NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme 08/24/02 This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (project number 08/24/02) and will be published in full in the HTA series. The Health Services Research Unit of the University of Aberdeen is funded in part by the Chief Scientist's Office of the Scottish Government's Health and Social Care Directorates. JAC held Medical Research Council UK training (reference number G0601938) and methodology (reference number G1002292) fellowships while this research was undertaken ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF
Funding: This trial was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Health Technology Assessment programme (project No 11/71/03). The Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates funded SH's post, and the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust supported SD. The study funders had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the manuscript, or decision to submit for publication. The research team was independent from the funders. All authors had access to all study data and take responsibility for its integrity and the accuracy of the data analysis. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care. The trial sponsor was Glasgow Caledonian University. Data sharing: Individual participant data collected for this trial, and a data dictionary defining each field in the dataset, will be made available to others; all available data will be de-identified participant data. The protocol, statistical analysis plan, informed consent form, and ethics committee approval are available (https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/117103/#/). To access data, a request should be submitted to the corresponding author (s.hagen@gcu.ac.uk) with a scientific proposal including objectives. Written proposals will be assessed by members of the trial steering committee and a decision made about the appropriateness of the request. The data will only be shared after the data sharing agreement is fully executed. ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF
Acknowledgments The project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 07/60/18). The Health Services Research Unit and the Health Economics Research Unit are funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The authors wish to thank the women who participated in the PROSPECT study. We also thank Margaret MacNeil for her secretarial support and data management; Dawn McRae and Lynda Constable for their trial management support; the programming team in CHaRT, led by Gladys McPherson; members of the Project Management Group for their ongoing advice and support of the study; and the staff at the recruitment sites who facilitated the recruitment, treatment and follow-up of study participants. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the UK Health Technology Assessment Programme, the National Institute of Health Research, the National Health Service, or the Department of Health. ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF
Acknowledgments Special thanks must go to all of the SUSPEND trial participants and staff at each of our recruiting centres for taking part in this trial. We thank our collaborators at the SUSPEND sites, and participating National Health Service (NHS) trusts and boards (NHS Grampian, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Highland, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, NHS Lothian, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and The University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust). We thank the staff at the SUSPEND trial office based in the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) within the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Project Number 08/71/01. The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the HTA Programme, the NIHR, the NHS, or the Department of Health. The Health Services Research Unit is core funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates; however, the opinions expressed in this publication are those of ...
