Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation

Volume 8 (2021)

20 issues

Extended Research Article

A 10-year impact assessment of the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme: an independent mixed-method evaluation study

Maike C Rentel
,
Kelly Simpson
,
Anoushka Davé
,
Scott Carter
,
Margaret Blake
,
Jan Franke
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 20
  • Published:
    19 November 2021

Extended Research Article

Losartan to slow the progression of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease through angiotensin targeting: the RADAR RCT

Patrick G Kehoe
,
Nicholas Turner
,
Beth Howden
,
Lina Jarutyt
,
Shona L Clegg
,
Ian B Malone
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 19
  • Published:
    3 November 2021

Extended Research Article

Thoracoscopic surgical ablation versus catheter ablation as first-line treatment for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: the CASA-AF RCT

Shouvik Haldar
,
Habib R Khan
,
Vennela Boyalla
,
Ines Kralj-Hans
,
Simon Jones
,
Joanne Lord
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 18
  • Published:
    1 November 2021

Extended Research Article

Variable short duration treatment versus standard treatment, with and without adjunctive ribavirin, for chronic hepatitis C: the STOP-HCV-1 non-inferiority, factorial RCT

Graham S Cooke
,
Sarah Pett
,
Leanne McCabe
,
Christopher Jones
,
Richard Gilson
,
Sumita Verma
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 17
  • Published:
    28 October 2021

Extended Research Article

Continuous glucose monitoring in extremely preterm infants in intensive care: the REACT RCT and pilot study of 'closed-loop' technology

Kathryn Beardsall
,
Lynn Thomson
,
Catherine Guy
,
Simon Bond
,
Annabel Allison
,
Beatrice Pantaleo
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 16
  • Published:
    28 October 2021

Extended Research Article

Epithelium-off corneal cross-linking surgery compared with standard care in 10- to 16-year-olds with progressive keratoconus: the KERALINK RCT

Daniel FP Larkin
,
Kashfia Chowdhury
,
Caroline J Doré
,
Catey Bunce
,
Jennifer M Burr
,
Emilia Caverly
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 15
  • Published:
    12 October 2021

Extended Research Article

Lactoferrin impact on gut microbiota in preterm infants with late-onset sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis: the MAGPIE mechanisms of action study

Nicholas Embleton
,
Janet Berrington
,
Stephen Cummings
,
Jon Dorling
,
Andrew Ewer
,
Alessandra Frau
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 14
  • Published:
    28 September 2021

Extended Research Article

Paclitaxel-assisted balloon angioplasty of venous stenosis in haemodialysis access: PAVE RCT

Narayan Karunanithy
,
Emily J Robinson
,
Francis Calder
,
Anthony Dorling
,
Janet L Peacock
,
Yanzhong Wang
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 13
  • Published:
    27 September 2021

Extended Research Article

Planned delivery to improve postpartum cardiac function in women with preterm pre-eclampsia: the PHOEBE mechanisms of action study within the PHOENIX RCT

Fergus P McCarthy
,
Jamie O’Driscoll
,
Paul Seed
,
Anna Brockbank
,
Alice Cox
,
Carolyn Gill
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 12
  • Published:
    21 September 2021

Extended Research Article

Digitally supported CBT to reduce paranoia and improve reasoning for people with schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis: the SlowMo RCT

Philippa Garety
,
Thomas Ward
,
Richard Emsley
,
Kathryn Greenwood
,
Daniel Freeman
,
David Fowler
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 11
  • Published:
    12 August 2021

Extended Research Article

Defining phenotypes and treatment effect heterogeneity to inform acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis trials: secondary analyses of three RCTs

Manu Shankar-Hari
,
Shalini Santhakumaran
,
A Toby Prevost
,
Josie K Ward
,
Timothy Marshall
,
Claire Bradley
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 10
  • Published:
    3 August 2021

Extended Research Article

Co-trimoxazole to reduce mortality, transplant, or unplanned hospitalisation in people with moderate to very severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the EME-TIPAC RCT

Andrew M Wilson
,
Allan B Clark
,
Anthony Cahn
,
Edwin R Chilvers
,
William Fraser
,
Matthew Hammond
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 9
  • Published:
    30 July 2021

Extended Research Article

Emergent aneurysm treatment compared with treatment on neurological improvement in patients with ruptured poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: the TOPSAT2 RCT

Philip White
,
Barbara Gregson
,
Elaine McColl
,
Paul Brennan
,
Alison Steel
,
Philippa Watts
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 8
  • Published:
    21 July 2021

Extended Research Article

Probiotics to reduce antibiotic administration in care home residents aged 65 years and older: the PRINCESS RCT

Christopher C Butler
,
Eleri Owen-Jones
,
Mandy Lau
,
David Gillespie
,
Mark Lown
,
Philip C Calder
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 7
  • Published:
    4 May 2021

Extended Research Article

Selenium supplementation to improve bone health in postmenopausal women: the SeMS three-arm RCT

Jennifer S Walsh
,
Richard Jacques
,
Lutz Schomburg
,
Tom Hill
,
John Mathers
,
Graham Williams
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 6
  • Published:
    27 April 2021

Extended Research Article

New technologies for diagnosing active TB: the VANTDET diagnostic accuracy study

Alice Halliday
,
Pooja Jain
,
Long Hoang
,
Robert Parker
,
Mica Tolosa-Wright
,
Tereza Masonou
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 5
  • Published:
    13 April 2021

Extended Research Article

Using cardiovascular magnetic resonance to define mechanisms of comorbidity and to measure the effect of biological therapy: the CADERA observational study

Sven Plein
,
Bara Erhayiem
,
Graham Fent
,
Jacqueline Andrews
,
John Greenwood
,
Paul Baxter
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 4
  • Published:
    24 March 2021

Extended Research Article

Long limb compared with standard limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT

Alexander Dimitri Miras
,
Anna Kamocka
,
Tricia Tan
,
Belén Pérez-Pevida
,
Harvinder Chahal
,
Krishna Moorthy
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 3
  • Published:
    17 February 2021

Extended Research Article

Eplerenone versus placebo for chronic central serous chorioretinopathy: the VICI RCT

Andrew Lotery
,
Sobha Sivaprasad
,
Abby O’Connell
,
Rosie A Harris
,
Lucy Culliford
,
Angela Cree
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 2
  • Published:
    18 January 2021

Extended Research Article

Enhanced neoplasia detection in chronic ulcerative colitis: the ENDCaP-C diagnostic accuracy study

Ashish Awasthi
,
Jamie Barbour
,
Andrew Beggs
,
Pradeep Bhandari
,
Daniel Blakeway
,
Matthew Brookes
et al.
  • Journal:
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Volume: 8, Issue: 1
  • Published:
    11 January 2021