Further considerations for placebo controls in surgical trials by Campbell, MK, Beard, DJ, Blazeby, JM, Cousins, S

Investigating the impact of clustering by surgeon on trial conclusions: to adjust or not to adjust by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Managing clustering effects and learning effects in the design and analysis of randomised surgical trials: a review of existing guidance by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Investigating the presence of surgical learning in the timing of primary surgery for cleft palate randomised trial by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Managing clustering effects and learning effects in the design and analysis of multicentre randomised trials: a survey to establish current practice by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Allowance for learning and clustering effects in the design and analysis of multicentre randomised trials: current practice and experiences by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Investigating the presence of surgical learning in a randomised trial: the Timing of Primary Surgery for cleft palate (TOPS) trial by Conroy, EJ, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, J, Gamble, C

Systematic review of intervention design and delivery in pragmatic and explanatory surgical randomized clinical trials by Blencowe, NS, Boddy, AP, Harris, A, Hanna, T, Whiting, P, Cook, JA, Blazeby, JM

Managing learning and clustering effects at the design stage in randomised surgical trials: a retrospective cohort of trial funding applications by Conroy, E, Rosala-Hallas, A, Blazeby, JM, Burnside, G, Cook, JA, Gamble, C

Methods for assessment of patient adherence to removable orthoses used after surgery or trauma to the appendicular skeleton: a systematic review. by Davies, G, Yeomans, D, Tolkien, Z, Kreis, IA, Potter, S, Gardiner, MD, Jain, A, Henderson, J, Blazeby, JM

Optimizing the design of invasive placebo interventions in randomized controlled trials by Cousins, S, Blencowe, NS, Tsang, C, Chalmers, K, Mardanpour, A, Carr, AJ, Campbell, MK, Cook, JA, Beard, DJ, Blazeby, JM

Reporting of key methodological issues in placebo-controlled trials of surgery needs improvement: a systematic review by Cousins, S, Blencowe, NS, Tsang, C, Lorenc, A, Chalmers, K, Carr, AJ, Campbell, MK, Cook, JA, Beard, DJ, Blazeby, JM

Adaptation of the By-Band randomized clinical trial to By-Band-Sleeve to include a new intervention and maintain relevance of the study to practice by Rogers, CA, Reeves, BC, Byrne, J, Donovan, JL, Mazza, G, Paramasivan, S, Andrews, RC, Wordsworth, S, Thompson, J, Blazeby, JM, Welbourn, R, By-Band-Sleeve Study Investigators

Short-term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate implant-based breast reconstruction with and without mesh (iBRA): a multicentre, prospective cohort study by Potter, S, Conroy, EJ, Cutress, RI, Williamson, PR, Whisker, L, Thrush, S, Skillman, J, Barnes, NLP, Mylvaganam, S, Teasdale, E, Jain, A, Gardiner, M, Blazeby, JM, Holcombe, C

Adjuvant radiotherapy following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and surgery in oesophageal cancer: a retrospective cohort study of survival by Teoh, S, Virdee, PS, Mason, J, Patel, K, Warner, N, Hobbs, C, Sabbagh, A, Marshall, RE, Maynard, ND, Sgromo, B, Gillies, RS, Streets, CG, Barham, CP, Hollowood, AD, Titcomb, DR, Blazeby, JM, Falk, S, Mukherjee, S

Video-assisted thoracoscopic or open lobectomy in early-stage lung cancer by Lim, E, Batchelor, TJP, Dunning, J, Shackcloth, M, Anikin, V, Naidu, B, Belcher, E, Loubani, M, Zamvar, V, Harris, RA, Dabner, L, McKeon, HE, Paramasivan, S, Realpe, A, Elliott, D, De Sousa, P, Stokes, EA, Wordsworth, S, Blazeby, JM, Rogers, CA

Considerations and methods for placebo controls in surgical trials (ASPIRE guidelines) by Beard, DJ, Campbell, MK, Blazeby, JM, Carr, AJ, Weijer, C, Cuthbertson, BH, Buchbinder, R, Pinkney, T, Bishop, FL, Pugh, J, Cousins, S, Harris, IA, Lohmander, LS, Blencowe, N, Gillies, K, Probst, P, Brennan, C, Cook, A, Farrar-Hockley, D, Savulescu, J, Huxtable, R, Rangan, A, Tracey, I, Brocklehurst, P, Ferreira, ML, Nicholl, J, Reeves, BC, Hamdy, F, Rowley, SCS, Cook, JA

Placebo comparator group selection and use in surgical trials: the ASPIRE project including expert workshop by Beard, DJ, Campbell, MK, Blazeby, JM, Carr, AJ, Weijer, C, Cuthbertson, BH, Buchbinder, R, Pinkney, T, Bishop, FL, Pugh, J, Cousins, S, Harris, I, Lohmander, LS, Blencowe, N, Gillies, K, Probst, P, Brennan, C, Cook, A, Farrar-Hockley, D, Savulescu, J, Huxtable, R, Rangan, A, Tracey, I, Brocklehurst, P, Ferreria, ML, Nicholl, J, Reeves, BC, Hamdy, F, Rowley, SCS, Lee, N, Cook, JA

Staff training to improve participant recruitment into surgical randomised controlled trials: A feasibility study within a trial (SWAT) across four host trials simultaneously by Parker, A, Arundel, C, Mills, N, Rooshenas, L, Jepson, M, Donovan, JL, Blazeby, JM, Coleman, E, Clark, L, Doherty, L, Hewitt, CE, Partha Sarathy, P, Beard, D, Bower, P, Brealey, S, Brocklehurst, P, Cooper, C, Croft, J, Culliford, L, Dias, J, Devane, D, Eldridge, S, Emsley, R, Galvin, S, Gemperle-Mannion, E, Jayne, DG, Metcalfe, AJ, Montgomery, A, Rangan, A, Sutton, CJ, Tharmanathan, P, Treweek, S, Torgerson, D

Patient-reported outcomes 12 years after localized prostate cancer treatment by Donovan, JL, Hamdy, FC, Lane, JA, Young, GJ, Metcalfe, C, Walsh, EI, Davis, M, Steuart-Feilding, T, Blazeby, JM, Avery, KNL, Martin, RM, Bollina, P, Doble, A, Doherty, A, Gillatt, D, Gnanapragasam, V, Hughes, O, Kockelbergh, R, Kynaston, H, Paul, A, Paez, E, Powell, P, Rosario, DJ, Rowe, E, Mason, M, Catto, JWF, Peters, TJ, Wade, J, Turner, EL, Williams, NJ, Oxley, J, Staffurth, J, Bryant, RJ, Neal, DE