Relevant Publications

Author: Treweek S, Bevan S, Bower P, Briel M, Campbell M, Christie J, Collett C, Cotton S, Devane D, El Feky A, Galvin S, Gardner H, Gillies K, Hood K, Jansen J, Littleford R, Parker A, Ramsay C, Restrup L, Sullivan F, Torgerson D, Tremain L, von Elm E, Westmore M, Williams H, Williamson PR, Clarke M.
Publication Title: Trial Forge Guidance 2: how to decide if a further Study Within A Trial (SWAT) is needed
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Year of publication: 2020
Author: Paul J. Young, PhD; Sean M. Bagshaw, MD; Andrew B. Forbes, PhD; Alistair D. Nichol, PhD; Stephen E. Wright, MBChB; Michael Bailey, PhD; Rinaldo Bellomo, PhD; Richard Beasley, DSc; Kathy Brickell, RN; Glenn M. Eastwood, PhD; David J. Gattas, MD; Frank van Haren, PhD; Edward Litton, PhD; Diane M. Mackle, MN; Colin J. McArthur, MBChB; Shay P. McGuinness, MD; Paul R. Mouncey, MSc; Leanlove Navarra, RN; Dawn Opgenorth, RN; David Pilcher, MBBS; Manoj K. Saxena, PhD; Steve A. Webb, PhD; Daisy Wiley, BSc; Kathryn M. Rowan, PhD.
Publication Title: Effect of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis With Proton Pump Inhibitors vs Histamine-2 Receptor Blockers on In-Hospital Mortality Among ICU Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation The PEPTIC Randomized Clinical Trial
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Year of publication: 2020
Author: Vellinga A, Devine C, Ho MY, Clarke C, Leahy P, Bourke J, Devane D, Duane S, Kearney P.
Publication Title: What do patients value as incentives for participation in clinical trials? A pilot discrete choice experiment
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Year of publication: 2020
Author: Dahly D, Gates S, Morris T.
Publication Title: Statistical review of Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial.
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Year of publication: 2020
Author: Biesty L, Galvin S, Finucane E, Healy P, Devane D, Conway T.
Publication Title: Can learning about trials be child's play? A qualitative exploration of the 'Schools Teaching Awareness of Randomised Trials' (START) initiative.
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Year of publication: 2020
Author: J Power, B Gilmore, F Vallières, E Toomey, H Mannan, E McAuliffe
Publication Title: Adapting health interventions for local fit when scaling-up: a realist review protocol
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Conway A, Dowling M, Binchy Á, Grosvenor J, Coohill M, Naughton D, James J, Devane D.
Publication Title: Implementing an initiative to promote evidence-informed practice: part 1 - a description of the Evidence Rounds programme.
Journal reference number: BMC Med Educ. 2019 Mar 6;19(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1489-y.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Conway A, Dowling M, Devane D.
Publication Title: Implementing an initiative promote evidence-informed practice: part 2-healthcare professionals' perspectives of the Evidence Rounds programme.
Journal reference number: BMC Med Educ. 2019 Mar 6;19(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1488-z.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Hayes-Ryan D, Hemming K, Breathnach F, Cotter A, Devane D, Hunter A, McAuliffe FM, Morrison JJ, Murphy DJ, Khashan A, McElroy B, Murphy A, Dempsey E, O'Donoghue K, Kenny LC.
Publication Title: PARROT Ireland: Placental growth factor in Assessment of women with suspected pre-eclampsia to reduce maternal morbidity: a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Control Trial Research Study Protocol.
Journal reference number: BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 1;9(2):e023562. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023562.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Duane S, Vellinga A, Murphy AW, Cormican M, Smyth A, Healy P, Moore M, Little P, Devane D
Publication Title: COSUTI: a protocol for the development of a core outcome set (COS) for interventions for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection(UTI) in adults.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2019 Feb 7;20(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3194-x.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Wuytack F, Regan M, Biesty L, Meskell P, Lutomski JE, O'Donnell M, Treweek S, Devane D.
Publication Title: Risk of bias assessment of sequence generation: a study of 100 systematic reviews of trials.
Journal reference number: Syst Rev. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0924-1.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Bogdanet D, Egan A, Fhelelboom N, Biesty L, Thangaratinam S, Dempsey E, Crowther C, Devane D, Dunne F.
Publication Title: Metabolic follow-up at one year and beyond of women with gestational diabetes treated with insulin and/or oral hypoglycaemic agents: study protocol for the identification of a core outcomes set using a Delphi survey.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2019 Jan 5;20(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-3059-8.
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Meher S, Cuthbert A, Kirkham JJ, Williamson P, Abalos E, Aflaifel N, Bhutta, ZA, Bishop A, Blum J, Collins P, Devane D, Ducloy-Bouthors AS, Fawole B, Gülmezoglu AM, Gutteridge K, Gyte G, Homer C, Mallaiah S, Smith JM, Weeks AD, Alfirevic Z.
Publication Title: Core outcome sets for prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: an international Delphi consensus study.
Journal reference number: 26:83–93
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Healy P, Gordijn SJ, Ganzevoort W, Beune IM, Baschat A, Khalil A, Kenny L, Bloomfield FH, Daly M, Kirkham J, Devane D, Papageorghiou AT.
Publication Title: A Core Outcome Set for the prevention and treatment of fetal GROwth restriction: deVeloping Endpoints: the COSGROVE study
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: O' Neill L, Knapp P, Doyle S.L, Guinan E, Parker A, Segurado R, Connolly D, O'Sullivan J, Reynolds J.V, Hussey J. 
Publication Title: Patient and family co-developed participant information to improve recruitment rates, retention, and patient understanding in the Rehabilitation Strategies Following Oesophago-gastric and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Cancer (ReStOre II) trial: Protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT)
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Dan Brunsdon, Linda Biesty, Peter Brocklehurst, Valerie Brueton, Declan Devane, Jim Elliott, Sandra Galvin, Carrol Gamble, Heidi Gardner, Patricia Healy, Kerenza Hood, Joan Jordan, Doris Lanz, Beccy Maeso, Amanda Roberts, Imogen Skene, Irene Soulsby, Derek Stewart, David Torgerson, Shaun Treweek, Caroline Whiting, Sharon Wren, Andrew Worrall & Katie Gillies
Publication Title: What are the most important unanswered research questions in trial retention? A James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership: the PRioRiTy II (Prioritising Retention in Randomised Trials) study
Journal reference number: 593 (2019)
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Delaney H, Devane D, Hunter A, Hennessy M, Parker A, Murphy L, Cronin P, Smith V.
Publication Title: Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of education and training interventions on trial recruitment; a systematic review.
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Gillian Ryan, Kate C O Doherty, Declan Devane, Fionnuala McAuliffe, John Morrison
Publication Title: Questionnaire survey on women's views after a first caesarean delivery in two tertiary centres in Ireland and their preference for involvement in a future randomised trial on mode of birth.
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Bogdanet D, Reddin C, Macken E, Griffin TP, Fhelelboom N, Biesty L, et al.
Publication Title: Follow-up at 1 year and beyond of women with gestational diabetes treated with insulin and/or oral glucose-lowering agents: a core outcome set using a Delphi survey.
Journal reference number: Nov;62(11):2007-2016
Year of publication: 2019
Author: Healy, P.
Publication Title: Reply to letter to the editor about the COSGROVE study
Journal reference number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.1284
Year of publication: 2019
Author: O'Riordan D, Kinane M, Walsh K.A, Shiely F, Eustace F, Bermingham M
Publication Title: Stakeholders' knowledge, attitude and practices to pharmacological and adverse drug reaction reporting in clinical trials: A mixed methods study
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Aoife Maria Egan, Fidelma P Dunne, Linda M Biesty, Delia Bogdanet, Caroline Crowther, Eugene Dempsey, Shakila Thangaratinam, Declan Devane, Narjes Fhelelboom
Publication Title: Gestational diabetes prevention and treatment: a protocol for developing core outcome sets
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Philip D. Adamson, Michelle C. Williams, Marc R. Dweck, Nicholas L. Mills, et al.
Publication Title: Guiding Therapy by Coronary CT Angiography Improves Outcomes in Patients With Stable Chest Pain
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Martin Dennis , John Forbes, Catriona Graham, Maree L. Hackett, et al.
Publication Title: Fluoxetine and Fractures After Stroke Exploratory Analyses From the FOCUS Trial
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Kenneth Mangion, Philip D Adamson, Michelle C Williams, Amanda Hunter, Tania Pawade, Anoop S V Shah, Stephanie Lewis, Nicholas A Boon, Marcus Flather, John Forbes et al.
Publication Title: Sex associations and computed tomography coronary angiography-guided management in patients with stable chest pain
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Charlotte Griffin, Elaine Toomey, Michelle Queally, Catherine Hayes, Patricia M. Kearney, Karen Matvienko-Sikar
Publication Title: Influence of providing information to participants about development of trial outcomes on response rates and attitudes to questionnaire completion: Protocol for a study within a trial
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Gobat N, Butler CC, Mollison J, Francis NA, Gal M, Harris V, Webb SAR, Byrne JP, Watkins A, Sukumar P, Hood K, Nichol A.
Publication Title: What the public think about participation in medical research during an influenza pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey.
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Nina Gobat, John Amuasi, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Louise Sigfid, Hugh Davies, John-Paul Byrne, Gail Carson, Christopher Butler, Alistair Nichol, Herman Goossens
Publication Title: Advancing preparedness for clinical research during infectious disease epidemics
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Rebekah Roy, Heather Colquhoun, Molly Byrne, Fabiana Lorencatto, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Nicola McCleary, Nicole Nathan, Elaine Toomey
Publication Title: Addressing fidelity within complex health behaviour change interventions: A protocol of a scoping review of intervention fidelity frameworks and models.
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Gal M, Gobat N, Francis NA, Hood K, Butler CC, Bielicki J, Fraaij PL, Sharland M, Jarvis J, van Rossum AMC, Heikkinen T, Martinon-Torres F, Herberg J, Watkins A, Webb SAR, Moore R, Sukumar P, Nichol A.
Publication Title: Priority Needs for Conducting Pandemic-relevant Clinical Research With Children in Europe: A Consensus Study With Pediatric Clinician-researchers.
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Catherine Hayes, Aurelia Ciblis, Catherine Darker, Nadine Dougall, Joanne Vance, Nicola O’Connell, Fiona Dobbie, Kirsty Loudon, Emma Burke, Declan Devane & Linda Bauld
Publication Title: We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland—study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
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Year of publication: 2019
Author: Healy P, Edwards PJ, Smith V, Murphy E, Newell J, Burke E, Meskell P, Galvin S, Lynn P, Stovold E, McCarthy B, Biesty LM, Devane D.
Publication Title: Design-based methods to influence the completeness of response to self-administered questionnaires (Protocol)
Journal reference number: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 7. Art. No.: MR000048
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Healy P, Gordijn S, Ganzevoort W, Beune I, Baschat A, Khalil A, Kenny L, Bloomfield F, Daly M, Papageorghiou A, Devane D.
Publication Title: Core Outcome Set for GROwth restriction: deVeloping Endpoints (COSGROVE)
Journal reference number: Trials. 19(1):451
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Webb SA, Nichol AD.
Publication Title: Bending the Pandemic Curve: Improving Decision-Making With Clinical Research
Journal reference number: Crit Care Med. 46(3):442-446
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Gobat NH, Gal M, Butler CC, Webb SAR, Francis NA, Stanton H, Anthierens S, Bastiaens H, Godycki-Ćwirko M, Kowalczyk A, Pons-Vigués M, Pujol-Ribera E, Berenguera A, Watkins A, Sukumar P, Moore RG, Hood K, Nichol AD.
Publication Title: Talking to the people that really matter about their participation in pandemic clinical research: A qualitative study in four European countries.
Journal reference number: Health Expect. 21(1):387-395
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Healy P, Galvin S, Williamson P.R, Treweek S, Whiting C, Maeso B, Bray C, Brocklehurst P, Moloney M.C, Douiri A, Gamble C, Gardner H.R, Mitchell D, Stewart D, Jordan J, O’Donnell M, Clarke M, Pavitt S.H,Woodford Guegan E, Blatch-Jones A, Smith V, Reay H, Devane D.
Publication Title: Identifying trial recruitment uncertainties using a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership – the PRioRiTy (Prioritising Recruitment in Randomised Trials) study
Journal reference number: 10.1186/s13063-018-2544-4
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Shaun Treweek, Simon Bevan, Peter Bower, Marion Campbell, Jacquie Christie, Mike Clarke, Clive Collett, Seonaidh Cotton, Declan Devane, Adel El Feky, Ella Flemyng, Sandra Galvin, Heidi Gardner, Katie Gillies, Jan Jansen, Roberta Littleford, Adwoa Parker, Craig Ramsay, Lynne Restrup, Frank Sullivan, David Torgerson, Liz Tremain, Matthew Westmore, Paula R. Williamson.
Publication Title: Trial Forge Guidance 1: what is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)?
Journal reference number: Trials. 2018; 19: 139.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Matvienko-Sikar K, Griffin C, McGrath N, Toomey E, Byrne M, Kelly C, Heary C, Devane D, Kearney PM.
Publication Title: Developing a core outcome set for childhood obesity prevention: A systematic review.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2018 Aug 22;19(1):451. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2819-9.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Molloy EJ, Gale C, Marsh M, Bearer CF, Devane D, Modi N.
Publication Title: Developing core outcome set for women's, newborn, and child health: the CROWN Initiative.
Journal reference number: Pediatr Res. 2018 Sep;84(3):316-317. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0041-9.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Biesty L, Glynn D, Healy P, Chapman S, Devane D, Galvin S.
Publication Title: Introducing the informed health choices project to Ireland.
Journal reference number: BMJ Evid Based Med. 2018 Jun;23(3):120. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110936.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Healy P, Galvin S, Williamson PR, Treweek S, Whiting C, Maeso B, Bray C, Brocklehurst P, Moloney MC, Douiri A, Gamble C, Gardner HR, Mitchell D, Stewart D, Jordan J, O'Donnell M, Clarke M, Pavitt SH, Guegan EW, Blatch-Jones A, Smith V, Reay H, Devane D.
Publication Title: Identifying trial recruitment uncertainties using a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - the PRioRiTy (Prioritising Recruitment in Randomised Trials) study.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2018 Mar 1;19(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2544-4.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Treweek S, Bevan S, Bower P, Campbell M, Christie J, Clarke M, Collett C, Cotton S, Devane D, El Feky A, Flemyng E, Galvin S, Gardner H, Gillies K, Jansen J, Littleford R, Parker A, Ramsay C, Restrup L, Sullivan F, Torgerson D, Tremain L, Westmore M, Williamson PR.
Publication Title: Trial Forge Guidance 1: what is a Study Within A Trial (SWAT)?
Journal reference number: Trials. 2018 Feb 23;19(1):139. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2535-5.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Healy P, Smith V, Savage G, Clarke M, Devane D, Gross MM, Morano S, Daly D, Grylka-Baeschlin S, Nicoletti J, Sinclair M, Maguire R, Carroll M, Begley C.
Publication Title: Process evaluation for OptiBIRTH, a randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention designed to increase rates of vaginal birth after caesarean section.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2018 Jan 5;19(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2401-x.
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Racince E, Hurley H, Cheung A, Sinnott C, Matvienko-Sikar K, Baumgartner C, Rodondi N, Smithson WH, Kearney PM.
Publication Title: Participants’ perspectives and preferences on clinical trial result dissemination: The TRUST Thyroid Trial experience
Journal reference number: 1:14
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Hennessy M, Hunter A, Healy P, Galvin S, Houghton C.
Publication Title: Improving trial recruitment processes: how qualitative methodologies can be used to address the top 10 research priorities identified within the PRioRiTy study
Journal reference number: 19:584
Year of publication: 2018
Author: Gobat NH, Gal M, Butler CC, Webb SAR, Francis NA, Stanton H, Anthierens S, Bastiaens H, Godycki-Ćwirko M, Kowalczyk A, Pons-Vigués M, Pujol-Ribera E, Berenguera A, Watkins A, Sukumar P, Moore RG, Hood K, Nichol A.
Publication Title: Talking to the people that really matter about their participation in pandemic clinical research: A qualitative study in four European countries.
Journal reference number: 21(1):387-395
Year of publication: 2018
Author: E Racine, C Hurley, A Cheung, C Sinnott, K Matvienko-Sikar, WH Smithson, PM Kearney
Publication Title: Study within a trial (SWAT) protocol. Participants' perspectives and preferences on clinical trial result dissemination: The TRUST Thyroid Trial experience
Journal reference number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2017.07.001
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Conway A, Clarke MJ, Treweek S, Schünemann H, Santesso N, Morgan RL, Darragh M, Maguire LK, Devane D.
Publication Title: Summary of findings tables for communicating key findings of systematic reviews (Protocol)
Journal reference number: DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000044
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Zaki M, McAuliffe E, Galligan M.
Publication Title: Barriers and facilitators to statistical rigour in clinical trials – emerging themes from the literature.
Journal reference number: 10.1186/s13063-017-1902-y (pg. 93)
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Hurley C, Sinnott C, Clarke M, Kearney P, Racine E, Eustace J, et al.
Publication Title: Perceived barriers and facilitators to Risk Based Monitoring in academic-led clinical trials: a mixed methods study.
Journal reference number: Trials. 2017;18(1):423.
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Molly Byrne, Colette Kelly, Elaine Toomey, Marita Hennessy, Declan Devane, Caroline Heary, Janas Harrington, Niamh McGrath, Michelle Queally & Patricia M. Kearney.
Publication Title: Development of an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity interventions: study protocol
Journal reference number: Trials volume 18, Article number: 463 (2017)
Year of publication: 2017
Author: Benstoem C, Moza A, Meybohm P, Stoppe C, Autschbach R, Devane D,Andreas Goetzenich
Publication Title: A core outcome set for adult cardiac surgery trials: A consensus study
Journal reference number: PLoS ONE 12(11)
Year of publication: 2017
Author: C Hurley, F Shiely, J Power, M Clarke, JA Eustaced, E Flanagan, PM Kearney.
Publication Title: Risk based monitoring (RBM) tools for clinical trials: A systematic review
Journal reference number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2016.09.003
Year of publication: 2016
Author: Moher D, Shamseer L, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Liberati A, Petticrew M, Shekelle P, Stewart LA.
Publication Title: Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement
Journal reference number: Syst Rev. 2015;4(1):1
Year of publication: 2015
Author: Shamseer L, Moher D, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Liberati A, Petticrew M, Shekelle P, Stewart LA, The PRISMA-P Group.
Publication Title: Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation.
Journal reference number: BMJ 2015;349:g7647
Year of publication: 2015
Author: Gargon E, Gurung B, Medley N, Altman DG, Blazeby JM, Clarke M, Williamson PR.
Publication Title: Choosing important health outcomes for comparative effectiveness research: a systematic review. PLoS One.
Journal reference number: 2014;9(6):e99111.
Year of publication: 2014
Author: Maguire LK, Clarke M.
Publication Title: How much do you need: a randomised experiment of whether readers can understand the key messages from summaries of Cochrane Reviews without reading the full review. J R Soc Med.
Journal reference number: 2014;107(11):444-9
Year of publication: 2014
Author: Begley CM, Gross MM, Dencker A, Benstoem C, Berg M, Devane D.
Publication Title: Outcome measures in studies on the use of oxytocin for the treatment of delay in labour: a systematic review.
Journal reference number: 30(9):975-82
Year of publication: 2014
Author: Corry M, While A, Neenan K, Smith V.
Publication Title: A systematic review of systematic reviews on interventions for caregivers of people with chronic conditions.
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Year of publication: 2014
Author: Smith V1, Clarke M, Devane D, Begley C, Shorter G, Maguire L.
Publication Title: SWAT 1: what effects do site visits by the principal investigator have on recruitment in a multicentre randomized trial? J Evid Based Med.
Journal reference number: 6(3):136-7
Year of publication: 2013
Author: Williamson P, Altman D, Blazeby J, Clarke M, Gargon E.
Publication Title: Driving up the quality and relevance of research through the use of agreed core outcomes. J Health Serv Res Policy.
Journal reference number: 17(1):1-2
Year of publication: 2012
Author: Antes G, Clarke M.
Publication Title: Knowledge as a key resource for health challenges. Lancet.
Journal reference number: 379:195-6.
Year of publication: 2012
Author: Smith V, Clarke M, Williamson P, Gargon E.
Publication Title: Survey of new 2007 and 2011 Cochrane reviews found 37% of prespecified outcomes not reported. J Clin Epidemiol.
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Year of publication: 2011
Author: Booth A, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Moher D, Petticrew M, Stewart L.
Publication Title: Establishing a minimum dataset for prospective registration of systematic reviews: an international PLoS One.
Journal reference number: 6(11):e27319
Year of publication: 2011
Author: Smith V, Devane D, Begley C, Clarke M.
Publication Title: Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. BMC Med Res Methodol.
Journal reference number: 11:15
Year of publication: 2011

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