Archive of Assessment of Technologies Projects completed before 2010

 

• Bell’s palsy: Early acycLovir and/or prednisoLone in Scotland “BELLS”: A multicentre factorial trial of the early administration of steroids and/or antivirals for Bell’s Palsy

• Caries prevention for children with integrated dental care teams: a randomised controlled trial

• The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of rapid point of care tests for the detection of genital Chlamydia infection in women and men: systematic review and economic evaluation

• The clinical and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma

• The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of computed tomography screening for lung cancer: systematic reviews

• The clinical effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in slowing or arresting progression of osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and economic evaluation

• A cluster randomised trial to investigate the use of a decision aid for the diagnosis of active labour in term pregnancy

• Conservative treatment for urinary incontinence in Men After Prostate Surgery (MAPS)

• Early referral strategies for patients with markers of renal disease

• Economic evaluation of community perinatal care

• Economic evaluation of stapling for grade II haemorrhoids

• An economic evaluation of the NHS Grampian Opportunistic Chlamydia Screening Study

• Effectiveness of preventing and treating staphylococcus aureus carriage on peritoneal catheter-related infections

• Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of selective single embryo transfer (ECoSSE)

• An evaluation of an adapted United States model of pharmaceutical care to improve psychoactive prescribing for care home residents in Scotland

• A feasibility Study for a future economic evaluation of instalment dispensing for newly prescribed medicines

• An impact assessment of Health Technology Assessments conducted by NHS QIS

• Incorporation of process preferences within the QALY framework: a study of alternative methods

• Measurement and valuation of inequality aversion and the distribution of outcomes in maternal health

• The measurement and valuation of productivity costs: a household level analysis

• Methodological comparison of alternative standard gamble chaining procedures

• Microwave Endometrial Ablation versus Thermal Balloon Endometrial Ablation: a randomised comparison of treatment in the post menstrual phase: clinical outcomes, patient acceptability and cost

• Multicentre RCT of medicines management by community pharmacists

• Non-pharmacological interventions for adults with impaired glucose tolerance

• A pilot study for a pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled evaluation of level of dependency in high risk surgical patients undergoing major elective surgery

• The place of minimal access surgery amongst people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - a UK collaborative study (the REFLUX trial)

• The Post-operative Radiotherapy In Minimum risk Elderly (PRIME) breast cancer trial

• A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial of Intensive Care post-discharge review clinics in improving Longer-term Outcomes from critical illness (PRaCTICaL Trial)

• Prognosis and management of intercranial vascular malformations and non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage in adults

• Randomised comparison of macular hole surgery with or without internal limiting membrane peeling (FILMS)

• A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of the effect of vitamin and mineral supplements on morbidity and mortality in men and women over 65

• The role of automated grading of diabetic retinopathy in a primary care screening programme

• Scottish multicentre trial of glutamine and selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients (SIGNET trial)

• Screening for type 2 diabetes: literature review and economic modelling

• SPECT cost effectiveness and probabilistic sensitivity analyses

• Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and efficiency of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI)

• Systematic review and economic modelling of effectiveness and cost utility of surgical treatment for men with benign prostate enlargement

• Systematic review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness, and economic evaluation, of photodynamic diagnosis and novel urine biomarker tests in the detection and follow-up of bladder cancer

• Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ‘HealOzone’ for the treatment of tooth decay (both occlusal pit/fissure caries and root caries)

• Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer

• Using disease specific QoL measures to predict generic QoL

• Valuation of health outcomes in new mothers

• Visiting Research Fellowship – Professor Virginia Wilcox-Gok, University of Northern Illinois

• Wanless Social Care Review: effects of Free Personal Care Policy in Scotland

• What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of minimally invasive hip arthroplasty in the management of arthritic disease of the hip?

• What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of oesophageal Doppler monitoring in critically ill and high risk surgical patients?

• Women’s preferences for perinatal and neurodevelopmental health outcomes associated with twin pregnancy

 

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