawork, Kibur Engdawork, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Tsion Hailu, Tsion Hailu, Tsion Hailu, Mahlet Yared, Mahlet Yared, Girma M. Geletu, Girma M. Geletu, Semere G. Baraki, Semere G. Baraki, Elias Sebsibe, Pamela Abbott

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Novel type 2 diabetes prediction score based on traditional risk factors and circulating metabolites: model derivation and validation in two large cohort studiesResearch in context by Ruijie Xie, Christian Herder, Sha Sha, Lei Peng, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…Additional funding was provided by the Welsh Assembly Government, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and Diabetes UK, with support from the National Health Service (NHS). The German Diabetes Center is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health (Berlin, Germany) and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the state North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Germany) and receives additional funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.).…”
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A proof-of-concept analysis of data from the first NHS clinic for young adults with comorbid cannabis use and psychotic disorders by Marta Di Forti, Benjamin W. Bond, Edoardo Spinazzola, Giulia Trotta, Jodie Lynn, Richard Malkin, Naba Kamran Siddiqui, Sultan Demir, Titilayomi Opadokun, Perry B.M. Leung, Zhikun Li, Andrea Quattrone, Gabriella Baxter, Elizabeth Appiah-Kusi, Tom P. Freeman, Hannah Walsh, Tommaso Squeri, Daria Semikina, Felicity Amberson-Jones, Isabelle Austin-Zimmerman, Tim Meynen, Diego Quattrone, Robin M. Murray

“…To address this, in 2019 the National Health Service (NHS) Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis (CCP) was developed to support adults suffering from psychosis to reduce and/or stop their cannabis use. …”
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PROcalcitonin and NEWS2 evaluation for Timely identification of sepsis and Optimal use of antibiotics in the emergency department (PRONTO): protocol for a multicentre, open-label,... by David Taylor-Robinson, Steve Goodacre, Neil French, Richard Body, Kerenza Hood, Emma Thomas-Jones, Jane Daniels, Sarah Walker, Ingeborg Welters, Mike Bradburn, Paul Schmidt, Enitan Carrol, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Sarah Milosevic, Andrew Tabner, Philip Pallmann, Stephen Aston, Gavin Barlow, Emma Richards, Emmanuel Nsutebu, Philip Howard, Matthew Inada-Kim, Stacy Todd, Fiona McGill, Martin Llewelyn, Louis Wihelmus Niessen, Joanne Euden, Julie Carman, Stephanie Gilbert, Sam Clarkstone, Jacqui Hughes, Lena Meister, Angela Brain, Matthew Scarborough, Sian O'Shea, Claire James

“…In England, the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) has been mandated across all National Health Service (NHS) trusts and ambulance organisations. …”
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Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study by Andrew Carson-Stevens, Maria Panagioti, Adrian Edwards, Jenny Shaw, Stephen Campbell, Carl de Wet, Kate Davies, Anthony Avery, Stuart Hellard, Melanie Jordan, Caroline Sanders, Isobel Joy McFadzean, Jane Senior, Darren M. Ashcroft, Caroline Stevenson, Tim Millar, Saied Ibrahim, Thomas Hewson, Sandra Flynn, Thomas Purchase, Florian Walter, Sioned Gwyn, Richard N. Keers, Ellie Thompson, Verity Wainwright

“…The study has been granted a favourable opinion by Wales Research Ethics Committee 3 (reference 19/WA/0291), Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (reference 2019–332) and the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) to access the medical records without individual consent under Section 251 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (reference 19/CAG/0214).…”
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EDENT1FI Master Protocol for screening of presymptomatic early-stage type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents by Melanie Gündert, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Peter Achenbach, Olga Kordonouri, Agnieszka Szypowska, Ezio Bonifacio, Parth Narendran, Christiane Winkler, R Ribeiro, Sandra Hummel, Przemysława Jarosz-Chobot, Emanuele Bosi, R Lahesmaa, K Casteels, M Peakman, P Jarosz-Chobot, O Kordonouri, Chantal Mathieu, Vito Lampasona, J F Raposo, H Hyöty, F Pociot, João Filipe Raposo, R Berner, R Bergholdt, E Bonifacio, Flemming Pociot, B Petersen, J Van Rampelbergh, L Overbergh, B Van der Schueren, V Lampasona, C Winkler, R Coelho, O Cohen, C Mathieu, E Bosi, Stefanie Arnolds, Lut Overbergh, Zdenek Sumnik, A Koralova, G Sebastiani, Luisa Hoffmann, Mirjam Kohls, Regine Bergholdt, Bianca K Hoefelschweiger, Jurgen Vercauteren, P Gillard, J Vercauteren, A G Ziegler, P Achenbach, F Haupt, S Hummel, T Pieber, J Mader, S Moitzi, S Del Prato, B Torbeyns, Z Sumnik, O Cinek, V Neuman, B Berka, J Antvorskov, J H Klaebel, J E Laiho, F Reschke, T von dem Berge, A Hommel, A Loff, G Gemulla, N Zubizarreta, L Piemonti, F Dotta, A Szypowska, K Karczewski, E Niemoeller, M Baccara-Dinet, K Fogh, M I Buompensiere, C Hurtado del Pozo, E Latres, G Agiostratidou

“…H-22053116; Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Nr. 2023-00312-01; National Health Service Health Research Authority and Health Care Research Wales, IRAS (Integrated Research Application System) project ID 309252; Italian National Institute of Health, National ethics committee for clinical trials of public research bodies (EPR) and other national public institutions, Prot. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Objective 6: potential National Health Service costs involved in the new pathway We were unable to meet this objective as originally intended. …”
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Stewarding COVID-19 health systems response in Pakistan: what more can be done for a primary health care approach to future pandemics? by Shehla Zaidi, Raza Zaidi, Shujaat Hussain, Malik Muhammad Safi

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2022 TB programme review in Pakistan: strengthening governance, with better patient diagnosis and treatment by M. van den Boom, K. Bennani, C. Sismanidis, C. Gunneberg, L. Khawaja, M.A. Safdar, C. Muhwa, E. Heldal, D.M. Cirillo, A.W. Khan, R. Fatima, B.J. Khan, S. Tahseen, M.G. ElMedrek, Y. Hutin, Pakistan Joint TB Program Review Mission

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