Health Technology Assessment

Volume 27 (2023)

33 issues

Extended Research Article

Techniques to increase lumbar puncture success in newborn babies: the NeoCLEAR RCT

Charles C Roehr
,
Andrew SJ Marshall
,
Alexandra Scrivens
,
Manish Sadarangani
,
Rachel Williams
,
Jean Yong
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 33
  • Published:
    19 December 2023

Extended Research Article

A multifaceted intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing among CHIldren with acute COugh and respiratory tract infection: the CHICO cluster RCT

Peter S Blair
,
Grace J Young
,
Clare Clement
,
Padraig Dixon
,
Penny Seume
,
Jenny Ingram
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 32
  • Published:
    19 December 2023

Extended Research Article

Tonsillectomy compared with conservative management in patients over 16 years with recurrent sore throat: the NATTINA RCT and economic evaluation

Janet A Wilson
,
Tony Fouweather
,
Deborah D Stocken
,
Tara Homer
,
Catherine Haighton
,
Nikki Rousseau
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 31
  • Published:
    19 December 2023

Extended Research Article

Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Evaluation Study: the THESEUS prospective cohort study

John R Ingram
,
Janine Bates
,
Rebecca Cannings-John
,
Fiona Collier
,
Angela Gibbons
,
Ceri Harris
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 30
  • Published:
    19 December 2023

Extended Research Article

Ablative and non-surgical therapies for early and very early hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Ros Wade
,
Emily South
,
Sumayya Anwer
,
Sahar Sharif-Hurst
,
Melissa Harden
,
Helen Fulbright
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 29
  • Published:
    19 December 2023

Issue

Planned delivery for pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation: the PHOENIX RCT

  • Chief investigator:
    Professor Andrew Shennan
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment
  • Published:
    5 December 2023

Extended Research Article

Implementing early rehabilitation and mobilisation for children in UK paediatric intensive care units: the PERMIT feasibility study

Barnaby R Scholefield
,
Julie C Menzies
,
Jennifer McAnuff
,
Jacqueline Y Thompson
,
Joseph C Manning
,
Richard G Feltbower
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 27
  • Published:
    5 December 2023

Extended Research Article

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of guided self-help versus individual cognitive behavioural therapy with a trauma focus for post-traumatic stress disorder (RAPID)

Jonathan I Bisson
,
Cono Ariti
,
Katherine Cullen
,
Neil Kitchiner
,
Catrin Lewis
,
Neil P Roberts
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 26
  • Published:
    15 November 2023

Extended Research Article

One versus three weeks hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy for early breast cancer treatment: the FAST-Forward phase III RCT

Adrian Murray Brunt
,
Joanne S Haviland
,
Duncan A Wheatley
,
Mark A Sydenham
,
David J Bloomfield
,
Charlie Chan
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 25
  • Published:
    15 November 2023

Extended Research Article

Exercise therapy for tendinopathy: a mixed-methods evidence synthesis exploring feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness

Kay Cooper
,
Lyndsay Alexander
,
David Brandie
,
Victoria Tzortziou Brown
,
Leon Greig
,
Isabelle Harrison
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 24
  • Published:
    31 October 2023

Extended Research Article

A pragmatic, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised trial to assess the safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness of mirtazapine and carbamazepine in people with Alzheimer's disease and agitated behaviours: the HTA-SYMBAD trial

Sube Banerjee
,
Nicolas Farina
,
Catherine Henderson
,
Juliet High
,
Susan Stirling
,
Lee Shepstone
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 23
  • Published:
    31 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Adjunctive Medication Management and Contingency Management to enhance adherence to acamprosate for alcohol dependence: the ADAM trial RCT

Kim Donoghue
,
Sadie Boniface
,
Eileen Brobbin
,
Sarah Byford
,
Rachel Coleman
,
Simon Coulton
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 22
  • Published:
    30 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Posterior cervical foraminotomy versus anterior cervical discectomy for Cervical Brachialgia: the FORVAD RCT

Simon Thomson
,
Gemma Ainsworth
,
Senthil Selvanathan
,
Rachel Kelly
,
Howard Collier
,
Ruben Mujica-Mota
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 21
  • Published:
    30 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Appropriate design and reporting of superiority, equivalence and non-inferiority clinical trials incorporating a benefit risk assessment: the BRAINS study including expert workshop

Nikki Totton
,
Steven A Julious
,
Elizabeth Coates
,
Dyfrig A Hughes
,
Jonathan A Cook
,
Katie Biggs
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 20
  • Published:
    15 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Comparison of lotions, creams, gels and ointments for the treatment of childhood eczema: the BEE RCT

Matthew J Ridd
,
Sian Wells
,
Stephanie J MacNeill
,
Emily Sanderson
,
Douglas Webb
,
Jonathan Banks
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 19
  • Published:
    25 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Online remote behavioural intervention for tics in 9- to 17-year-olds: the ORBIT RCT with embedded process and economic evaluation

Chris Hollis
,
Charlotte L Hall
,
Kareem Khan
,
Marie Le Novere
,
Louise Marston
,
Rebecca Jones
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 18
  • Published:
    24 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Rates of medical or surgical treatment for women with heavy menstrual bleeding: the ECLIPSE trial 10-year observational follow-up study

Joe Kai
,
Brittany Dutton
,
Yana Vinogradova
,
Nicholas Hilken
,
Janesh Gupta
,
Jane Daniels
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 17
  • Published:
    24 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Alternative cascade-testing protocols for identifying and managing patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: systematic reviews, qualitative study and cost-effectiveness analysis

Nadeem Qureshi
,
Bethan Woods
,
Rita Neves de Faria
,
Pedro Saramago Goncalves
,
Edward Cox
,
Jo Leonardi-Bee
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 16
  • Published:
    24 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Antidepressants in pregnancy: applying causal epidemiological methods to understand service-use outcomes in women and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed children

Hein Heuvelman
,
Neil M Davies
,
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
,
Alan Emond
,
Jonathan Evans
,
David Gunnell
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 15
  • Published:
    2 October 2023

Extended Research Article

Cost-effectiveness of therapeutics for COVID-19 patients: a rapid review and economic analysis

Andrew Metry
,
Abdullah Pandor
,
Shijie Ren
,
Andrea Shippam
,
Mark Clowes
,
Paul Dark
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 14
  • Published:
    28 August 2023

Extended Research Article

Helping pregnant smokers quit: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy

Dunja Przulj
,
Francesca Pesola
,
Katie Myers Smith
,
Hayden McRobbie
,
Tim Coleman
,
Sarah Lewis
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 13
  • Published:
    1 August 2023

Extended Research Article

A randomised controlled trial of adjunctive triamcinolone acetonide in eyes undergoing vitreoretinal surgery for open globe trauma the ASCOT study

David G Charteris
,
Suzie Cro
,
Edward Casswell
,
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
,
Victory Ezeofor
,
Bethany Anthony
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 12
  • Published:
    28 July 2023

Extended Research Article

Frenotomy with breastfeeding support versus breastfeeding support alone for infants with tongue-tie and breastfeeding difficulties: the FROSTTIE RCT

Marian Knight
,
Rema Ramakrishnan
,
Svetlana Ratushnyak
,
Oliver Rivero-Arias
,
Jennifer Bell
,
Ursula Bowler
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 11
  • Published:
    25 July 2023

Extended Research Article

Diagnostic accuracy and clinical impact of MRI-based technologies for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: systematic review and economic evaluation

Rebecca Bresnahan
,
Rui Duarte
,
James Mahon
,
Sophie Beale
,
Marty Chaplin
,
Devarshi Bhattacharyya
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 10
  • Published:
    18 July 2023

Extended Research Article

Antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care: ARTIC-PC RCT

Paul Little
,
Nick A Francis
,
Beth Stuart
,
Gilly O’Reilly
,
Natalie Thompson
,
Taeko Becque
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 9
  • Published:
    26 June 2023

Extended Research Article

Bleeding risk in patients prescribed dual antiplatelet therapy and triple therapy after coronary interventions: the ADAPTT retrospective population-based cohort studies

Jessica Harris
,
Koen B Pouwels
,
Thomas Johnson
,
Jonathan Sterne
,
Christalla Pithara
,
Kalaivani Mahadevan
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 08
  • Published:
    13 June 2023

Extended Research Article

Clinical and cost effectiveness of endoscopic bipolar radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction: a systematic review

Fiona Beyer
,
Stephen Rice
,
Giovany Orozco-Leal
,
Madeleine Still
,
Hannah O’Keefe
,
Nicole O’Connor
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 7
  • Published:
    22 May 2023

Extended Research Article

Feasibility of a RCT of techniques for managing an impacted fetal head during emergency caesarean section: the MIDAS scoping study

Kate F Walker
,
Eleanor J Mitchell
,
Susan Ayers
,
Nia W Jones
,
Reuben Ogollah
,
Natalie Wakefield
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 6
  • Published:
    30 March 2023

Extended Research Article

Total ankle replacement versus ankle arthrodesis for patients aged 50 85 years with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis: the TARVA RCT

Andrew J Goldberg
,
Kashfia Chowdhury
,
Ekaterina Bordea
,
James Blackstone
,
Deirdre Brooking
,
Elizabeth L Deane
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 5
  • Published:
    30 March 2023

Extended Research Article

Motivational support intervention to reduce smoking and increase physical activity in smokers not ready to quit: the TARS RCT

Adrian H Taylor
,
Tom P Thompson
,
Adam Streeter
,
Jade Chynoweth
,
Tristan Snowsill
,
Wendy Ingram
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 4
  • Published:
    30 March 2023

Extended Research Article

Views of female genital mutilation survivors, men and health-care professionals on timing of deinfibulation surgery and NHS service provision: qualitative FGM Sister Study

Laura Jones
,
Emma Danks
,
Benjamin Costello
,
Kate Jolly
,
Fiona Cross-Sudworth
,
Pallavi Latthe
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 3
  • Published:
    15 March 2023

Extended Research Article

Routinely used interventions to improve attachment in infants and young children: a national survey and two systematic reviews

Barry Wright
,
Pasco Fearon
,
Megan Garside
,
Eleni Tsappis
,
Elaine Amoah
,
Danya Glaser
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 2
  • Published:
    1 February 2023

Extended Research Article

Acceptability and feasibility of a planned preconception weight loss intervention in women with long-acting reversible contraception: the Plan-it mixed-methods study

Susan Channon
,
Elinor Coulman
,
Rebecca Cannings-John
,
Josie Henley
,
Mandy Lau
,
Fiona Lugg-Widger
et al.
  • Journal:
    Health Technology Assessment Volume: 27, Issue: 1
  • Published:
    6 January 2023