Ezeofor, Victory ‘Segun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4211-8942
Spencer, Llinos Haf http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7075-8015
Rogers, Simon N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-6142
Kanatas, Anastasios
Lowe, Derek
Semple, Cherith J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4560-7637
Hanna, Jeffrey R.
Yeo, Seow Tien
Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor
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Documents that mention this clinical trial
An Economic Evaluation Supported by Qualitative Data About the Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) versus Standard Treatment Pathway in the Management of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-021-00320-4
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research for Patient Benefit Programme (PB-PG-0215-36047)
Article History
Accepted: 16 December 2021
First Online: 31 January 2022
Declarations
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: This paper presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme (Grant Reference Number PB-PG-0215-36047). The funder was not involved in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
: The Patient Concerns Inventory study received ethical approval from North West—Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee, REC reference: IRAS 16/NW/0465. Project ID: 189554. It also had approval from the Health Research Authority (HRA). The Research and Development Department at Aintree Hospital NHS Trust (AUH) coordinated the trial and AUH was the sponsor for the trial.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: STY and RTE reviewed the Health Economic Analysis Plan (HEAP). LHS and RTE drafted initial manuscript and VE undertook the health economics analysis. VE, LHS and RTE wrote the health economics paper; CJS and JRH carried out the qualitative analysis from the consultant interviews; SNR and DL conceptualised the trial and designed and wrote the study protocol; SNR and DL contributed to the advanced health economics paper. AK, CJS, DL, LHS, SNR, STY, RTE were Steering Group members and were responsible for the delivery for the trial. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: This paper presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
: As part of the trail patients consented to the study.
: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request or Please contact the Principal Investigator Simon Rogers for datasets used in the PCI study.
: The code for the PCI analysis used in this study is available from the corresponding author upon request.