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

Abstract Background Adalimumab, a biological treatment targeting tumour necrosis factor α, might be useful in sciatica. This paper describes the challenges faced when developing a new treatment pathway for a randomised controlled trial of adalimumab for people with sciatica, as well as the reasons w...

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Main Authors: Nefyn H. Williams, Alison Jenkins, Nia Goulden, Zoe Hoare, Dyfrig A. Hughes, Eifiona Wood, Nadine E. Foster, David Walsh, Dawn Carnes, Valerie Sparkes, Elaine M. Hay, John Isaacs, Kika Konstantinou, Dylan Morrissey, Jaro Karppinen, Stephane Genevay, Clare Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2801-6