Pring, Edward T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-9762
Gould, Laura E.
Malietzis, George
Lung, Philip
Bharal, Mina
Fadodun, Tutu
Bassett, Paul
Naghibi, Mani
Taylor, Claire
Drami, Ioanna
Chauhan, Deeptika
Street, Tamsyn
Francis, Nader K.
Athanasiou, Thanos
Saxton, John M.
Jenkins, John T.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
St Mark's Hospital Foundation
Article History
Received: 20 July 2020
Accepted: 27 August 2021
First Online: 15 September 2021
Declarations
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: The BiCyCLE NMES Trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04065984) is a single centre double blind, randomised controlled trial. Ethics approval for the study has been obtained from the NHS England HRA and Health and Care Research Wales (19/LO/0259). Local approval has been obtained by the Research and Development department of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (RD18/115). Informed consent is obtained from patients as part of the BiCyCLE NMES Trial; the approved participant information sheet and consent form (version 3 11/03/19) are included in the.
: The sponsor has designated the right to publication to the authors. Trial participants have consented to publication of their analysed data and qualitative responses. The study findings will be of interest to surgical oncologist performing exenterative procedures for locally advanced cancers. This study will inform a future multi centre RCT to determine whether NMES is an effective post-surgical rehabilitation option in the surgical oncology patient.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.