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Acronym |
Study
Long Name |
Number
of Practices Required / Institutions |
Number
of Subjects Required |
Status |
| ARCCT (PHSRN) | Recruitment to and reduction of attrition from randomised controlled trials. | GPRF | N/A | Open |
| A/H1N1-PASS | Post
authorisation
safety study (PASS) of A/H1N1
pandemic vaccine. |
98 | 9000 | Open |
| DYD: "Down Your Drink" | Interactive web-based intervention for reducing excessive alcohol consumption (PRIMENT). | University College London & PRIMENT CTU | 2600 | Open |
| DIABETES | Improving the delivery of care for patients with diabetes through understanding optimised team work and organisation in primary care. | University of Newcastle | 100 | Open |
| FLU WATCH | Community Study of behavioural and biological determinants of transmission to inform seasonal and pandemic planning. | 892 (Households) | 2289 | Open |
| FLU
WATCH |
Influenza Pandemic Consortium: A prospective cohort study designed to recruit 10,000 people in general practice. | 162 |
10,000 |
Open |
| Help Seeking Behaviour (PHSRN) | Help seeking behaviours: exploring opportunities to investigate aspects of help seeking for health promotion. | GPRF | N/A | Open |
| Knowledge Transfer (PHSRN) | Knowledge Translation to support the dissemination and implementation of MRC public health and health services research. | GPRF | N/A | Open |
| MATISSE | Randomised controlled trial involving art therapy for schizophrenia (PRIMENT). | UCL & Imperial College | 417 | Open |
| OPEN (B12) | Role of vitamin B12 in neurological function of older people in the UK. | LSHTM, Kings College Hospital & University of Oxford CTSU | 200 | Open |
| PARTNERS | Developing integrated primary care for patients with serious mental illness (PARTNERS). | 100 | 1600 | Open |
| PROACT 65+ | A multicentre cluster randomized trial that compares a community group exercise programme with home based exercise and with usual care. | 30 | 1350 | Open |
| ProCEED | Managed care in recurrent/chronic depression. | 42 | 630 | Open |
|
STI
Partner Notification Methods in
Primary Care |
Relative clinical and cost-effectiveness of three contrasting approaches to partner notification for curable STIs: a cluster randomised trial in primary care. | 66/
|
3,330 | Pilot phase |
| Stroke Survey | The Stroke Association Stroke Survivor Needs Survey. | 100 | 500 | Open |
| Text To Stop |
Can mobile
phone based support help people quit smoking? |
20 |
240 |
Open |
| UMMA | Urinary MMA revisited: a functional biomarker of B12 status in older people applicable to large scale surveys. | Human Nutrition Unit, Univeristy of Sheffield | 600 | Open |
| VIT B12 |
Role of
vitamin B12 in
neurological function of older people in the UK. |
20 |
400 |
Open |
| ANGINA |
Patients'
preferences for
treatment for coronary artery disease |
10 |
200 |
Completed |
| BELLS |
A
factorial
trial of the
early
administration of steroid’s and/or viral’s for
Bell's Palsy. |
23 |
551 |
Completed |
| BEST |
A
multi-centred randomised
controlled trial of Primary-care based cognitive behavioural program
for low back pain. |
12 |
700 |
Completed |
| COMM-SYMPTOMS |
Common
Symptoms in the
community
-understanding the publics responses in order to enhance appropriate
care. |
20 |
7763 |
Completed |
| CFS/ME
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CASE DEFINITION |
Development
of an
epidemiological case definition for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic
encephalmyelitis. |
71 |
N/A | Completed |
| DVT-MAIN | Air Travel and VTE main study . | 130 | 1200 | Completed |
| ESCAPE http://www.escapestudy.org.uk/ |
Effectiveness of computer-tailored Smoking cessation Advice in Primary Care: a Randomised Trial. | 130 | 6900 | Completed |
| FINE TRIAL | Randomised control trial of nurse led self-help treatment for primary care patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. | 10 | 360 | Completed |
| GNOME |
A
double-blind randomised
placebo-controlled trial of topical nasal steroids in 3-11 year old
children with persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME) in
primary care. |
60 |
217 |
Completed |
| IID2
STUDY http://www.iid2.org.uk/ |
The Second study of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID) in the community | 88 | 8276 | Completed |
| OPAL http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/msu/opal/index.html |
Can n-3
fatty
acids
prevent
age-related decline in cognitive function? |
20 |
800 |
Completed |
| PESTICIDES |
General
Practitioners
based
scheme for monitoring pesticide related illness. |
MTC Institute
of Environment and Health |
1335 |
Completed |
| PREDICTD http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool/departments/eupredict/ |
Prediction
of
future
episodes of
depression in primary medical care: evaluation of a risk factor
profile. |
27 |
1200 |
Completed |
| RISCK
(MAIN) |
Impact of
the
amount and
composition of dietary fat and carbohydrate on metabolic syndrome and
cardiovascular disease risk. |
MRC HNR | 130 | Completed |
| SEXTOOL |
Developing
and piloting a
Sexual
Health Communication tool. |
12 |
200 | Completed |
| TOIB |
Are
topical
or oral
Ibuprofen
equally effective for the treatment of chronic knee pain in older
people. |
26 |
585 | Completed |
| WAIST-
PILOT |
Weight
Assessment and
Intervention Study Tools. |
8 |
60 |
Completed |
| WHOLEHEART
STUDY |
Randomised
control trial
to test
the impact of increased consumption of wholegrain foods on
cardiovascular disease risk. |
MRC Human Nutrition Unit | 300 | Completed |
| BALLS EYE Programme | Targeting men for better sexual health. | Queen Mary College & St Bartholomew’s London NHS Trust | 1200 | In Development |
| CACHE | Clopidogrel vs Aspirin in Chronic Heart Failure. | University of Hull | 300 | In Development |
| HELP | Healthy Eating Lifestyles programme. | University College London | 300 | In Development |
| Randomised trial on increasing uptake of smoking cessation services. | A randomised controlled trial to increase the uptake of smoking cessation services using personal targeted risk information and taster sessions. | University College London | 1054 | In Development |
| REAL | Clinical outcome re schizophrenia intervention (PRIMENT) | University College London | All Mental Health Units. | In Development |
| STI
Partner Notification For more information please redirect
to the following site: http://www.partnernotification.org.uk/ |
Relative clinical and cost-effectiveness of three contrasting approaches to partner notification for curable STIs: a cluster randomised trial in primary care. | University of Brighton | 840 | In Development |
| 10TT For more information please redirect to the following UKCRN webpage : http://public.ukcrn.org.uk/search/StudyDetail.aspx?StudyID=10330 |
Randomised controlled trial of Ten Top Tips for management of obesity in General Practice. | University College London & PRIMENT CTU | 520 | In Development |