NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre: Recent submissions
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Return to work following laparoscopic-assisted resection or open resection for rectal cancer: Findings from AlaCaRT—Australasian Laparoscopic Cancer of the Rectum Trial
Published 2020Background Maintaining employment for adults with cancer is important, however, little is known about the impact of surgery for rectal cancer on an individual's capacity to return to work (RTW). This study aimed to determine ...Open AccessArticle -
Nurse-led advance care planning with older people who have end-stage kidney disease: feasibility of a deferred entry randomised controlled trial incorporating an economic evaluation and mixed methods process evaluation (ACReDiT)
Published 2020Background Advance Care Planning is recommended for people with end-stage kidney disease but evidence is limited. Robust clinical trials are needed to investigate the impact of advance care planning in this population. ...Open AccessArticle -
Costs and outcomes of advance care planning and end-of-life care for older adults with endstage kidney disease: A person-centred decision analysis
Published 2019Background Economic evaluations of advance care planning (ACP) in people with chronic kidney disease are scarce. However, past studies suggest ACP may reduce healthcare costs in other settings. We aimed to examine hospital ...Open AccessArticle -
Health-related quality of life and wellbeing in people over 75 years of age with end-stage kidney disease managed with dialysis or comprehensive conservative care: a cross-sectional study in the UK and Australia
Published 2019Objective To measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and well-being in older people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and to determine the association between treatment type and sociodemographic characteristics ...Open AccessArticle -
Patient-reported advantages and disadvantages of peritoneal dialysis: results from the PDOPPS
Published 2019Background Patient-reported measures are increasingly recognized as important predictors of clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis (PD). We sought to understand associations between patient-reported perceptions of the ...Open AccessArticle