Volume 21 (2017)

Surveillance versus ablation for incidentally diagnosed small renal tumours: the SURAB feasibility RCT

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 81
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  22 December 2017

Interventions for hyperhidrosis in secondary care: a systematic review and value-of-information analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 80
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  22 December 2017

Virtual chromoendoscopy for the real-time assessment of colorectal polyps in vivo: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 79
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  22 December 2017

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of issuing longer versus shorter duration (3-month vs. 28-day) prescriptions in patients with chronic conditions: systematic review and economic modelling

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 78
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  21 December 2017

A novel peer-support intervention using motivational interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance:a UK feasibility study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 77
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  21 December 2017

Self-management toolkit and delivery strategy for end-of-life pain: the mixed-methods feasibility study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 76
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  21 December 2017

Managing diabetes in people with dementia: a realist review

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 75
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  13 December 2017

Facet-joint injections for non-specific low back pain: a feasibility RCT

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 74
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  12 December 2017

Home-based health promotion for older people with mild frailty: the HomeHealth intervention development and feasibility RCT

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 73
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  7 December 2017

Preventing blood-borne virus infection in people who inject drugs in the UK: systematic review, stakeholder interviews, psychosocial intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 72
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  5 December 2017

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treat-to-target strategies in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 71
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  5 December 2017

A pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing stapled haemorrhoidopexy with traditional excisional surgery for haemorrhoidal disease: the eTHoS study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 70
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  5 December 2017

Assessing the performance of methodological search filters to improve the efficiency of evidence information retrieval: five literature reviews and a qualitative study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 69
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  30 November 2017

A systematic review and economic evaluation of adalimumab and dexamethasone for treating non-infectious intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis or panuveitis in adults

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 68
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  29 November 2017

CollAborative care for Screen-Positive EldeRs with major depression (CASPER plus): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 67
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  24 November 2017

Is whole-colon investigation by colonoscopy, computerised tomography colonography or barium enema necessary for all patients with colorectal cancer symptoms, and for which patients would flexible sigmoidoscopy suffice? A retrospective cohort study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 66
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  20 November 2017

A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of position during the late stages of labour in nulliparous women with an epidural: clinical effectiveness and an economic evaluation (BUMPES)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 65
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  7 November 2017

Adalimumab, etanercept and ustekinumab for treating plaque psoriasis in children and young people: systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 64
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  6 November 2017

Timing of surgical intervention for developmental dysplasia of the hip: a randomised controlled trial (Hip 'Op)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 63
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  25 October 2017

The Age of BLood Evaluation (ABLE) randomised controlled trial: description of the UK-funded arm of the international trial, the UK cost-utility analysis and secondary analyses exploring factors associated with health-related quality of life and health-care costs during the 12-month follow-up

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 62
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  25 October 2017

Spot protein-creatinine ratio and spot albumin-creatinine ratio in the assessment of pre-eclampsia: a diagnostic accuracy study with decision-analytic model-based economic evaluation and acceptability analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 61
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  24 October 2017

Subcutaneous Injection of Adalimumab Trial compared with Control (SCIATiC): a randomised controlled trial of adalimumab injection compared with placebo for patients receiving physiotherapy treatment for sciatica

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 60
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  24 October 2017

International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 59
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  23 October 2017

Real-time modelling of a pandemic influenza outbreak

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 58
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  23 October 2017

The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2): an ongoing randomised controlled trial comparing carotid endarterectomy with carotid artery stenting to prevent stroke

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 57
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  11 October 2017

Certolizumab pegol and secukinumab for treating active psoriatic arthritis following inadequate response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 56
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  4 October 2017

Provision of information about newborn screening antenatally: a sequential exploratory mixed-methods project

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 55
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  2 October 2017

A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial after stroke (AVERT): a Phase III, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 54
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  2 October 2017

A randomised controlled study of the effectiveness of breathing retraining exercises taught by a physiotherapist either by instructional DVD or in face-to-face sessions in the management of asthma in adults

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 53
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  25 September 2017

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of beta interferon and glatiramer acetate for treating multiple sclerosis: systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 52
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  15 September 2017

Molecular testing for Lynch syndrome in people with colorectal cancer: systematic reviews and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 51
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  12 September 2017

Cognitive-behaviour therapy for health anxiety in medical patients (CHAMP): a randomised controlled trial with outcomes to 5 years

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 50
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  7 September 2017

Amisulpride augmentation in clozapine-unresponsive schizophrenia (AMICUS): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 49
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  4 September 2017

Duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy for children with acute osteomyelitis or septic arthritis: a feasibility study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 48
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  1 September 2017

A pilot randomised controlled trial of community-led ANtipsychotic Drug REduction for Adults with Learning Disabilities

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 47
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  31 August 2017

Cost and Outcome of BehaviouRal Activation (COBRA): a randomised controlled trial of behavioural activation versus cognitive behavioural therapy for depression

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 46
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  31 August 2017

Pilot of a randomised controlled trial of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline versus cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety symptoms in people with generalised anxiety disorder who have failed to respond to low-intensity psychological treatments as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 45
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  30 August 2017

Developing a multidisciplinary rehabilitation package following hip fracture and testing in a randomised feasibility study: Fracture in the Elderly Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation (FEMuR)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 44
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  24 August 2017

Systematic review of interventions for treating or preventing antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 43
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  16 August 2017

Managing Faecal INcontinence in people with advanced dementia resident in Care Homes (FINCH) study: a realist synthesis of the evidence

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 42
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  14 August 2017

Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 41
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  10 August 2017

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of serum B-type natriuretic peptide testing and monitoring in patients with heart failure in primary and secondary care: an evidence synthesis, cohort study and cost-effectiveness model

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 40
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  4 August 2017

Observational study to estimate the changes in the effectiveness of bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination with time since vaccination for preventing tuberculosis in the UK

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 39
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  24 July 2017

The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cetuximab (review of technology appraisal no. 176) and panitumumab (partial review of technology appraisal no. 240) for previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer: a systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 38
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  4 July 2017

Clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of low-intensity interventions in the management of obsessive compulsive disorder: the Obsessive Compulsive Treatment Efficacy randomised controlled Trial (OCTET)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 37
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  4 July 2017

Barriers to and facilitators of smoking cessation in pregnancy and following childbirth: literature review and qualitative study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 36
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  29 June 2017

Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an adaptive randomised controlled pilot trial (DeCoDer study)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 35
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  7 June 2017

Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lightweight fibreglass heel casts in the management of ulcers of the heel in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 34
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  2 June 2017

Faecal immunochemical tests to triage patients with lower abdominal symptoms for suspected colorectal cancer referrals in primary care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 33
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  2 June 2017

A randomised controlled trial to assess the cost-effectiveness of intensive versus no scheduled follow-up in patients who have undergone resection for colorectal cancer with curative intent

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 32
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  31 May 2017

A multicentre randomiSed controlled TRial of IntraVEnous immunoglobulin compared with standard therapy for the treatment of transverse myelitis in adults and children (STRIVE)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 31
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  30 May 2017

Facet joint injections for people with persistent non-specific low back pain (Facet Injection Study): a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 30
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  30 May 2017

Screening strategies for atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 29
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  27 May 2017

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness results from the randomised, Phase IIB trial in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia to compare fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone and low-dose rituximab: the Attenuated dose Rituximab with ChemoTherapy In Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (ARCTIC) trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 28
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  23 May 2017

Aquatic therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial and mixed-methods process evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 27
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  12 May 2017

Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: a systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 26
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  10 May 2017

The clinical effectiveness of different surveillance strategies to prevent colorectal cancer in people with intermediate-grade colorectal adenomas: a retrospective cohort analysis, and psychological and economic evaluations

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 25
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  3 May 2017

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention for falls prevention in older people: a multicentre cohort randomised controlled trial (the REducing Falls with ORthoses and a Multifaceted podiatry intervention trial)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 24
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  3 May 2017

Multiplex tests to identify gastrointestinal bacteria, viruses and parasites in people with suspected infectious gastroenteritis: a systematic review and economic analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 23
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  3 May 2017

What carcinoembryonic antigen level should trigger further investigation during colorectal cancer follow-up? A systematic review and secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 22
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  28 April 2017

Seal or Varnish? A randomised controlled trial to determine the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealant and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 21
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  28 April 2017

A cluster randomised trial, cost-effectiveness analysis and psychosocial evaluation of insulin pump therapy compared with multiple injections during flexible intensive insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes: the REPOSE Trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 20
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  21 April 2017

Modifying Alcohol Consumption to Reduce Obesity (MACRO): development and feasibility trial of a complex community-based intervention for men

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 19
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  12 April 2017

Development and validation of Prediction models for Risks of complications in Early-onset Pre-eclampsia (PREP): a prospective cohort study

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 18
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  12 April 2017

PET-NECK: a multicentre randomised Phase III non-inferiority trial comparing a positron emission tomography computerised tomography-guided watch-and-wait policy with planned neck dissection in the management of locally advanced (N2/N3) nodal metastases in patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 17
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  12 April 2017

Randomised controlled trial of silk therapeutic garments for the management of atopic eczema in children: the CLOTHES trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 16
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  11 April 2017

Youth social behaviour and network therapy (Y-SBNT): adaptation of a family and social network intervention for young people who misuse alcohol and drugs a randomised controlled feasibility trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 15
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  7 April 2017

Pre-conception care for women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: A mixed methods study exploring uptake of pre-conception care

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 14
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  7 April 2017

Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER) 2: a cluster randomised trial and systematic review of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new protocols for emergency ambulance paramedics to assess older people following a fall with referral to community-based care when appropriate

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 13
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  7 April 2017

Cognitive behavioural therapy and short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy versus brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depression (IMPACT): a multicentre, pragmatic, observer-blind, randomised controlled trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 12
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  7 April 2017

Prehospital randomised assessment of a mechanical compression device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (PARAMEDIC): a pragmatic, cluster randomised trial and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 11
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  7 April 2017

A randomised controlled trial to compare the safety, effectiveness and cost effectiveness of doxycycline (200 mg/day) with oral prednisolone (0.5 mg/kg/day) for initial treatment of bullous pemphigoid: the Bullous Pemphigoid Steroids and Tetracyclines (BLISTER) Trial

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 10
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  13 March 2017

Oral anticoagulants for primary prevention, treatment and secondary prevention of venous thromboembolic disease, and for prevention of stroke in atrial fibrillation: systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 9
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  10 March 2017

CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with subthreshold depression (CASPER): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 8
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  1 March 2017

The assessment and appraisal of regenerative medicines and cell therapy products: an exploration of methods for review, economic evaluation and appraisal

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 7
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  1 March 2017

Autologous chondrocyte implantation in the knee: systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 6
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  13 February 2017

The clinical effectiveness of individual behaviour change interventions to reduce risky sexual behaviour after a negative human immunodeficiency virus test in men who have sex with men: systematic and realist reviews and intervention development

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 5
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  1 February 2017

Randomised controlled trial and economic analysis of an internet-based weight management programme: POWeR+ (Positive Online Weight Reduction)

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 4
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  25 January 2017

Start2quit: a randomised clinical controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using personal tailored risk information and taster sessions to increase the uptake of the NHS Stop Smoking Services

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 3
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  25 January 2017

Canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin monotherapy for treating type 2 diabetes: systematic review and economic evaluation

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 2
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  20 January 2017

Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 'Families for Health', a family-based childhood obesity treatment intervention delivered in a community setting for ages 6 to 11 years

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  Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue: 1
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  6 January 2017