The HRB-TMRN also hold webinar presentations -
To see the HRB-TMRN Webinars see here.
HTMR TC WG Webinar Recordings 2018
28 November 2018 'Making more of your study by using SWATs' Lucy Culliford, Research fellow, Bristol University
This webinar will discuss the embedding of SWATS to answer methodological questions in a large cohort study, and then focus on one completed SWAT on the formatting and appearance of PILs.
31 October 2018 'Challenges of conducting a pre-hospital emergency care trial: Experiences from the PARAMEDIC2 trial' Charlotte Scomparin Warwick CTU, University of Warwick
The talk will focus on challenges encountered in the management of the PARAMEDIC2 trial (a pre-hospital randomised controlled trial of adrenaline versus placebo in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest). Topics will include using a waiver of consent, public communication about the trial, randomisation, training and data collection.
27 September 2018 'Mapping Recruitment Research Literature: What’s next?' Anna Kearney, University of Liverpool
Following the review of 56,000 papers, an online database of articles exploring recruitment to Clinical Trials has been developed. This webinar presents an exercise mapping the eligible literature against 42 recruitment themes to understand what research has been undertaken and what is yet to be explored. www.orrca.org.uk
18 June 2018 'Ethical Issues in Emergency Cardiovascular Trials' Alexander Perkins, Trial Manager, LSHTM
This webinar examines the ethical issues raised when conducting research in an emergency context. Using two emergency cardiovascular trials (ERIC-PPCI and ARREST) as case studies, the talk explores the potential consenting methods and trial designs available to facilitate emergency research.
29 May 2018 'Audio-recording recruitment consultations – an exploratory study in two RCTs to investigate the impact on randomisation rates' Professor Chris Rogers, University of Bristol.
25 April 2018 'Changing platforms without stopping the train: A Data Management Perspective on the operational aspects of adaptive platform trials' Lindsay Masters, Data Scientist, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
The talk provides an overview of running adaptive platform trials from a data management perspective, including experiences of running the STAMPEDE and FOCUS4 trials.
13 April 2018 'This is a platform alteration: A Trial Management Perspective on the operational aspects of adaptive and platform protocols' Dr Francesca Schiavone, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.
The talk provides an overview on running adaptive platform trials from a trial management perspective. Francesca shares her experience in running the STAMPEDE and FOCUS4 trials, with an emphasis on the operational complexities of adding a new research comparison to an ongoing platform.
2 March 2018 'Achieving clinician buy in for challenging trials: lessons from the paediatric critical care setting' Dr Kerry Woolfall, University of Liverpool.
26 January 2018 'Recruitment in HIV trials: challenges and lessons' Dr Lucy Campbell, Kings College London.
Recordings 2017
17 October 2017 'Triggered or routine site monitoring visits for randomised controlled trials? Results of TEMPER, a prospective, matched-pair study' Dr William Cragg, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
19 May 2017 'Why we should do recruitment and retention projections, and how to use them' Professor Shaun Treweek, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
31 March 2017 'Methods to manage the randomisation and treatment of patients 24/7 in a large multi-centre RCT'. Dr Rachel Brierley, Senior Research Associate in Clinical Trials Management, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol
27 February 2017 'Recruiting 15,000 trial participants by mail' Dr Louise Bowman, Associate Professor, CTSU, University of Oxford
27 January 2017 'What are TwiCs and how are they being used?' Dr Clare Relton, Senior Research Fellow, School of Health & Related Research, University of Sheffield
Recordings 2016
12 December 2016 ‘The ORRCA Database: Helping you access relevant recruitment research for clinical trials’ Anna Kearney, Researcher within the North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research, University of Liverpool
11 May 2016 'You have to keep your nerve on a DMC: Challenges for data monitoring committees in a neonatal intensive care trials' Dr Claire Snowdon, Lecturer at the Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
11 February 2016 ‘Clinical trials safety and regulation: application of risk-based methodological approaches’. Christina Reith, Clinical Research Fellow, CTSU, University of Oxford
The HRB:Trials Methodology Research Network (Ireland) hosted a webinar by Professor Paula Williamson, Chair of the HTMR Network, on 14 December 2015. Find out more.
Our colleagues at the HRB-TMRN (Trials Methodology Research Network, Ireland) also host regular webinars. Full listings of upcoming webinars, and recordings of previous, can be found on their site.
Find out more about the Working Groups and their interests.
