McAlees, Eleanor
Vollebregt, Paul F.
Stevens, Natasha
Dudding, Tom C.
Emmanuel, Anton V.
Furlong, Paul L.
Hamdy, Shaheen
Hooper, Richard L.
Jones, James F. X.
Norton, Christine
O’Connell, P. Ronan
Scott, S. Mark
Knowles, Charles H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (14/144/08)
Medtronic
Article History
Received: 6 February 2018
Accepted: 16 May 2018
First Online: 26 June 2018
Authors’ information
: Eleanor McAlees is Senior Research Nurse at National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.Paul F Vollebregt is Clinical Research Fellow at National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.Natasha Stevens is Senior Research Programme Manager at National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.Tom C Dudding is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.Anton V Emmanuel is Consultant Gastroenterologist at University College Hospital London and Academic Neurogastroenterologist at University College London, London, UK.Paul L Furlong is Professor of Clinical Neuroimaging and Director of Aston Brain Centre, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.Shaheen Hamdy is Professor of Neurogastroenterology and Consultant Gastroenterologist at University of Manchester / Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester and Salford, UK.Richard L Hooper is Reader in Medical Statistics at Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, UK.James FX Jones is Professor of Anatomy at University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland.Christine Norton is Professor of Clinical Nursing Research, King’s College London, UK.P Ronan O’Connell is Professor of Surgery and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University College Dublin School of Medicine / St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.S Mark Scott is Senior Clinical Scientist and Director of the GI Physiology Unit (Colorectal Service) at Queen Mary University of London / Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.Charles H Knowles is Professor of Surgery and Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Queen Mary University of London / Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
: The research is performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent will be obtained from all participants in the study. The chief investigator (CI: CK) has obtained approval for the trial from a recognised committee of the UK HRA National Research Ethics Service, London City and East REC (Reference 17/LO/1060, IRAS 187783) on 13 September 2017.
: EM, PFV, NS, AVE, PLF, RLH, JFJ and CN have no conflict of interest. TCD has received financial remuneration from Medtronic Inc. and Axonics Neuromodulation Technologies as honoraria and participation on expert advisory committees. SH has received funding from the University of Manchester, Enteric HTC, and the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) fund to develop a diagnostic device to assess faecal incontinence. PRO has received financial remuneration from Medtronic Inc. as speaker fees and financial support for contract research, and has also received financial remuneration from Ethicon Endosurgery as speaker and consultation fees, and consultation fees from MSD. SMS has received honoraria for teaching from MMS/Laborie. CHK has received financial remuneration from Medtronic Inc. as speaker fees and for expert advisory committees.
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